The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-27
By popular request.

By popular request We reprint after some searching the famous will probated in Cook County, Illinois, by the Chicago Bar Association It is supposed lv the will of lawyer who met with reverses until he ended his life as an insane patient in poorhouse He left will in his own handwriting Here it is: ], Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and dSposng mno and memory do hereby make and publish ths my last will and testament in order as justly may be, to dis tribute my interest in the world among succeeding men, That part of my interests which is known in law and rec ognized in sheep-bound volumes as my property peng nconsderabe and of no account, make no disposition of in this my last will My right to live, being but life estate not at my disposal but these things excepted, all else in the world proceed to devise ana be- Item give to good ta fathers s ana al ra nd m encouragement and all quaint pet names and endear- rnens and charge said parents to use them justly but generously, the needs of their children shall be.
 item leave to children ncusvely but only for the term of childhood all and every flower of the field and bos- of the woods with the right to play among them freely according to the customs of children, warning them at the time against thistle and thornS And
 devise to children all the banks of the brooks and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof and odors Of the willows that dip therein and the white clouds that float high over giant trees. And leave to the chl- dren the long, long days to be merry in, in thousand ways and the night and the train of the Milky way to wonder a but subject nevertheless to the rights here
 matter given to lovers. Item. devise to boys Jolnt- y all the useful idle fields and commons where ball may be played all pleasant waters where may swim all snow clad hills where may coast and all streams and ponds where may fish, or where when grim winter comes one may skate to hold the for the period Of their boyhood And all meadows with the clover bos- sos and butterflies hereon the woods with their appur tenance the squirrels and birds and echoes ana strange noises and all distant places which may be visited to- gether with the adventures there found And give to said boys each his place at the resde at night with all pictures that may be in the burning wood to enjoy without let or hndrance without any incum- brance of care. Item. To lovers devise their i'm agnay world with whatever they may need as the stars of the sky the red by the wa the bloom o the hawthorn the sweet strains of music, and augnt else they may desire to figure to each other the asngness and beauty of their love- Item To young men, jointly devise and bequeah all boisterous inspiring sport of rivalry and give to them the dsdain of weak
 ness and undaunted confidence in their own strength Though they rude leave to them the power to make lasting friendship and of possessing companions and to them exclusively give all merry songs and grave chor- to sing with lusty voices. Item And to those who are no longer children youth lovers, leave
 memory and bequeah to them the columns of the poems of Burns Shakespeare and of other poets if there be others to the end that they may live the old days over again. freely and fully without tithe elimination - Item To our loved ones with snow crown I be- queah the happiness of old age the love and gratitude of their children until they fall asleep.