The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-09-20

. some oi The wills shich these respectable
psurets make ere their eve testimony 4
; thfir state OF indistncs.
A wonsn Of my seqasirtsree made he
will, wtiiing ont on . sinsle thesi Of y,
per 10 unlessl language . disposal Of hcl
, few expensive garments. such AZ IA,
pew seslskin cloak or specifying I'm,
coli sir diamond engagement rips" slsC
my watch sol With diamonds. aud then
bid the document IN her poke, aud ioi
got all sboat IL, Bot one day she saw
her husband ebuekling over paper be
vas reading, and on Mkine him what il
was that amused bin 90 received the 81
ssei: Your lsst will aud testimony. my
dear. found il lying on the door.
where yon must have dropped II,
He ought bot to have laughed. fer il
lett everything she possessed 10 him In
case bio should need them More ps
thetio still is this document. which wss
written 10 lead pencil and iound among
the ttlscis Of youne mother
To ny dear GOD, Henry. leave my
watch col with diamonds. two diamond
riugs, penholder Of gold and rubber and
the best Of my silk dresses, which ineude
new black silk erensdne with chiffon
trlmm mings, tan striped taiists, blsok
satin skirt and blue corded evening dress
without sleeves, TO be kept Tor bin until
he shall have wife and children TO whom
be can give these things as curious, old
fashioned gowns once worn by bis mother
also give to him my new canvas cover
ed hnnk, in which be can pack aud keep
these dresses. have tried to teach my
son the right way to live, lie is good
boy. and l hope he will grow to be
good man, aud II he will follow those in
structions he will be,
II your lips would keep from slirs.
Two things observe with care
OF whom You speak to whom you speak
And how and when and where.
These are the wishes OF his mother -
lrecsll the making OF . Quaker will
where the family were assembled in
council, and the eldest daughter, who was
here from sisr. sat among them snd after
, long silence rose and eaid:
Mother thee need not put me in thy {
will. have bad my share already. and 6
hereby renounce all claim to everything I
bee hast, except the black marble table s
n the front room.
She sat down. aud another long silence t
'nsued, when her sister rose, q
Thee cannot have that table, Elizabeth, t
wa1t 1t for myself. b
Silence again aud as protracted as be 81
ore, aud Elizabeth. the party OF the 81
ret part, stood up. o
Mother, l will not be left ont OF thy t.
ill. Thee will please give us share and p
hare alike. l will have my rightful
wn, II
member OF another family was oil ways 10
hanging her will, rs she qusrreled fire
uently with those whom she had nam OF
! rs legatees. On one occasion she sp q
cared vi the door OF the family sitting TO
pom and asked eIcitedly how they hi
,elled the word "cross". She had for m
oiten. she said, whether il began with . le
! or . *. They told her, and she
ent away, Then the members OF the
mily looked Of each other. and one OF
lem said:
She has quarreled With Cousin Amy, ."
ID she is going to give her diamond OF
oss to some one else. 81
Women seldom make long wills. Mrs. Ia
lillian @. Whitney who was Flora po
'yne, made will that only covered one 40
eet OF ordinary paper, leaving to hel ev
lsband Q personal fortune Of 81. 1000. 900 al
her jewels and everything she possess As
and making him the only executor o Pill
Q WILL The will OF Julis q. Conkling. int
dow OF Roscoe Conkling, was even
orter than Mrs, Wbitney's yet the bn
Ignitude OF the interests conveyed msy nc
estimated by an excepting clause be w
eathing $50 TO her sou-ln-lsw.
Mrs Sarah English Of Williamsburg, MIG
10 Gied childless. left $500 for the com {
table msintenance Of her four pet bes
$. ito msintsin them in the style to
ich they had been accustomed.
} lite often some woman will leave an
borste will giving 10 detail much per par
lsl property and real estate when she dru
! never possessed any OF the property Tor
Gifted. Oae womsa sdded codicil mel
her will that the property therein mo-
ned should have been hers. bat foI I
,e unknown reason II had never mstefi was
zsd, bat ii was q comfort 10 donate II inc
imagination ss she would have done tain
1t been real, and
10 woman could have been guilty of Are
idioHyncrssy Of making will contsin GOV,
o 900 words aud then waiting until .
rly half the bene6cisries we're dead -,
pre- dying with the will unchanged, ss o..
late John /. Blair did. -.