Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-12-31
COLUMBUS SMITHS WlLN
AVoluminous Document Presented
for Probate

fortune, Is VOlumlnOus document OF
about fifteen typewriter pages. The
original will was executed in 1897.
Three codicils have been added as fol-
lows the first in 1899 the second in 1900,
and the third in 1908.
In the original he distributes his pro-
perty as follows: That all his Just debts
and funeral expenses be paid out of his
estate. to his wife he gives SIS, 900 or
$25, 900, as she may prefer, and the use
of all his property both real and personal
except that which is otherwise disposed
of in the will
To his son-in-law, Alexander Nc.
Dowell, he gives 81, 900. the use of room
in Shard Villa, should Mcdowell so de-
sire, and he may, if he so elects, be
resident physician of the home for aged
people hereinafter mentioned.
To the Methodist Episcopal society of
West Salisbury 81 900 and a like sum to
the Congregational Society of Salisbury
Village.
To his nephew, Albro Ranney he wills
5000 and when said Ranney shall keep
on his place but one horse then he is TO
have another 500. Ranney is also to
receive seventy five dollars to be invest.
ed in suit of clothes, overcoat, boots,
etc.
To the trustees of the Diocese of Yer
mont for the benefit of St. Stephens
church of Middlebury an annuity of $50
forever chargable upon the said estate
provided said trustees fulfill certain con.
ditions named in the will. By these con-
ditions they also get the mausoeum and
the land on which it stands in Salisbury
and one of said conditions is that they
keep said mausoleum in good repair
To his niece, Emma Page and his grand
/. niece, Cora GIBSON, to share alike, he
wills all the crockery, silverware etc.
In case his wife should not be living at
his death, Mr.. Smith wills that the pro-
perty that would have gone to his wife,
to the following trustees: Alexander B.
Mcdowell. the Episcopal Bishop of YER
mont, Joseph Battell, Charles Z. Pinney,
! l.. F. Hamilton and f. S. Marsh. Said
trustees to use said property for the pur-
pose of founding at the Smith home in
Salisbury good and comfortable home
5 for good old christian men and women
not addicted to drink. Residents of Yer
mont are to have preference as inmates
. of this home and residents of Addison
> County are to have preference over those
t from other parts of the state.
His wife, Harriet J. Smith, and Ed.
ward ;. Marsh are the persons named in
his will as executors of said estate.
In the first codicil Mr.. Smith gives to
his executors, in case they think for the
best interests of the estate. the right tC
r sell his property or certain portions OF
n same which is located in the towns OF
. Munkton. certain farms in Salisbury and
Leicester, and real estate in Middlebury vii
f lage, and also his property located in the
n states of Nebraska, Dakota, Texas, Iii
d nois and Wisconsin, not otherwise dis
posed of in said will, and none of saic
f property to be sold for less than five
5 years after the decease of the testator
He also gives to the executors the right
to sell certain lands about Lake Dun.
more when they shall bring from 800 to
t. 500 per acre. The first grow tn timber
d on this woodland, excepting that about
Lake Dunmore, be cut off and sold fol
+ the benefit of the estate. The swamp
S lands belonging to him in the town OF
Cornwall are also exempt from cutting
as he wills that they shall remain
wooded forever.
q If by any combination of circumstan
n ces the property should get out of the
a hands of his truste es then Mr.. Smith wills
e that said property shall go to the state of
!, Vermont for the support of home for
i old people as before mentioned, and said
: home to be under the control and man.
e agement of the state. In this codicil the
S appointment of E. S. Marsh as trustee is
f revoked and Thomas E. Boyce is appoint
o ed in his place. Said Marsh's appoint
i nent AS executor is also revoked and
r Rufus Wainwright and Thomas +. Boyce
= are appointed to act with Mrs. Smith as
a executors.
Q In the second codicil Mr.. Smith states
n that AS he has made other provisions for
o his niece. Emma Page, he revokes the
I bequest of four hundred dollars which
D he gave to her in the original will. In this
T codicil the clause in the original will
O relating to the disposition of the crockery,
I silverware, etc, is also revoked. Clause
h eight of the original is changed in this
n codici so that at the death of Mrs. Smith,
1 if she survives him, and at his death if
he survives her all the property not
otherwise disposed of goes to the bishop
: of the Protestant Episcopal church of the
dioceses of the State of Vermont, and
Rufus Wainwright, Charles f. Pinney,
Thomas E. Boyce and Joseph Battell as
joint tenants for the purpose of found
ing good and comfortable home fol
good old Christian women not add cted
! to drink as hereinbefore mentioned.
In the third codicil where he gave
to his wife $4,000 or S25, 900. as SHE