Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-01-30
" ". HEIAzBURG


! 1T may seem strange to many that
/ I should make this disposition of my
property. | have done it for two rea-
! sons-one of these is known to my
/ daughter and to my son-in-law, and |
| will spare them further comments IN
! this place. For the second reason, l
would say to those who doubt a
woman's capability for conducting a
business like this, that |, who am not
a blindly impartial mother, am con-
vinced that my daughter, Anna Juss-
nitz, possesses the qualities requisite
! for the head Of this great establish
ment,
"(3) My daughter, Anna Clara Juss-
nitz, is required to invest annually
One-fourth of the income from the
| business in lands, woodlands, or
houses, as a capital for her heirs, and
also to devote annually a certain sum
to the Improvement and enlargement
| of the business 50 that it may never
decrease or diminish. Furthermore,
I enjoin upon my daughter, within the
next four years, to build a hospital,
to enlarge the schools, and to appoint
"a physician for the workmen of the
| iron-Works. l charge her also to pro
vide for him suitable dwelling.
Moreover, l desire that she should
complete the Home for Aged Work
people, and see that it is provided
with all the proper sanitary arrange
ments. l have the fullest confidence
that my daughter will carry out this,
my last will, which is also that of ner
| father, and will not be turned from
her duty by any wishes to the con-
| trary from any quarter whatever
go But in case my daughter will
not or cannot comply with these con-
! ditiOns, in accordance with my hus-
bands expressed wishes, | appoint in
her place her daughter, Leonie Juss-
| nitz, now aged three years; or in case
my daughter, Anna Clara Jussnitz,
should have more children, make
these children my heirs, on condition
that, should they be all girls, my
eldest grandchild, Leonie Jussnitz
should be the sole possessor of he
irOn-wOrks; but in case there should
be sons, the eldest son is to take the
business. The heir, whoever he may
be, is to pay to his brothers and
| sisters their share of the value of the
| business, according to official ap-
praisal but these shares are to remain
in the business at four per cent. in
terest.
AS head of the business until the
! majority of the eventual owner, in
case my daughter does not accept tie
condition l to 3, l appoint my nephew,
Herr Ferdinand Frey, engineer. Ii
! charge him to pay to my daughter
| eighteen thousand marks annually,
| for the necessary expenses of her
| household, to be paid quarterly. He
| himself, Herr Ferdinand Frey, will
receive a salary of nine thousand
marks. He will be bound to undertake
and fulfil all the conditions I AVE
! imposed upon my daughter in case
J she had become my heir. He will in
| vest all the surplus income for the
| benefit of my grandchild, Leonie Juss-
nitZ, or of any other grandchildren
! that may hereafter be born, in good
! bonds or real estate; he is enjoined
| demands of my daughter, or her hus-
band, beyond the said sum of eighteen
thousand marks annually.
! When the one of my Grandchildren
to whom the business may eventually
come attains his majority, the bust
: oh hn
entirely, and this will shall become
null and void. In case it is his &c
sire to conduct the business himself
he shall pay to the former administers
tor, Herr Ferdinand Frey, life pen
sion of forty-five hundred marks an
nually.
'(5) I appoint my lawyer, Herr
Councillor Klein, my executor, and
charge him to see that all these con-
ditions are faithfully carried out, and
to advise and counsel my daughter
not to shrink from the hard duties
which | have laid upon her, and not
to be deferred from obeying the last
will of her parents by any obstacles
laid in her way by any person what
soever
I especially charge my executor to
see that my daughter alone shall
have the disposal of her inheritance
and her income, as l absolutely refuse
to give to her husband any right
whatsoever over the principal or in
terest of my property.
This is to take effect also in case
my daughters children and not her
: self should be my heirs.
"(6) l furthermore charge my heirs
and my executor to see that all those
legacies which l have left for the
| benefit Of private persons, and for
churches, schools, and charitable In
situations, and which l have written
, out on a separate paper over my
signature, shall be punctually paid.
go The foregoing is my last will
and testament, which l have writer
down with my own hand, and signed
and sealed with my own seal.
Il pray God that all may have been
done for the best. May He grant that
| have chosen the right
CLARA Frey, born Hansen.
Iron Works, 'Gottessegen,'
/ March %. Is
There was a death-like silence in
p the great room when the reading was
: finished. Jussnitz had sat during
the whole time with his arms folded
: gazing out Of the window as if he
T were counting the raindrops which