Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-10-27
Remarkable Wills.

men Oh the parish We're made happier
by the bequest OF one shilling TO each;
the bell-r myers were left 4 half guinea
80 strike Oil one peal Of grand bobs'
at The exact moment the hodf was in
earthed. and seven Of the III navvieS
were to have guinea for pudding
him up in his grave. An old woman.
''who had for eleveI years tucked him
up IN his bed WAS richer by the sum
Of one guinea. His crowuing act was
20 make ono endowment by viii cil
forty dozla penny loaves were TO he
thrown down from the parish church
,tceplG At noon on every Christmas
day forever.
William jacket. Of Islinglon. who
was gathered in in 1857. made Sens,-
lie will, even il il WAS in rhyme;
give and heCueath,
When ! IN la. underneath,
To my TWO loving sisters most dear
he " ole o. rny store,
Were II twice as much more,
ch GO!s goodness las granted me here.
And that none NAV prevent
This. nv will and intent,
Or occasion the least Of vain racket,
With a Solemn appeal.
] confirm. sign aud seal
This the true act and deed OF VII jacket.
A german bequeathed his money TO
4 poor man whom he detested, on con-
ition that he ALWAYS wore thin white
linen un1crclOlhes without any extra
upderclolhinr starislauS Pollzmarx
eft the greater part of his fortune -
a Hungarian notary, forbldding him.
however. TO take possession until he
had sung in La Scala or San Carlo
opera-hOuSc the parts of Rossini
O'el!0 and EtctrJ in "Sonnambula. "
POltzmorZ, who was eighty years of
age when he executed his Will. wrote;
II do not Il spose of nv wealth IN this
manner for the sake Of being thought
an or glnal, but having been present
four years ago ut an evening party in
Vienna. heard NJ. Lott sing n cava-
Nna from each OF these dper?s with Il
beautiful tenor voice. therefore | be
iieve him likely to become an excel
lent artist In any case. if the public
Kisses him, he can console himself
easily with 5000. 900 of forms which
| leave him Il is to be larnented
that no record can be found AZ hand of
The sue, c,ess of the lucky VI. Lott on the
Tyr stage.
4 wealthy London widow left an an.
nuity OF more than 200 pounds yearly
10 parrot, who had been ''her faith
fnI companion fOrIwentv-four years
The will of one Garland. who died in
June. 1928. contains this clause:
II beGueath for my monkey. nv dear
and amusing JOckC. the sum cf 10. coo
hounds per annum to be employed for
his sole use and benefit; TO my faithful
dog. Shock, and nv well-beloved cat,
lib. 4 pension of five rounds; and de.
sire that in case of the death of either
Of the three. the lapsed pension shall
pass TO the other two. between whom
j; shall he equally divided. On the
death of all three the sum appropria-
ted to this purpose shall become the
property of my daughter. Gertrude. TO
whom l give this preference among nv
children, because of the large family
she has and the difficulty the finds N
tr nging them up"
Mr.. Farstone. of Alton. having no
relatives, left 6 coo pounds to the first
man of his name who would we'd Il
woman of the same name. and the
monev was TO be paid down on the
day of marriage.
IN 1T72 Monmouth squire left %. =
coo pounds TO q labOring man he would
not speak to while living. George
Watts, of Stoke Bishop. who lad NO
kin 10 whom he could leave the sundry
cottages of VIII ch he had By industry
and self denial made himself proprie-
tor, left each of his tenants the cot
tage in which he lived.
Solomon Sanborn. of the town OF
Meiford, in the goodly state of Mas
sachuseits. halter by trade. was no
doubt as mad rs a halter" when he
made his will. at least. HIS body he
left 10 the late Prof. Agassz and DIR.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. our genial
poet. to be by them prepared in the
most skillful and scientific manner
known TO anatomical art. and placed
in the museum of anatomy of Harvard
college. Two drumheads were to be
iIAut VI HIS shll. u Dun oub "atN u
be inscribed Alexander Pope's Uni
vcrsai Prayer" and on the other tho
Declaration of Independence. and then
thew were to be presented 10 his dis
tinguished friend and patriotic citizen,
the drummer of Cohassett, 4 nephew
Of Daniel Simpson, the famed drum
mer of the Ancient and HonOrab
Artillery COMPANY. This presentation
was conditional. that. upon the 18th o
June. at sunrise every year. Simpson
should beat, or cause 10 be beaten. up
on the drumheads. at the foot of thu
monument at Bunker Hill the spirit
stirring strains of Yankee Doodle.
Those portions of his remains whici
were of no use to the anatOmiZer
were TO be ''composted into ferlili
zer for the purpose of n0urishing th'
growth of an American elm. TO be Sc
out in some public thoroughfare. ant
the weary man might rest and sport Y
children might gambol beneath ih
which were rendered luxuriant by tn
patriotic Solomon 'offaI.
Thomas Bellon, of HOxton. must
have been rare perplexsd' by hi
kilh and kin. for lie cut OF three son
and brother with shilling each, In
while he left % 0C0 pounds to tn
Ironmongers' COMPANY. half the ntel
est accruing from which was 10 be do
voted to rescuiug Englshmcn fror
slavery in Turkey and Barbary. Tbi
device was certainly the means {
dong much good. for in one Tear on
hundred AMI thrtv-fvc men wer
liberated In the course OF ninctv-tw
years q. 0S3 pounds were spent in ti'
same wav. aud 80 well was the beque.
looked after that in iS13-one hundre
and twelve years after Belton's deaf