Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-06
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.
MANY PUBLIC BQUBsTs
In the VIII Ofthe Late Elisha ID. smith
Native and ReuefactOr Of BrattIe

In the VIII Ofthe Late Elisha ID. smith,
bOrO.
The will of the late Elisha D. Smith, a
native of Brattleboro, who gave $4,000 to
the Home for Aged and Disabled in this
town, was filed in Menasha last week. No
inventory was filed of the real estate, but
the personal property is of An estimated
value of 100000 He left $50 shares of
the Menasha Wooden Ware company in
the hands of the executors, his two sons,
to form fund from the proceeds of which
certain requests shall be paid. Elizabeth
d. Smith of Menasha, sister, is given an
annuity of $1,000; Sylvia Smith of Rox-
bury, Mass, widow OF Erastus Smith, an
annuity of $500; Thomas X. Fessenden
of Brattleboro, nephew, an annuity of
$50; Mary K Borden, niece, of Oshkosh,
an annuity of $50; Mrs. Ann Elizabeth
Judson, niece, of Ansonia, Conn. an an
nuity of $3.50; Harriet Clinton, niece, of
Chicago, an annuityof $50 Rev. Henry
A. Miner of Madison, Wis, and Rev. ).
V. $. Fisher OF Minneapolis will receive
5000 year for five years.
TIE First Congregational society OF Me
nasha Is given an annuity of 500 year;
the Wisconsin Home Missionary society,
the board of commissioners of foreign mis-
sions of Boston, the American Home Mis-
sionary society of New York for the as
sistance of weak Congregational churches,
and the American Congregational I'm
ion, corporation for the assistance OF
weak churches in building church editces,
$1,000 year each; to the American Mis-
sionary association of New York, an as
ISOLATION formed for the purpose of aiding
the cocred people of the South, S5UO
year, to the Chicago theological seminary
of Chicago, $500 year for 10 years, alter
that the annuity to 60 to Ripon college;
Ripon college, Beloit college and Downer
college receive similar requests of $500
EACH the Downer bequest going to BeIoit
at the expiration of the time specified.
A bequest of $1,000 was made to the
First Congregational society of Menasha to
be held in trust for the alienation of suf-
fering among the poor of Menasha; also
$500 on the same conditions to be used for
the assistance of poor people of Menasha
in burying their dead.
To Mrs. Julia A. Smith, the widow, was
given the homestead, barns, horses,
carriages, and personal property, and 25O
shares of stock in the Menasha Wooden
Ware company. In this clause appeared
the following: "In view of the fact that
my wife has a separate estate in her own
right of no inconsiderable amount and will
receive upon my death large sum in life
insurance policies have made provision
for her with less liberalty than l other
wise would. The residue of the estate is
divided equally among the three children,
Charles, Henry and Jennie Smith"
In the codicil to the will the bequest to
Ripon college is iucreased~to $1,000 year,
with the understanding that the money
shall be nsed to aid in defraying the eX-
penses of poor students Beloit college
receives the same amount on the same con
| ditiOns.
1t will be remembered that during his
life time Mr.. Smith gave fine public park
and public library to the city of Mena
| sha.