The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-01-20
WHAT he LEFT THE WORLD.
The Will Of q Young Lawyer Who
Died in an Atmshouse.

Oteo IN an AjmSnou6e.
The Tribune reprints from Lippin-
cots Magazine the strange will of a
young lawyer, who died several years
ago In the ward for the insane in the
almshouse of Cook county, Illinois.
The will was found in his coat. On a
resolution of the Chicago Bar ~associa-
ton. the document was sent to pro-
"a and SO was spread on the records
OF Cook county.
i. Charles Lounsberry, being Of sound
and disposing mind and memory. do
hereby make and publish this, my last
VIII and testament, in order, as justly
as may be, to distribute my interest In
the world among those succeeding me:
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,
/ a no distribution Of this In my
Will. My right to live, being u a life
estate, Is not at my disposal, but, these
things excepted, all else in the world l
now proceed to devise and bequeath.
Item: i've to good fathers and
good little words of praise and encour-
agcment and all quaint pet names and
endearments, and I charge said par
ents to use them Justly, but generous
ly, as the needs of their children shall
require.
Item: I leave to children inclusively,
but only for the term Of their child
hood, all and every flower If the field
and blossoms of the woods, with the
right to play among them freely, ac-
cording to the customs Of children,
warning them at the same time against
thistles n thorns. And / devise to
children the banks Of the brooks and
the golden sands beneath the waters
thereof, 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 to be merry in a thousand
ways, and the night and the train Of
the milky way to wonder at, but sub
tect. nevertheless, to the rights here
matter given to lovers.
Item: / devise to boys, Jointly, all the
useful, idle fields and commons where
ball may be played. all pleasant waters
where n may swim, all snowclad hills
where one may coast, and all stream
and ponds where n may fish, or
where, when grim winter comes, one
may skate, to hold the same for the.
period Of their childhood, and all
meadows with clover blossoms and
butterflies thereof; the woods with
their appurtenances, the squirrels and
the birds, the echoes and strange noises
and all distant places which may be
Visited, together with the advantages
there found. And I give to said boys
each his own place at the fireside at
night, with all pictures that may be
seen In the burning wood, to enjoy
without let or hindrance, and without
any incumbrance or care.
ITEM: TIC lovers I devise their imag-
mary world, with whatever they may
need, as the stars OF the sky, the red
roses by the wall, the bloom of the
hawthorne, the sweet strains Of music
and aught else that they may desire
to figure to each other the lastingness
and beauty of their love.
Item: To young men, jointly, I de-
wise and bequeath all boisterous and
inspiring sports of rivalry, and I give
to them the disdain Of weakness and
undaunted confidence in their own
strength. Though they are rude, I
leave to them the power to make last
ing friendships, and Of possessing COM
panions, and to them, exclusively, I
give all merry songs n grave Choir
uses to sing with lusty voices.
Item: And to those who are no longer
children or youths or lovers, I leave
memory, and bequeath to them the vol
umes OF the poems Of Burns and
Shakespeare and Of other poets, If
there be others, to the end hat they
may live the old days over again, free
ly and fully without 1.-THE or diminu-
ton.
Item: To our loved ones with snowy
crowns, ] b%equeath the happiness Of
old age, the love and gratitude Of their
children until they fall asleep.