Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-08-24
BEAUTIFUL WILL OF
INSANE MAN

| Beauties of the world left in legal
terms to those who appreciate them.
| Requests to children set forth in eX-
quisite delineation OF childish minds.
| Justice Walter Lloyd Smith, who
! presides over the third department OF
the appellate division OF the Supreme
Court, brought with him to the dinner
of the New York University Law School
| Alumni Association Saturday night,
what he said WAS the most remarkable
document that ever came into his
possession" says the New York Times.
Others who read the document the
last will and testament of Charles
ty Asylum at INNING, Illinois, were no t
disposed to disagree with him.
II, Charles Lounsbury, being Of
soAnd mind and disposing memory, do
hereby make and publish this my last
will and testament, in order as justly
may be, to distribute my interest in the
world among succeeding men.
That part of my interest which is
known in law and recognized in the
sheepbound volumes as my property,
being inconsiderable and of no account,
| make no disposal of in this, my last
will.
MY right to live, being but life
estate, is not at my disposal; but, these
things excepted, all else in the world |
now proceed to devise and bequeath.
(Item) 81 give to the good Fathers
and Mothers, in trust for their children,
all good little words of praise and en-
couragement and all quaint pet names
and endearments, and charge said
parents to use them Justly and generous
~ as the needs Of their children may
require.
(Item) II leave to children exclusive
ly, but only for the term of their child
hood, all and every flower Of the fields,
and the blossoms of the woods, with the
right to play among them freely aC-
cording to the custom of children, warn
ing them at the same time against
thistles and thorns. And | devise to
children the banks of the brooks and
golden sands beneath the waters there
of, and the odors of the willows that
dip therein and the white clouds that
float high over the giant trees. And
leave the children long, long days in
which to be merry in a thousand ways;
and the night; and the moon; and the
milky way to wonder at, but subject;
nevertheless, to the rights hereinafter
given to lovers.
Gtem) II devise to boys jointly the use
of the idle fields and commons where
ball may be played; all pleasant waters
where one may swim; all SnoWClad hills
where one may coast; and all streams
and ponds where one may fish, or whore
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
the butterflies thereof; the woods and
their appurtenanc0s, the squirrels and
birds, the echoes of strange noises and
distinct places which may be visited,
together with the adventures there
found. And give to said boys each his
own place at the fireside at night, with
all pictures that may be in the burning
wood, to enjoy without let or hindrance
and without incumbrance or care.
Utem) To lovers, | devise their
imaginary world, with whatever they
NAV need as to the stars of the sky, the,
red roses by the wall, the bloom of the
hawthorn, the sweet strains of music,
and aught else by which they may de-
sire to figure to each other the lasting
ness and beauty of their love.
Iteml To Young Men, jointly,
devise and bequeath all boisterous in
spring sports Of rivalry, and l give to
them the disdain of weakness and I'M
daunted confidence in their own
strength, though they are rude. give
them the power to make lasting friend
ships, and of possessing companions;
and to them exclusively | give all
merry songs and brave choruses to sing
with lusty voices.
1tem) "And to those who are no
longer children or youths or lovers, |
leave memory; and | bequeath to them
the volumes of the poems Of Burns and
Shakespeare and Of other poets--if
there be others-tO the end that they
NAV live over the old days again freely
and fully without 1.-THE or diminution.
Utem) ITO our loved ones with snowy
crowns, bequeath the happiness of old
age, the love and gratitude of their chill
dren, until they fall asleep"