The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28
REMARKABLE DOCUMENT.
Charles Loansbuyy, Poor and Insane
 Leaves a Beautiful Will.

Charles Loansbuyy, Poor and Insane,
 Leaves a Beautiful Will.
 New York Times.
 Justice Walter Lloyd Smith, who pre- sides over the third department of Ap- pellate Division of the Supreme Court. New York University Law School Alum nj Association Saturday night what he said was the most remarkable doeu- ment that ever came into his posses sion. Others. who read the document, the last will and testament Of Charles Lounsbury, who died in the Cook coun- Sssad 5y Asyla to aSree ee With hin Here it S
 T Charles Lounsbury. being of sound mind and disposing memory. do hereby make and publish this, my last VII aha testament in order as justly as may be toedistribute my interest Tn the WorW among succeeding men.
 That part of my interest which IS known in law and recognized in the sheep bound volumes as my property being inconsiderable and of no account, make no disposal of in this my wili. tate, is not at my disposal, but, these things excepted, all else in the world now proceed to devise and bequeath;
 st gys for to gSeG gSer dbihsrs dhldrsn aan m good little words of praise and enconr- agement. and all quaint pet names and endearments. and charge said parents to use them justly and generously, as the needs of their children may require,
 "Item: I leave to children inclusive ly. but only for the term of their child fields and the blossoms Of the woods. with the right to play among them freely according to the customs Of fn1aaren; f,me s,nst thisfles and thorne And I devise to children the banks of the brooks, and the golden sands beneath hs wntsTs fsaf dp ana tae s6d white clouds that float high over tho giant trees. And l leave the children the long. long days to be merry in, in a thousand ways, and the night and the moon and the train of the Milky Way to wonder at, hut subject, never " thsless, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers.
 'Item: I devise to boys jointly all the useful idle fields and commons where ball may be played; all pleasant waters where one may swim; all, sn 1w- clad hills where one maye coast and all streams and ponds where one may fish, or where. when grim winter comes, one may skate; to have and & to @ @ho!d hood. And all meadows with the clover blossoms and butterflies there of. the woods and their appurtenances, the squirrels and birds. and echoes. of places which may be visited, together with the adventures there found. And at the freside at night. with all pie lures that may be seen i:l the burning wood, to enjoy without let or hindranca and without any i7cumbI ance of care.
 Item: To lovers. desire their imag mary world with whatever they may need, as the stars of he sky, the red roses by the wall. the bloom of the hawthorn. the sweet strains of music and aught else by which they may de- sire to figure to each other the last ingpess and beauty of their love.
 Item: To young men jointly I de- vlse and bequeath all boisterous. in- spiring sports of rivalry, and I give to them the disdain of weakness and un- daunted confidence in their own strength, though they are rude; give them the power to make lasting friendships, and of possessing compan- ions, and to them excluslVely'I give all merry songs and brave choruses, to sing with lusty voices.
 Item: And to those who are no long, CT children or youths or lovers, leave memory, and I bequeath to them the volumes or the poems of Burns and Shakespeare and of other poets, If there be others, to the end that they may live over the old days again, free ly and fully, without tithe or diminu- ton.
 Item: To our loved ones with snowy crowns l bequeath the happiness of old age, the love and gratitude of their children until they fall asleep"