| Show d A remarkable WILL some very singular matters matter are brought to light in the probate court now and again after lying hidden for a long period of time the latest discovery in that direction to is in regard to the will ot at one dr winslow which was wan executed on may 3rd ard 1876 the testator having died about ten months later the will has quietly within the dark vault of the court from that thai time until now DOW A few days ago inquiries came from in te created rested parties in the east concerning it and this fact has fetched a remark able document once again to the surface here are some bonne of its singular gular provis long the deceased doctor decreed that abat forty eight hours after the last spark of life had bad red fled from his body b bla Is heart be aut butout out by some competent surgeon placed immediately in a strong glass bottle having a ground aground gaass stopper accurately fitted a and nd that this vessel be filled for embalming with a solution in which the heart beart shall be immersed that then the vessel be planed placed in a box constructed of thick oak plans saturated with coal tat tar and buried in the grave of his bis venerated mother on the island of nantucket his father to whom he be was indebted for his oular enlarged goil views of life having been already placed by his bis mottier mothers s side la in that spot ay mid the doctor 1 I wish my heart beart to rest forever 22 reference to the claims against the do doctor etorla estate reveals that this thin provision was carried out at a cost of 50 having disposed of hs heart beart the testator required that hta his body be burned suggesting that he would be satisfied eatie fled if the method of cremation practiced by the ancient romans was wan observed PS but if that was wag impracticable then the body might be burned in a ga gas house or similar retort as wa was be custom in germany 11 the ashes were to be put in a strong glass and placed in the cemetery of mount auburn at cambridge mass in grave and coffin n with his bis wife the tes cament expresses b ope that no ceremony will be admitted 19 particularly that which might be administered by priest or minister fl testator added then shall the dust return to the earth as an it wap wac and the spirit shall return unto god who gave it 20 the incineration of the body took place at a spot where councilman Clawson Claw ss wholesale house now stands at the rear of second south between main and state street at a cost of this fact to is disclosed in the claim presented by dr J F hamilton then the doctor proceeds proc rods to dispose of bis bin property in the usual way expressing a desire that the executors will use every endeavor to obtain for three books the only volumes of their kind extent extant the same the maps and of some cities an aa they elsw exa ted over three centuries ago and during the middle ages the text of the will together with a descriptive account of the incineration of the doctors doctor s body etc appa appeared redL in the columns of the NEWS at the time the matter then created quite a sensation in the community or dr winslow was wa about 60 years yean of age at the time of big decease and was born at nantucket maw mas |
