Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-01-11
THE WILL OF
A MAD MAN
(Copyright.)

At a dinner OF the Alumni Associ-
alton of the Law Department of New
York University, the Hon. Walter
Lloyd Smith. of Elmira, N. Y, presid-
ing justice of the New York supreme
court, appellate division, third de-
partment, read the following remark
able will made by a man who died in
the Cooy county insane asylum. at
Dunning, Ill"
II, Charles L~ounsbury, being Of
sound mind and disposing memory,
do hereby make and publish this, my
last will and testament, in order as
justly may be, to distribute my in
terest in the world among succeeding
men.
That part of my interest which is
known in law and recognized in the
sheep-bound volumes of my property
being in~considerable and of no ac-
count, l make no disposal of 1t in this
my will.
MY right to live, being but a life
time estate, Is not at my disposal, but
these things excepted, all else in the
b%equeath:
ITEM: 1 give to good fathers and
mothers, in trust for their children,
all good little words of praise and en-
couragement, and all quaint pet names
and endeafments, and l charge said
parents to use them justly and gen
erously, as the needs of their children
may require.
ITEM: I leave to children, in
clusively, but only for the term of
their childhood, all and every, the
flowers of the field, and the blossoms
of the woods, with the right to play
among them freely according to the
customs of children, warning them at
the same time against thistles and
| thorns. And / devise to children, the
banks of the brooks, and the golden
sands beneath the waters thereof, and
the odors Of the willows hat dip
therein, and the white clouds that
float high oYer the giant trees. And
l leave the children the long, long
days to be merry in in a thousand
ways, and the night and the moon
and the train of the Milky Way to
wonder at, but subject, neverthe-
less, to the rights hereinafter given
to lovers.
ITEM: l devise to boys, Jointly, all
the useful idle fields and commons
where ball may be played; all pleas
ant waters where one may swim; all
snow-clad hills where may coast
and all streams and points where one
may fish, or where, when grim winter
comes, one may skate; to have and
to hold the same for the period of
their boyhood. And all meadows
with the clover blossoms and butter
flies thereof; the woods and their ap-
purtenances; the squirrels and birds,
and echoes and strange sounds, and
all distant places which may be visi-
ted, together with the adventures
there found. And / give the said boys
each his own place at the Preside at
uIbHt' WIN All pICtuIeb tudI hnhy bS
seen in the burning wood, to enjoy
without let or hindrance. and with
out any in~cumbrance OF care
ITEM: To lovers, l devise their
imaginary world 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 they may desire to
figure to each other the lastingness
and beauty OF their love.
ITEM; To young men, jointly. I
devise and bequeath all b%oIsterous, In.
spring sports of rivalry, and I give
to them the disdain of weakness, and
undaunted confidence in their strength.
Though they are rude, I give them
the power to make lasting friendships
and OF possessing companions, and to
them exclusively I give all merry
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