The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-13
0W WNINC' LITTLE
 LEAVES WORLD GREAT WEALTH
Georgia Mans Will Most Remarkable Testament
 On Record.

The last will and testament of Charles Lounsbury of Atlanta, Ga., is believed to be the most remarkable will ever written by man.
 Il. l, Charles Lounsbury being of sound mind and disposing memory, GO hereby make and publish this, my last will and testament, inorder as Justly as may be to distribute my interest in the world among succeed ing men.
 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 &C., count, I make no disposal of in this my will. ..
 My right to live, being but a life estate, is not at my disposal, but these things excepted, all else in the world, l now proceed to devise and be- queath.
 Item. I give to good fathers and mothers, in trust for their children, all and every flower of the field, and the 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 and thorns And I 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 ove- the giant trees.
 And I leave to 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 fo of I,,% less, to the rights hereinafter given to lovers.
 Item. I devise jointly all the use- full. idle fields and commons where ball may be played; all pleasant wat CTS where one may swim; all snoW clad hills where one may coast, and all streams and ponds 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 butterflies thereof the woods and their appurtenances, the squirrels and the birds, and echoes and strange noises, and all distant places which may be visited, together with adventures there found And I give to said boys each his own place at the f1reside at, night, with all pie lures that may be seen in the burn ing wood, to enjoy without let or and without any incum- brance of care.
 ''Item. To lovers I devise their imaginary world with 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 and aught else by which they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of love.
 Item. To young men, jointly, I devise dsbequeath all boisterous in- spring sport of rivalry, and I give to daunted confidence in their own strength, though they are rude, I give them power to make lasting friend ships, and of possessing companions, and to them exclusively, I give all merry songs and brave choruses, to sing with lusty voices
 ''Item. And to those who are no longer children, or lovers, leave memory, and I bequeath to them the volumes of Burns and Shakespere and of other poets, if there be others, to the end that they may live over old days again. freely, and fully with out tithe or diminution
 Item. To our beloved ones with snowy crowns, I bequeath the hap p1ness of old age, the love and grati- tude of their children until they fall asleep. ."-Atlanta Journal