The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-05-09

n1sw . Chicago CnVjtst1 ~ Made MI ueips
Feel VERY Mad.
An American gentleman. Mr.. Horatio
T.. ~Onderionk, has Of late enjoyed an
elaborate Joke NJ tho q Of his
heirs There was q good estate and
many expec'ant relatives. hut deep was
their dismay when II was found that no
y could benefit under tho will who
did not reach an almost unattainable
cxaltation Of life. No one could SO ben
eft Who WAS an idler. q slnggard. 4
profigate. . drnnkard or q gambler. Tho
use of liquor or tobacco would deprive
a legatec 81 his portion. He was also
declared from entering any bar-room or
portcr-housc. from getting married bc-
lore the age ~ twenty-five. or even from
not having risen, brcakfasted and got
ready for business by nine o'clock In tho
morning. We have not heard III any
heir has claimed. or II the money il stiil
unappsopriatcd. like tho letter which
still lies in an American post-oficc adj
dressed 10 "A Christian. Chicago"
Cremation clauses are now becoming
common but thcse appear only in the
Mills Of advanced and strong-mindcd
people. Other provisions are made by
nervous people. moved chiefly by the
dread Of being hurled alive. This was
the ease with Mr.. John Rlount Price. 4
justice Of the peace OF %lslington. whose
will was recently published. MIR.
Blount declared in his will that four
days after death two skillful
were TO be paid f5 cach TO perform such
an operation on his body a. would pre-
vent the possibility Of his coming 10 life
in his coffin.
The \i~count do Carros Lima. who
threatened his heirs with the loss Of
their property II they buried him in tho
family vault. further enjoined on them
10 have his body watched until decompo-
sition set in. A similar provision was
made by Mr.. Dennis Crorton. an Irish
gentleman. last year. One Vienna mil
lionaire was so anxious about his corpse
that he would not lei il be left in the
dark. Not only did he provide for the
vault to be lighted by electricity. but he
also ordered the coffin to be SO IL
lumined. science thus coming in a grew
some fashion 70 the aid OF security.
The waiting will' Is a constant
source OF irritation. The professors OF
Vienna University we're delighted to
learn this year hat Count Hardegg had
left their institution 800. 600. but when
II came out that the money was 10 ac-
cumulate for 100 years. by which time
it would have increased to $4,000 600,
the wits decided that Count Hardcgg
should have been styled ~half-boiled.
The most hard-headcd business men
occasionally like TO keep their heirs
waiting Mr.. McCalmont, the stock
broker. provided that his nephew, cap
tain McCalmont. must wait seven years
for his inheritance o. 81 900. 600.
Perhaps the lcgatce who has the least
chance OF realizing is the one mentioned
BY q wicked Finn. who left all his prop
erty to the devil. Finland is now
probably the only country where tho
devil is . landowner. some notice was
taken at the time OF the fact that the
name Of the legatee appeared in capital
letters throughout the will. The infer
was that the tcstator wished to
make . good impression on him. with
an eye TO securing ~indulgcnccs when
they met. Even the devils name in
the will Is better than none, which has
the case with certain large prop
critics this year and last
A feature Of the year has been the
tendency Of gentlemen to draw up Wills
in favor OF ladies' to whom they are en-
gagged. Mr.. Ealston. for instance. left
all his property to Miss vizetelly. In
like manner o Miss Bessie Macdonald.
. young lady Of Glasgow. has become
possessed Of . handsome legacy and .
hotel in New York. left 10 her BY one
who hoped to marry her. MN London
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