The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-08
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
Miss Louise A. Wilson Leaves Kenosha
and Bequeathes Her Property.

MISS Louise A. Wilson Leaves heuOSud
and Bequeathes Her Property.
The following last will and testament
of Miss Louise A. Wilson, recently a
stenographer at the Charles Sieg fac
tory, was left by her at the factory
Office upon her quitting the factory of
the company and returning to her
former home in Milwaukee:
Last will and testament of Louise Arm
strong Wilson, Kenosha, Wis, June
80, 1897.
Upper right hand drawer of my desk
is hereby appointed my executor.
/, Louise Armstrong Wilson, being
in my right mind and fully possessed
of all my faculties, do hereby give and
bequeath unto my dear friends and
their heirs, and assigns forever the
following named possessions, being my
last will and testament in Kenosha:
To my nameless successor | be-
queath Good Luck Wish and easy
times in dog days, good nature and
a " God bless you" when the operator
loses her temper. | will ask her to
handle with care this jingling old type
writer, and when it kicks, grows stub
born and refuses to bulge, give the
thumb screw at the back few loving
twists to the left and there will be
smooth sailing once more. If its poor
Joints are stiff and it does not move
with lightning rapidity required dur
ing certain stages of the crush sea-
son." turn the same thumb screw twice
to the right. and lubricate literally
the two shifting rods and back teeth.
To my dear friend, Miss Curtis |
give and bequeath the.following named
useful articles:
l. One second hand type brush
handsomely embossed in red ink with
my initials, " L. A. W."
2. My brandy spandy" new blue
pencil, used but Il few times.
3. My long-lost brush with long
handle to match; also a handsome
brown pen holder, with the imprint of
my molars, my good will and my sal
airy hereafter. All my share of dicta-
ton, liberal supply of stencil work,
much bedaubed fingers, minus the
g darn its!" when the stencil breaks,
for she is too handsome and good to
say badu even at any thing so pro-
voking as a stencil can be.
To our honorable and esteemed bill
clerk Charles Morrison Garst, [ be-
queath all my blotters, both soiled
and unsoiled, also my beloved scratch
er" which kept him SO busy trotting
back and forth correcting his mistakes,
and returning the implement to it's law
full owner, being in those days, myself.
This | bequeath only on condition
that he retain it so long as in the en-
ploy OF the American Beauty Fac
tory" which by the way must not be
COMPOUNDED with the Kenosha Sock
Factory, for which delicate subriquet,
the thriving plant of the Chicago
Rockford Hosiery Co. is indebted tC
the aforesaid Garst. The compiler 81
this will and testament also enters d
protest at the aforesaid "ChollY" al
lowing his hair to go unbranded longer
than three months out of the year, on
painful penalty of being compelled tc
assign both blotters and scratcher tc
our long suffering julius"
To this very same Julius, who, strange
contradiction of fate! is usually pos
sessed of his right mind upon his re-
turn from flying trip to the post
office on a day when the Thermometer
registers 100 degrees in the shade Of
the American Beauty Bicycle"
hereby give, bequeath and make over
considerable share of patience and
quicker transaction. The above named
julius has reference to one " Julius
Frederick FRANKIE" of noble physique
and wonderful energy which is most
prominently noticeable at the touch OF
the office call bell.
To all Did an affectionate farewell
and goodbye
Witness my hand and seal this 29th
day of June, 1897, A. D.
LOUISE ARMSTRONG WILSON.
/ Codicil: Should any of the afore-
said possessions and bequeathments
be disapproved of, or be unacceptable,
they may be consigned to the waste
basket with my full consent, and no i'll
will to follow. L. A. ".
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