The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-29
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one was to be inscribed Alexander Pope's "Universal Prayer" and on the other the Declaration of Independence, and then they were to be presented to his distinguished friend and patriotic citizen, the drummer of Cohassett, a nephew of Daniel Simpson, the famed drummer of the Ancient and Honor able Artillery company. This presen- tation was conditional, that, upon the 17th of June, at sunrise every year, Simpson should beat, or cause to be beaten, upon the drumheads, at the foot of the monument at Bunker Hill the spirit-stirring strains of "Yankee Doodle" Those portions of his re- mains which were ot no use to the anatomizers were to be "composted" into a fertilizer tor the purpose of nourishing the growth Of an Ameri- can elm, to be set out in some public thoroughfare, and the weary man might rest and sportive children might gambol beneath the shadow of the luxuriant branches, which were rendered luxurisnt by the patriotic Solomon's "offal."
 Thomas Belton, of Hoxton, must have been "rare perplexed" by his kith and kin, for he cut off three sons and & brother with shilling each, the while he lett 22,000 pounds to the Ironmon- gers company, half the interest accru- ing from which was to be devoted to rescuing Englishmen from slavery in Turkey and Barbary. This device was certainly the means of doing much good, for in one year one hundred and thirty five men were liberated. In the course of ninety-two years l,088 pounds were spent in the same way, and so well was the bequest looked after that in 1S37-one hundred and twelve years after Belton's death- there remaiued unexpended the sum of 1000 pounds.
 Some were fortunate in being cut of with more than shilling. Such was the case with the daughters of la belle Hamilton, whom the readers of the "Count de Garamont's Memoirs" will call to mind. She was married to Henry, earl of Stafford. Fifteen years after their marriage the earl's will was proved, and in it was the clause: "I give to the worst of women, who is guilty of all ills-the daughter of Mir. Grammont, a Frenchman-whom I have unfortunately married, five and forty brass haltpence, which will buy her bullet for her supper-a greater sum than her father can often make her, for I have known when he had neither money nor credit for such purchase, he being the worst of men, and his wife the worst of women in all debaucheries. Had 1 known their characters l had never married their daughter, nor made myself unhappy" In all his misery, Mir. Pym, of Woolavington, displayed a broader liberality. He was never able to pro- cure horse good enough to suit his wife's fancy, and so he left her ten pounds to buy one for herself, and this | in the face of the fact that she had sworn never to love him, and refusing to acknowledge him as her husband, although they had been married in the presence of her father, mother and uncle; and from this resolution the resolute Mrs. Pym could not be moved by the remonstrances of the clergy or any others. MT. Cramshay cut off his son with prodigality of munificence in 1910, for it was set down in the will |: "To my only son, who would never follow my advice and has treated me rudely in very many instances, instead of making him my executor and resid- uary legatee, as till this day he was, give 100000 pounds w Who wouldn't be willing to be cut off with a cool half million dollars?
 A charming instance of woman's trust in and love for man, is found in the will of Lady Palmerston, an an- cestress of the famous prime minister of Great Britain, Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston. Says this esti- mable lady, referring to her husband {: "As have long given you my heart, and my tenderest affections and fond est wishes have always been yours, so is everything else that l possess; and all that I can call mine being already yours, have nothing to give but my heartiest thanks for the care and kind ness you have at any time shown me, either in sickness or in health, for which God Almighty will, hope, re- ward you in 6 better world. How ever, for forms sake, here give and bequeath you as follows: First, the 10000 pounds left me by Sir R. II. :; the 200 pounds year annuity left me by my father; the gold cup, and the two lesser chocolate cups, which l wish you would sometimes look on, as repembrance of death, and also of the fondest and faithtulest friend you ever had" The chocolate cups re- ferred to were little cups formed of mourning rings, which were used daily by Lady Palmerston in memory of departed friends.