Show MAN WROTE WILL ON LID OF CANDY BOX latest thing in odd testaments tes ta found in east philadelphia hidden Ild den in the bit big vault connected with the office ot of the register of wills in the basement ot of city hall eire are many wills containing queer bequests many of which are written on scraps ot of paper while others are in saving fund deposit books on ily fly leaves of bibles or in small memorandum books especial care is taked of them these however were overtopped over topped when a middle aged woman accompanied by an attorney visited the reg re caters office and submitted a cardboard six by four inches in size the lid of a box that had contained molasses coconut bars as was wag shown by the advertisement pasted on it As alstaot deputy register edwin V byrnes was astonished when told the tha cardboard ud ltd wat was thi the will of john jhn H young who died on december 30 last it at I 1 east thompson street believing that the comans womans mind was wag impaired for many such persons visit the tha office and make all sorts of inquiries regarding mythical estates the clerk smiled as did also the woman who turned the lid and pointed to five lines written on the inside in lead pencil ShO showing iNing hat it was a will properly executed and witnessed the will read this Is to certify that I 1 am of sound mind on this day of our lord october 6 1024 1 I bequeath all my personal property and all that belongs belong to we me to my wife elizabeth young JOHN YOUNG all wills are filed to in alphabetical order in the vault but the cardboard upon which this will la is written Is too large to permit of its being placed in the receptacle before it can be filed it will be necessary to obtain bermis filon from mrs young the widow who la Is executor of the estate to cut off the surplus portion of the lid until this permission Is secured the will will be ba kept in the tha big fireproof safe in the main office |