Will of an Irish Miser.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 233, 28 April 1874, Page 7

Will of an Irish Miser.

An Irishman named Dennis Tolam, who died at Cork possessed of considerable 'wealth, left a singular will, containing the following testamentary depositions ;—I leave to my sister-in-law four old stockings, which will be found under ray mattrass to the right. Item : To my nephew Michael Tarles, "two odd socks and a green nightcap. Item : To Lieutenant Steins, a blue stocking, with my red cloak. Item : 'To Hannah, my housekeeper, by'broken water jug. At the death of the testator, the legatees having been convened by the notary to be present at the reading of the will, each, as he or she was ;nanied, shrugged their shoulders and otherwise expressed a contemptuous disappointment, while parties uninterested in the succession could not refrain from laughing at these ridionluoua, not to say insulting, legacies. Ail were leaving the room, after signifying’-their intention of renouncing their bequests, when the last-named, Hannah, having testified her indignation by kicking away the broken pitcher, a number of coins rolled out of it; the other individuals, astonished at the unexpected incident, began to think better of the determination, and requested permission to examine the articles devised to them. It is needless to say that on proceeding to the search—the stockings, socks, pockets, &c., soon betrayed by thenweight the value of their contents, and the hoard of the testator, thus fairly distributed, left on the minds of legatees a very different impression as to his wealth.