There has just been filed at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the oddest instrument ever recorded in that city: the document conveys land for the erection of a new church, but stipulates that when the church is erected, a certain pastor shall be forever debarred from holding an office or preaching a sermon in the building, and that a specified elder shall also be precluded from holding an office.
Accuracy in Writing
Few realize the value of accuracy in testamentary and other writings. The other day there appeared a decision by the Supreme Court of Missouri, upsetting a sale, where the judges gravely decided that “Mike” did not mean “Michael”; and one of the arguments in reaching this result was, that to have called Michael Angelo, “Mike” Angelo, would have been a sacrilege to the memory of the great painter.
A Will of the Future
If the late prevailing high prices for meat continue, Puck of New York suggests the following will:
“In the name of God, Amen! I, John Doe, in the City of Jersey, County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say:
“First, I bequeath to my eldest son, John, two juicy porterhouse steaks now in the custody of the Arctic Storage Company;
“Second, I leave to my son, Wilfred, a leg of spring lamb now stored with the Freezem Warehouse;
“Third, I leave to my daughter six pounds of veal chops locked in the refrigerator in the cellar beneath my residence, the combination for the lock of which is held by the Columbia Trust Company. It is also my desire that the executors have these chops frenched before turning same over to the legatee;
“Fourth, I leave to my mother-in-law one haslet, which will be delivered to her upon application at either the Morris or Swift beef houses.