Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-23

MArkEp rHi; WHOLE MrE OF
MAS. MARY nALuEnr
she Used 90 Dance Jisa In searts A.
tire AMI Take nnths In the orchard.
Where servant shook Den upos
Her From thc Trees.

htf from thc Asccs. II.
utica. n. u. Nov. a2.-Thrrc Is OF,
before Surrogate liontly a remafitahls
Will contest. In January, 1892. Mira.
hery d, Halber, ard at her home In
the 'lllage Of whitcsboro. leaving an
estate valued u, $4,000 IN her WA shs
e., aA.de 5000 Tor r-c care n burial
plot In Evergreen cemetery. Wcatmorc-
laad. Then she provided that two sle-
tcrs. Mira. Harriet plnlger and Misa
Mary Jones. should have $500 cath
Another sister. Mrs. Ann Batchelor
ma br ;hcr Alfred Jones, were 70
receive only SIS each. The balance Of
her estate was given to her ccaehman.
Thomas KIRK, who was appointed trus-
tee and sule oS sutor Mrs. nalbcrt's
relatives contest the win on the ground
tina, she was crazy. Kirk replies that
she was a siplrituellst, and that this
explains great many OF her peculiar.
iues
Mrs. Haiber, was married twice and
survived both husbands. Through her
belief In splrituallam she had regular
teie.a-tctea with them after DEATH Tho
first husband was John Bachelor and
the second Horace lialbcrt Whom
Bachelor died his widow proposed to
! bury him among tho nOwora In the
! front yard, but his brother disaundcd
/ her She tiNcd up couch In the houaa
| where he might roAt when he came 20
visit her In spirit form, and there Was
| always place FOR him At the table,
7 lllINhRipp had hntfn NnfnAthlMM Af IA
/ dancer when alive, and he and hin
! wife often danced together when there
! was not another soul IN the houpr.
| The widow continued these dances.
| iiga being her favorite, She usually
| danced Ia ncnhty attire after coming
| from the bath, and on one Of theae oG-
! casiona she had spectators, Among
/ those Tor whom abe danced was Jerome
] n, Bush, carpenter who was cm-
1 ployod about the house, She had dit
torcnt methods IN tho matter Of baths.
| one Of them was Is "a into the or
ehard and cause servant, Mary snu-
ter. 10 climb an apple tree and shake
the dow upon her,
Her lot In the cemetery occupied sew
oral acrea, ana she built u sutntuer colt
tago there The ronmn were hung with
pictures. and sho apent great ued of
time IN The cottage, SHE caused "A
Er1ht vault to bee built but when tho
roof Zen in nhu usud II as etaOla.
When MrA. llnthert went TO the uefng-
terry she usually took along AomethinE
In the way OF beer Kirk accompanied
her ON these excursions, and at the
close OF the day they would whitl back
10 the village. Kirk driving,
Finally Hilbert came nlong. and she
married him. Their llfe wnN marked
by queer incidents. Mira llnlhert lid
not wish to neglect her first husband,
and uhc took lialbcrt with her 10 he
~. a saf
the departed Ratchnlor They Rnnie-
times alnpt In the cemetery all niEht.
After a few years linlhert also died T,
Mrs. Haibert polScd the nose OF her pet
dog IN the uaslSet and said.
There, doggyi there IL your dead
moVcr"
she did not wish TO have crepe put
ON the door. but thought that some
gny cictnn would BIZ the proper thing,
She wan puing TO have thc casket
trimmed with tho same material. but
was dlsauaded For the funeral she
did not want any solemn music. but
said she would ongagc the Village bnnd
aud that they should play ZONE lively
air. She thought "Ainrrhing Through
Z thing, She also Intended TO have a
carriage for her dogs.
One of the boarera AZ the funeral was
George NlllininA. She told him thnl
she would observe the anniversary "
lIAlbcrta death and would have the
fire department and other local organ
izntlona ont Thoy would al 80 80 the
! cemetery aud have good time there
would bc plenty 10 eat and drink md
Horace would be there TO welcome
them Whom tho time FOR tho memorial
: came no one would 40 with her and
the celebration was abandoned 90
ono occasion ghc took some beer and
cheese to the cemetery for iinlbert ~
his spirit XIX was with her and theS
, both came home drunk
Mrs, Hnlbert had q liking for dogs
=, She had n special bed for them ant
, dressed thein IN gay blankets dh'
had ono dog which gaa very fond O
4 beer, and Bho and the dog frequently
t drank from thc same glass until botl
. were tipsy. She insisted that whei
Z the dogs died each should have nm
( caatet.
e Once when there was nm opening a
e one Of tho saloons Mrs. Halbart wen
e 10 the Roy. l.. A. sawyer and told lin
that a young man was going % opel
his home, and that ahe would like I
have him 70 there ana make an "a
drens She give him 81 and he went
: lie was surprised 20 ind that n Wa
a saloon, but he spoke few word
Y and went away,
All these things came 20 an end whel
Mrs Hnibert was found one day. YIN
on her face In hcr bed She had die
incidentally Of suffocation.
Marine Scws.
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