The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-10-11

LAMENT OF CHARLES +.
STRAW, OF THE CITY OF WA
TERTOWN, COUNTY OF JET
FERSON, STATEOF WISCONSIN
|, Charles E. Straw, of the city of
Watertown, county of Jefferson and
state of of Wisconsin, being of sound
and dispOsing mind and memory, do
make, publish and declare, this nv
last will and testament, dated the the
18th day of August, 1912, and COM
prising nine (9) typewriter pages and
fifteen Q5) lines, in manner following,
that is to say:
/ give and bequeath to Saint Agatha's S
Guild of st. Paul's parish of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church in the city
of Watertown, Wisconsin, the sum of
one hundred dollars (S100) and the re-
ceipt of the treasurer of said guild shall
be full and sufficient discharge
of my executors for the payment of
said sum.
SECOND
] give and bequeath to st. Bernard S
congregation, corporation of Water
| town, Wis, the sum of one hundred
dollars Q00) to be used by it for the
purpose of constructing a suitable stair
way as a means of access to the clock
in the steeple on the church maintain
ed by said congregation in the city Of
Watertown aforesaid.
THIRD
l have lively recollection of the stir
ring times in this city during the cam
paign for the election of Abraham Lin
coin as president and vivid recOllec-
ton of how men in those days were
aroused to active interest in civic af-
fairs by fife~and drum corps, of which
my father was an active member. De-
string to perpetuate that memory and
hoping to stimulate patriotic impulses
in the youth of our city and those who
may be students at the Northwestern
college, of Watertown, Wis, where |
attended in my youth, / direct that
my executors named in my last will
and testament confer with the proper
officials of said college and propose to
present said college with fife, piccolo,
four snare drums and one bass drum,
said bass drum to be played by beat
ing both ends, all of suitable size. con-
ditioned upon their agreement to en-
courage the use of said instruments by
students who shall from time to time
be in attendance at said institution.
For the above purpose | direct my
executors to expend not to exceed one
hundred fifty dollars (s150.00] to be
paid out of my estate.
FOURTH
| give and bequeath to the First
Congregational church, S50in the name
of Jennie Straw Wyckotf; | also give
and bequeath to said church the re-
spective amounts and in the names of
the respective persons below indicated,
that is to say:
$40 in the name of Mary Woodland.
so = Alice Woodard
both daughters of my friend Frank f.
Woodard.
SO in the name of Margaret Woodard
SO . = = Marshall j. Woodland.
SO : = William II. Noodard,
the last three named being children Of
my friend William Fl. Woodland.
FIFTH
/ give and beuueath to the Division
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive In
gineers located at Portage, Wisconsin,
the sum of 800.
In addition to the amounts Dequeath-
ed by me in my last will and testament
to James b. Murphy, Nicholas Mur-
phv. Matthew Kelly and Mrs. Emeiine
j. Xokes. I give and bequeath 10 them,
if living at my deeease, as i"i1ows:
Jas b. Murphy, Watertown, slo0.
Nicholas Murphy, NatertoWn, sloo-
Matthew Kelley, Nafertown so.
Mrs. Emeline ]. Nokes- Nateriown,