The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-09-12
SOME CURIOUS WILLS
A Few Modern Instances OF Tsos
tanasntary Hccentricity. :
Tsstators Who Lsft Lssasirs IN the sAsps
OF Portions OF Their fosiiss-An Allow.
snc" Bequeatlled to . Cat-A
snsldler's 1rade Dsvotisu.

Modern Instances OF testatnentarv eoco1f
tricity abound, aud the United States ID
particular seems to be singularly prolific
Of curious wills, writes sidney scrope in
Once Week. Come little time since Mr.:
Solomon San5orn; Of Nedford, Mass; left
his body to the lste Prof. Agassis
aud DIR. O. w. Holmes, to be prepared by
them in the most scientific manner known
to anatomical art, and placed In the
museum OF Harvard College. Two drum
heads were to he made Of the skin. Upon one
was 10 be inscribed Alexander Pope's
''Universal Prayer" on the other tho
"Declaration Of Independence" and them
they were to be presented to the testetor'o
distinguished frlend," the drummer Of
Cohassct. This presentation was subject
to the condition that on the 18th of June, ct
sunrise, every year, the drummer should
Bunker's Hiil the spirit-stirring strains Of
"Yankeo Doodle" /"
Another An.or.can, who died within the
last few months, by way Of revenge ON his
relations, who had neglected him. be-
queathcd to his brother his left arm aud
hand; to another brother his right arm and
hand. to another his legs, nose, ears, etc.
He also loft one thousand dollars for tho
disrnenib bcring Of his body.
Among other testators who have dis
played this peculiar tendency to leave lega.
cies in tue shape of portions Of their bodies
may be mentioned Jeremy Bentham, the
English writer, who bequeathed his body
to the University College Hospital, with
instructions that his skeleton should be pre-.
parca and cleaned, aud that 1t should pre-
side cat the meetings of the hospital directors.
Whether this provision was ever carried
out is doubtful, but 1t is certain that the
skeleton was preserved, and may be seen
TO this day liz the hospital museum.
A wealthy Gerr1an who died the other
day bcQ1ca,ncd his effects to q poor man
whom he greatly disl,lsei on condition that
lle always wore linen under-clothes aud
dressed In wtite, and short timo ago
9tanislaas Poitmarz, !. Hungarian, left the
greater part of his fortune to q notary
natned Lotz, forbidding him, however, TO
take POSSESSION rntil he had sung at La
Scala Opera House, the parts Of Verdi's
'sOteilo' AID E!vlrain ''ssomnambula; while
John Reed, the gas-li,hter Of tile Walnut
his head, alter i'eing duly prepared, should
be employed to represent the skull Of
Yorirk in .'Hamlet"
Lord escwbcrough, who died In November,
1883, directed that, after a certain period
.iapsoa, his body Is to DO cxhu,ned and re-
nterred i'll 6srdsey Island, which is rcputed
TO have no fewer than twenty thousand
saints bu.'iel in its soil, ana Mr. John
Browns, Of g..sthbanc County, Limerick, re-
| .ui.ed that Lis son, Rev. Peter Browne;
| icu'd under penalty OF f0rfeiting g conssd-
srabio estate, change his Christian name,
| Peter for either civilian" or "James,"
The Old gcnt.auun having taken an inveters
ate disli.ie to lis SONS name, while rich
should lose tho whole Of her fortune IL sha
did not marry saidier. 1t turned out,
/ however, .tiut she m;,rricd the Earl of Hall.
fax, who, in order to win the bride, actually
served an apprenticeship OF seven years 70
| q saddler.
Not long since q Mr.. Harper settled q huns
dred q year On his 'young black cat" the
interest to be paid to his housekeeper, Mrs.
Hodges. as long as tho cat remained alive;
and quito recently an old Partisan dame
left fifteen hundred q year to her butcher,
whom che had never seen; while one man
ci,aikel his will on corn-bin; and
another inscribed his on ed-post.
Both the corn-bin end the led
post arc filed in the will Office at Doctorfs
Commons, London. The whimsical will Of
the Scotch gentleman. who bequeathed to
each OF his daughters her weight in one.
| VoSA.ISA HAD OAtC!l uGSu QUUISus 0QOEe9
remarkable still is the will Of the New
Yorker sc directed .lllt his one and sey am
ty puir5 OF trousers Should be sold at public
auct,cn without being examined before
huad. Tho sale was actually held, and the
seventy-one purchasers found in tho right
hand pocket the neat little sum OF thou.
sand Goi.;>rs In cash.
i Another peculiar legacy wra that o.
Colonel Nas,i, an English otlcsr, who be.
queathed an annui;yof dfty pounds 70 the
bcll-rl.Sers cf Bath Abbey, on condition
;, that thy should muesi,e the clippers Of the
bclisof tho Abbey, and ring them with dolea
ful accsrtuat;on from eight u: In. TO ght ..
III. on eacl. anniversary of his wedding day;
while o asr. Like, of Rothertngham, after
LEAVING a penny to every child who should
attend bis funeral, directed that forty dozen
loavcs should DO thrown down from the
parish church stecplo at noon every Christ,
.