The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-01

a MOST REMARKABLE DOCUMENT
INSANE MAN PUBLISHES HIS
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

Judg, lloscaToNnsond has copy
OF a will written by an inmate OF an
insane asylum which he enjoys read
ing % his friends The terms Of the
will arc couchod in such beautiful
language that amy person will read 30
with r'oa a." The will together
with t1n comment accompanying are
published hero.
Justice Walter Lloyd smith who
preside over the third department OF
h, appellate division of the supreme
cour'. buought with him 70 the recent
dinner of tho New York University
Law school Alumni Association what
hu said was the most remarkable doc
umcut that ever came in 20 his poss
c--iou. Others who read the docu.
won' tho Lass will and testament oi
Charles Louu bury, who died iu the
Cook County asylum at Dunuing lu.
wore disposed to agree with him
Hero s, IS:
l Charles Lounsbury h'ag of
sound mind and dIsposing memory.
ao hereby maxi and publish this my
last will and tos,tm7pt IN or!or as
justly as may Doe TO distribute my in
t.rcst 100 the world among succeeding
men
Thl' part of my interest which =
known IN law ana recognized in the
sheep bound volumes OF my property
being mcausidcrahlc and of no ac.
count ! make no disposal Of it IN
this my viii
MY right 20 live being but life
estate is not at my disposal but
these .hlngs excepted all else In the
world ! now proceed to devise and
boqueath
Item: I give TO good fathers and
mothers in trust for their children.
all good little words Of praise and en-.
couragcmont, and all quaint pet nam.
cs and endcarmcnts. and | charge
said parents to use them Justly ana
generously, as the needs Of their chill.
dren may require.
II leave to children inelusivoly,
but only for the term Of their child
hood, all and every the flowers of the
field and the blossoms OF the
woods, with the right to play
among thcm freely according to the
cu toms of children, warming them at
the same time against thorns and
thistles. And devise TO children the
banks Of the brooks, and The golden
sands beneath the waters hereof
and the Odors of the willows that dip
therein and the white clouds that float
high over the giant trees. And leave
the children the long. long. days 10
be merry In, In thousand different
be merry in. in a thousand way
and the night and the moon aud the
train Of the Milky Way to wonder at
but subject nevertheless to the rights
hereinafter given to lovers
Item: ! devise to boys Jointly all
the useful idle fields aud common.
where ball may be played, all pleas
ant waters where one may swim: all
snowclad hills where one may coast
and all tr,ams and ponds where one
may FISH, or whore when grim winter
comes, one may skate: 10 have and
TO hold the same for the period ol
their boyhood. And an meadows with
the clover blossoms and butterflies
thereof, the woods and their apm
tcnanccs, The squirrels and birds. and
echoes and strange noise aud al
r! .9nt places which may be visited
togctNcr with the adventures there
found, ana ! give to said boys caca
his own place 40 hc hrcside ~ night
with all pictures that may Dee seeu
in the burning wood, to enjoy without
let or hiudrauco and without any
lncumbrance or care.
Item; no lovers / devise their i'm
aginary world, with whatever they
may need as the stars of the sky
the red roses by the wall, the bloom
OF the hawthorn, the sweet strains
Of music, and aught else by which
they may desire to figure to each
other The lastingncss and beauty on
their love
Item: To young men Jointly
devise and bcquoath all boisterous
inspiring sports Of rivalry, and / give
70 them the disdain Of weakno S and