The Portland daily press., 1894-12-24
IRA p. FARRlNeToN's WILL.


Modified by Codicil which Transfers
Bequest From Maine General Hospital
to the Eye and Ear Infirmary.
The will of the late Ira P. harrington was
presented fer probate Saturday afternoon,
and it will be seen that foreshadowed in
Saturdays PRESS. some of our leading
charitable institutions were most literally
remembered. The original will provides as
follows:
To his wife, Mary E. W. harrington, he
gives 5000, GOO. the homestead on Free street,
the furniture, horses and carriages, wearing
apparel, etc., and orders that the homestead
lot be of the uniform depth of 10 feet from
Free street. .
To his sister, Harriet Smith. he leaves
$1,000, and to her sons Isaac, Charles ana
Jacob Wood $1,000 each. $500 to each of
Jacobs children. Walter S.,Willie, Charles
M. Ira P, Hattie A.. and Edith; $1,000 to
his niece Louise, wife of Jacob Odell, and
5000 to her and her husband jointly the net
income to go for the comfort of his nephew
Harlan ent; $1,000 each TO nephew Lorenzo
Kent, Emery Kent and Lorenzo ID. Austln'
$1,000 to his nephew Clayton ]. harrington.
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Della and Alice: $1,000 to his nephew Fred
R. Harrington and $500 each to his children,
Grace, Harold and Adna $1,000 to nephew
Albert H. Harrington and $500 to his
daughter Hattie; $1,000 to nephew A1va M.
harrington, $500 20 his wife Emma, and $500
each to their children Rufus. Mabel and
Jesse: $4,000 to niece Jennie NJ. wife OF DR..
Douglass of Ticonderoga, N. Y; $1,000 to
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North Elbs, N. Y.
To the American Unitarian association
for the benefit of the church loan fund,
$4,000
To the trustees of the Portland Ministry
at large. Preble chapel $4,000 to be main
tanned as separate fund, Known as the
Farringon fund, the net income of $4,000 of
the fund tc be used for the benevolent pur-
poses of the society, and the net income of
the remaining $4,000 to be paid over to the
minister missionary, Rev. W..
T. Phelan to be by him Or the
trustees paid over to the poor of the Mission.
To the Home for Aged Men $4,000 in
trust, the income to pe applied to the
charitable purposes of the institution; to
the Home for Aged Women $4,000 under
the same conditions, and to the Female
FfOVlQenL ASSOCIATION @sUUU.
All the rest of the property was divided
share and share alike, in equal thirds, be-
twen the Maine Eye and Ear Intirmary.
Maine General hospital and Portland Public
Library. In the case of the InfirmaIy its
part to be made separate fund. known as
1.-THE Harrington Fund.- held in trust, and
the net income applied to the purposes of
the corpora tion; that to the Maine General
hospital, one half to be devoted to free beds
called "The harrington Free Beds." and
the other half to the general charitable
purposes of the institution; that to the Pub
lie Library to go to the hbrary's support,
the City of Protland, to whom the money
will come, to pay four per cent annually for
the support of the library, the money to be
entered on the library books as interest
from 1.-The Harrington Fund.-" and if the
city declines the trust. or for two years
after notice has been given by the execu-
tors of the trust declines to accept it, then
the money is to be applied as before stated.
Any legatee dying, their legacy is to be
paid to their issue and all legacies shall be
paid within one year after testators decease
interest to,be paid at four per cent after the
first six months has past, and in tie case
of the Aged Mems Home, per cent on any
part remaining unpaid after a year from
testators decease. The legacy to his wife
shall bear per cent interest fr rom the time
of his death until all is paid.
William L. Putnam and Thomas 81 Haskell
are made executors. in $100,U00 bonds. and
they shall close up the estate as soon as
possible without sacrificing any interests.
This will was dated January. 1891. and
witnessed by Messrs. Snow. Brooks and
Clay of Judge Putnam's office.
A codicil was made in July. 1898, which
revokes the gift to the Maine General hospi-
tai, doubles that to the Home for Aged
Men, making the gift to that institution
100000, and dividing the residue of the
estate, after the other bequests made in the
will dated in 1891. are paid to the Eye and
Ear Infirmary and Public Library, two
thirds to the former and one-third to the
latter. 1t is thought that the Eye and Ear
Infrmary will get about S250.OO0 and the
Public Library $150.000.
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