The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-18
SOME CURIOUS WILLS.
A Few Modern Instances Of s,aa.
tamentary Ecoentricity.
Tcssasors Who Loft Legacl"s In tho shnpo
of Portions Ut Their lio,:ies-.a Alloy.
ann, ~Eeqncmtiis.l to q Gaia
snddier's 1raoic Dcyoiium.

Modern instances of testamentary ecccn-
TRICKY abound, aud the United States In
particular Gems to be singularly prolific
ii CURIOUS wills. writes Sidney Sus,i,e in
once o Week Some little time since lIr.
Solomon Stubborn, Of Mcdfo,d, Mass, lett
his body to tho late Pr6f. Agassis
and DIR. y. W. Holmes, to be prepared by
,'em In the most scientific man..er known
10 anatomlcal art, and pluced in the
museum OF Harvard College. Two drum-
fcads were to he made Of tue skin. Upon one
was TO be inscribed Alexander Pope's
"untverial Praycr,' on tho other the
"Decla.a,ion Of lndcpendencc;', and then
they Wcro to be presented to the tcs,atvr's
distinguished fricnd,'' the drummer of
Cohasses. This presentation was subject
10 tile condition that on tie 18th III June. nj
sunrise, every year, the drummer should
,'cat u on the dru:nileiGs at the foot of
Sas,kcr's Hill the spirit. stirring strains of
"Yankce Doodle
Another American, who died within the
last few months, by way Of revenge on his
relations, WHO had neglected hin, be-
Qucathcd TO his brother his left arm and
hand; to another brother his right arm and
hand, to a~i,oti:er his legs, lcse, ears, c,c.
He also left one thousand dollars for tho
dismcmbcriag of lis body.
Among, other tcstatorS who lave dis
Mayed THIS peculiar tendency to leave leca-
cies III tho shape of portions of their bodies
my be mentioned Jeremy Bant!am, tho
i-,igiis'i ..sitcr, who bcquca,iicd his cody
10 the University Col go Ncs,i,al. with
instructions that his skeleton should be pre-.
pared :iii cleaned, and that it should pr
;lslest tao meetings of the hc,pitaldirec;ors.
Whether this provision was ever carried
out Ii doubtful, but IL is certain that the
skeleton was preserved, and rlay be seen
tc THIS day i'll the hospital museum.
"A wealthy German who died tho other
day bciueasiicd his effects tc u poor man
whom i.c greatly disl!sed on condition that
he always Wore linen under clothes uad
dressed III Nl.:te, aud n short limo ago
S;;unis!aas Pii,inarz, Il Hungarian, left the
greater part Of his fortune 10 q notary
named Lott, furbitiiliy him, h5wavrr, 10
take pc5snss!oa until lie had SIM, ct fiji
Scala Opera Reuse, the paris Of Yerdi's
"o,ci!o' aft! Elvlrai in 's;om r;iaai,u. ;'',vhilc
John Reel, the gas-.ic hicy vi ;iw. Walnut
Street i~.ie;:ter, Philadelphia, directed that
his head, after being daily prepared. shcu!d
be employed to represent Ike s.a.ll tf
Iori:!. in ;'.!.:ialet."
I.ora Nc.vooroagsa, w;hodicd III November,
;sss, directed that, after a. certain period
'.l!apsrs, his body is to he cXh,,uca and re-
Inferred in SlrGsey Island, which is raoutra
ID have no fewer Than twenty tnousuu.:
saints buried in it's soil, ard si.. .Jo:.a
s"awns, OF Rathbane County, iim Sriu.s. 10.
ieircd that, his son, Rev. Peter Brown.
'i@2ld under penalty OF forfeiii.ig Il cansii-
Sracie c:t;.te, change his C.ri,iian raE,a.
Peter fer either 'sWi,iia,n' %. .I.n,as.::
tho Old gentleman having ....seli a. ;uva.n.-
ate DISLIKE TO Ills soa's i.a;.c, w.,..s % ric:,
saddler ordered in Ills ~yyiilliia, his u;,;cb.e..
s.iolld lose tho whole of tier fortune il s,i.,
did Hot marry u saialer. H. turned out.
however, tllat she married tho Earl OF Aa!i
fax, who. III order to win the bride, act .aily
served an apprenticeship OF seven years to
u sai9!cr.
Not long sincea Mr.. Harper settled a hun
drcd u year on his ''young black cat,'' tho
Interest TO he paid to his housc!sce Der, Mrs.
Hodges, as long as the cat remained Give:
aud quite recently an old Tar;sian dams
left fifteen hundred a year to her butcher,
whom che had never seen; While one r;aa
cs.ailscG his will on u cor.-bin; and
another inscribed his on q bsa-nost.
Both the ccrn-bin and tho led.
;'ost are tiled in the will Office ct Doctors
Commons, LoMe:on. The whimsical will of
he Scotch gentleman, who bcqucatilea TO
each OF his daughters her weight il. one.
pound notes. has often been quoted. More
raiaarkab!c still is the will of the New
Yo.l;cr VINO directed that his one and .:syea-
~ pairs OF tr,n: 'ers should be sold at public
auction without being examined hufore-
hand. Tie sale was actually h.il, asi the
se.cnty-oEe purchasers found in ths rirtit-
hand pocket tbs acat little sum of o thou.
SAN; dollars in cash.
Anc'acr peculiar legacy wa thai of
Colonel Mash, an English officer, WHO b.
qaeatiied an annuity Of fifty pounds TO the
%bel!-rngers of Bath Abbey, on condition
that they should muf!e the clippers of the
bells of the Abbey, and ring them with dole
fil accentna:iaa from eight u. IL. to -l.tp
m. on each anniversary of his vc.:di,.a ,.,y;
"i.iioa Ms. Lake, of Ro.herin.l:sm, after
leaviHGa penny every child who should
attend his funeral, directed that forty dozen
loaves sl.o;;ld be thrown down from the
parish church stceple at noon every Christ
mas day forever.