| Show the aner will itol of a sr x amous datch smoker who died a t 1 finety eight in its ite discussion of the question whether lether it is injurious to smoke tobacco the cleveland plain dealer recalls the history of van mam a famous old merchant in nolland holland who was such buch an inveterate that he was nicknamed pop big 11 ho he made de a lm largo go fortune in the india trade a and nd built a mansion near rotterdam in in which he collected every imaginable ednd of pipe it was said baia that he be smoked ono one hundred and fifty grammes of tobacco every day and nd died at tin age of ninety eight years in malzi making nr hi his will swill after bequeathing to his relatives friends and charities largo large proportion of his estate he be added the following clause 1 I wish every smoker in the kingdom to be invited to my funeral in every way possible by letters letter circular and advertisement every smoker who takes advantage of the invitation shall receive as aa a present ten pounds of tobacco and two pipes on which shall be engraved my name my crest and the date of my birth the poor of the neighborhood who accompany my bier shall receive every year on tho anniversary of my death a large package of t tobacco I 1 mako make the condition that nil all choso who assist at my funeral if th they ey wish visa to partake of tho the benefits of my will mill must without interruption lorinz the entire ceremony my body ahall bo be placed in a cofan coan lined throughout with the wood of my old havana elar cigar boxes at tho foot of the coffin shall ahall bo placed a box of the french tobacco called caporal and a package 10 of our ol 01 old d dutch tobacco at my side place my favorite pipe and a boz box of matches for one never knows what may happen when the bier rests in tho the vault all the persons persona in tho the funeral procession are requested to cast u upon pa a it the ashes of their pipes as they pass it on their departure from the grounds it is said that van macs on the dr dry day y that ho made this eccentric will summoned a notary who was tm also a notable smoker and said to him ar fill my pipe and yours youra I 1 am goin going 9 to die ho then dictated the will and died |
