The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-19

through my foolish fondness made
my wife, without regard to family.
lame or fortune. and who in return
mas not spared, most ~unjustly, to ac-
cuSe me Of every crime regarding hu-
man nature, save highway robbery"
There IS little doubt thai his widow
brought in that accusation against
him Or did she call it grave rob
bery?"
John Abbott and his wife. Mary.
managed to incure the ire of an &C
quaintance, Stephen Swain. TO such an
extent hat he bequeathed them the
sum OF slXpence each, to buy for each
OF them a halter. TO. fear the sheriff's
should not be provided"
A good many persons endeavor by
PROVISIONS made in Wills. to Coerce
their heirs into leading what the tes-
tator considers a model existence be
cause he has probably never tried it.
On Long Island dwelt a man Of album
dant wealth, who either knew his heirs
too we'll or did not know them we'll
enough, when he willed that one of
them should inherit unless they could
show that they led a life Of angelic viz
tue. He specialized things that they
we're and were not to do. Smoking.
drinking, entering barrooms and mar
rying before they were 25 years of
age were all strictly prohibited. They
were to breakfast every morning at
an hour which he indicated, and
worse still-be in their homes every
evening at a specified hour. They
were to be ind ustrious and strictly
moral in their lives. IT was conceded
by all the heirs that only one Of their
number fulfilled all the requirements
of this will.
nothe man. with q belief that hui
man beings could lead a perfect exist
ence upon earth. found a Judge to
disagree with him when he went be-
You'd the jurisdiction of earthly courts.
1t did not take the Western Judge
long to set aside the will that be-
queathed all the ~testator's wealth to
that man in the town who could
prove that he was a Christian ac-
cording to the definition Of a Chris
ton set forth IL the will. Neither did
the Judge ask that the legal heir, to
whom the property was given. should
quality in order to receive the inherit
ance.
David Davis. of Chaplain, made q
will which read as follows: 4 give
and ~bequeath to Mary Davis, daughter
of Peter Delaport. the sum of five
shiTlings, which is sufficient for her to
get drunk with for the last time at
my expense
That Joseph Dalky lost no love on
his son-in-laW appears in this pro-
vision of his will: Il give to my daugh-
ter, Ann Spencer. a guinea for a ring
or any other bauble she may like bet
ter; I give to the lout her husband
one penny to buy him a lark whistle
* * s. and this legacy / give him as
6, mark of my appreciation Of his
prowesS and nice honor in raW1n a
sword on me Cat my own table,
naked and unarmed as I was, and he
well fortified with custard."
Aff~ectionate companions sometimes
enormously termed dumb animals,
are often literally provided for in
Wills DR.. ChristianO, of Venice, left
60, 900 norins for the maintenance OF
his three dogs. with a condition that
at their death. the sum should be add
ed to the funds Of the university.
Mr.. Garland's will. opened in 1888,
provided thus for IA friends: Il be
Gueath for my monkey, my dear and
amusing JackO, the sum Of fb10O per
annum. to be employed for his sole use
and benefit; to my faithful dog, Shock,
and nv well-beloved cat, lib, a pen
sion of 10 5, and desire that in the case
of the death of either Of the three,
the lapsed pension shall pass to the
other two, to whom it shall be equally
divided. On the death Of all three,
the sum appropriated shall become
trude. to whom 7 give this preference
among my children because of the
large family she has. and the difficulty
she finds in bringing them up
Nor are women unnlndfui OF the
future of helpless pets. Mrs. Eliza
beth Hurst. many years ago b~equeath-
ed 1b2OO a year to her parrot, and
Mrs. Hodges, the h~ousekeeper during
life of a Mr.. Harper, was to receive
from the estate of that gentleman.
the interest accruing from ID BOO a
e b~equeathed to the testator's
young lack cat" AS this interest
was to cease upon the demise of the
cat. it is not recorded that Mrs.
Hodges allowed any superstition re-
garding black cats to weigh with her
in the are Of her charge.
Such tender consideration for four
footed animals had no place in the
will Of Richard Dewey, of Shropshire,
who provided free lodgings and a
yearly annuity of eight shillings for
a poor man who would whip dogs out
of and awaken sleepers within the
church at Cleverly. That the first