The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-29
REMARKABLE WILLS.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald
 A MT. Tuke, of Rotheringham, who died in 1872, by his last will and tes- lament took steps toward making his actions smell sweet and blossom in the dust, for he left penny to every child who should attend his funeral, with the result that over 700 young sters, who didn't care whether school kept, were in attendance. All the poor women of the parish were made happier by the bequest of one shilling to each the bellringers were left half guinea "to strike off one peal of grand bobs" at the exact moment the body was inearthed, and seven of the oldest navvies were to have guinea for "puddling him up" in his grave. An old woman, "who had for eleven years tucked him up in his bed" was made richer by the sum ot one guinea. His crowning act was to make one en- dowment by which forty dozen penny loaves were to be thrown down from the parish church steeple at noon on every Christmas day forever.
 William Jacket, of lslington, who was gathered in in 17S7, made sensi- ble will, even if it was in rhyme:
 give and bequeath,
 When Pm land underneath,
 To my two loving sisters most dear,
 The whole of my store,
 Were it twice as much more, Which Gods goodness has granted me here.
 And that none may prevent
 This, my will and intent,
 Or occasion the least of vain racket,
 With a solemn appeal,
 l confirm, sign and seal
 This the true act and deed of Will Jacket.
 A German bequeathed his money to a poor man whom he detested, on con- dition that he always wore thin white linen underclothes without any extra underclothing. Stanislaus Poltzmarz left the greater part of his fortune to 8 Hungarian notary, forbidding him, however, to take possession until he had sung in La Scala or San Carlo opera house the parts of Rossini's Otello and Elvtr0 in "Sonnambula." Poltzmarz, who was eighty years of age when he executed his will, wrote: q do not dispose of my wealth in this manner for the sake of being thought an original, but having been present four years ago at an evening party in Vienna, I heard M. Lotz sing cava- tina from each of these operas with a beautiful tenor voice, therefore l be- lieve him likely to become an excel lent artist. In any case, if the public misses him, he can console himself cas- fly with 3,000,000 of florins which l leave him." It is to be lamented that no record can be found at hand of the success of the lucky M. Lotz on the lyric stage.
 A wealthy London widow left an annuity of more than 200 pounds yearly to parrot, who had been "her faithful companion for twenty -four years" The will of one Garland, who died in June, 1928, contains this clause:
 "I bequeath for my monkey, my dear and amusing Jocko, the sum of 10000 pounds per annum to be em- ployed for his sole use and benefit; to my faithful dog, Shock, and my we'll beloved cat, Tib, pension of five pounds; and desire that in case of the death of either of the three, the lapsed pension shall pass to the other two, between whom it shall be equally di- vided. On the death of all three the sum appropriated to this purpose shall become the property of my daughter, Gertrude, to whom l give this preference among my children, because of the large family she has and the difficulty she finds in bringing them up."
 MT. F&rstone, of Alton, having no relatives, left 1000 pounds to the first man of his name who would wed q a woman of the same name, and the money was to be paid down on the day of marriage.
 In I772 Monmouth squire left 20,- GOO pounds to 8 iaboring man he would not speak to while living. George Watts, of Stoke Bishop, who had no kin to whom he could leave the sundry cottages of which he had by industry and self denial made him. self proprietor, lett each of his tenants the cottage in which he lived
 Solomon Sanborn, of tho town of Nedford, in the goodly state of Ma sachusetts, halter by trade, was no doubt e ssmad 6 . hatterS whAn he made his will, at least. His body he left to the late Prof. Agassiz and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, our genial poet, to be by them prepared