St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-08
WONDERFUL wills.
restsnsentary Utterances That Kepe he
Makers Memory Green.

Testsnsentary Utterances That Kept th<
Makers Msnaorv Green.
Oft quoted Is the remarkable win ol
Solomon Sanborn, Of Meiford. Mass,
who died about fifteen years ago. San
born was great patriot, snd specially
glorified in the part Massachusetts, tool
In the revol utiOnary struggle. In his
will he left his body to DR.. Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes and Prof. AgaSsiz, not how.
ever, without imposing some Of the most
unheard-of provisions AMI conditions.
His skeleton he desired prepared in tae
most artistic manner known 70 the pro-
fession, and placed with tho many others
In the anatomical departmental Harvard
College. While preliminary prepara-
tions were being made in carrying out
this request, he desired she surgeons to
be very careful with tho skin, 20 that
II could be tanned in pieces Of
sufficient size to make a pair Of drum.
heads. Upon one of these drum-heads
the Declaration of Independence was to
b. written and upon the other Pope's
"Cniversal Prayer" Fitted in its proper
wooden frame this CHASTITY relic was to
be presented to local drummer, whom
tne testatOr designates q distinguished
friend, upon condition that he would
promise to carry it to the foot of Bunker
Hill monument on each Succeeding an
niversary Of the battle, at sunrise, and
beat upon it the invigOra'ing strains Of
''Yankee Doodle"
The skeleton Of Jeremy Bentham in
the Hospital Museum, London, il there
at the request Of its owner, who made .
special provision in his will to have i.
presented to the curators of the hospital,
~ho, upon accepting the gift we're tc
have the skeleton mounted and yut in
the presidential chair at each me esting
Of the hospital directors.
DR.. Wagner. an American, IL ap to or
even ahead of the English precedent in
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT idea. During his
life his relatives had given him but lit
tie thought When it came time for
.hem to die-he had . little money,
about 81 ,OOO-his brothers became very
Kind. After his death, when the will
vas read, the following remarkable
clause was disclosed:
ITO my brother, Napoleon Bonaparte,
~~f~S"eh my AVAs ~ IA 0srA AohNs w
George Washington. my second brother,
my right arm and hand; to my other rei-
atives my legs, nose and ears. My
money, $1,000 cash, now in the B.
bank. bequeath to the physicians and
surgeons who carry out my request BY
Remembering my body and giving to
zach Of my relatives the portion allotted
20 him or her."
HOratiO q. Onderdonk, . brother of
:he Bishop Of New York, made provis-
ions in his will which would havc
turned old Draco green with envy.
OracO was strict and we'll understood
Tho meaning Of the expression ruling
with rod Of ir0n," but had Mr.. Onder-
1onk lived at the time the old man was
his famous code he could have |
1elLed to make it more binding. The
lass paragraph in the Onderdonk will
cad as follows: mo heir must Be an |
dlsr, sluggard, profigate, drunkard.
gambler; use liquors or tobacco; go hunt
ng or fishing on Sundays; attend races; |
inter bar-room, or porter-house: neg
cot to rise, breakfast, and be ready for
business by nine o'clock, or get married
,efore he or she arrives at the ago Of
years. st. Louis Republic.