Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-04


nor credit for such purchase, he
being the worst OF men and his wife
the worst OF women In all debaucheries.
Had | known their characters | had
never married their daughter nor made
myself unhappy
A German bequeathed his effects 20
poor man, whom he intensely dis
liked, on condition that he always wore
linen underclothes without any addi-
tional underclothing; while John Reed,
the gas-lighter OF tho Walnut Street
Theater, Philadelphia, concluded his
will thus: my head TO be separated
from my body, duly macerated and
prepared, then to be employed to rep
resent the skull OF Yorick, in the play
of Hamlet" Stanislaus Poltmarz left
the greater part OF his fortune to a
Hungarian notary, forbidding him.
however, to take possession until he
had sung in La Scala or San Carlo OPP
era houses the parts OF Rossini's Otelio
and Elrirp in Somnambula. He was
eighty years old when he executed the
will and wrote: 81 do not dispose OF
my wealth in this manner for the sake
OF being thought original; but having
been present four years ago at an even
ing party in Vienna, heard Mr.. Lott
(the notary sing a cavatlna from
each Of the operas with beautiful
tenor voice, Hereford / believe him
likely to become an excellent artist.
In any case, II the public Kisses him.
he can console himself easily with the
5000. 900 forms, which leave him.
In 1905 Mr.. Edward Hurst left very
large fortune to his son on condition
that the latter should seek out and
marry a young lady whom the father,
according to his own statement, had,
by acts for which he prayed forgive
ness, reduced to the extremity OF pov.
erty; or failing her, her nearest UNI
married female heir. The latter, by
the irony of fate, turned out TO be a
spinster OF fifty-ilve years, who, pro-
Tossing herself willing to carry out her
share OF the imposed duty, was duly
united to the young man who had just
reached his majority. Somewhat SIM
liar to the above was the will Of Mr..
Furstone, who left f7.O0O to any man,
legitimately bearing the name Fur
stone" who should discover and marry
q Furstone.
Many valuable requests have been
made to dogs and other domestic pets.
The will of one Garland, who died in
June. 1888, contained this clause: 81
bequeath for my monkey, my dear and
amusing Jocko, the sum OF fl00 per
annum, to be employed for his sole use
and benefit; to my faithful dog, Shock,
and my well-beloved cat, lib, Il pension
OF Is; and desire that. in the case OF
the death or either OF the three, the
lapsed pension shall pass to the other
two, between whom it shall be equally
divided. On the death OF all three, the
sum appropriated shall become the
property OF my daughter Gertrude, to
whom give this preference among my
children because of the large family
she has, and the difficulty she finds in
bringing them up" A Mrs. Elizabeth
Hunter, in 1918, left two hundred year
to her parrot; and Mr.. Harper settled
one hundred per annum on his young
black cat" the interest to be paid TO
his housckeeper, Mrs. Hodges, as long
as the cat remained alive. DR.. Chris
tiana, of Venice, again, left 10000
forms for the maintenance OF his three
dogs, with condition that at their
death. the sum should be added to the
funds OF the University OF Venice.
An old Partisan lady bequeathed
fifteen hundred year to her butcher
whom she had never seen; while one
man chalked his will on a corn bin;
and another inscribed his on bed
post. Both the corn-bin and the bed
post are said to be filed in Doctors
Commons. Perhaps the whimsical will
OF Scotch gentleman, who, having
two daughters, bequeathed to each her
Weight, llOb III gnu, pue III IL hOtSo,
has been frequently quoted. At any
rate, the elder OF the two was con-
siderably lighter than her sister. for
she only got f5l, 900, while the younger
received fj7.54i. The three or four
instances OF wills in poetical form have
also been quoted, and do not require
here. But, in conclu-
sion, we may give the following curious
clause in the testament of New York
gentleman: II own seventy-one pair OF
trousers. and strictly enjoin my ex-
ecutors TO hold a public sale, at which
these shall be sold to the highest bid
der, and the proceeds distributed to
the poor OF the city. ! further desire
that these garments shall in no way be
examined or meddled with. but be dis
posed as they are found at the time OF
my death; and no one purchaser to buy
more than one pair" The sale was
actually held, and the seventy-one pur-
,hasers each found in one OF the
pockets bank notesrepresenting 81, 900.
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