A SINGULAR CHARACTER
The Rev. Mr Hangmorc, of Leicestershire, was a singular character. He died on Ist January, 177 G, possessed of the following effects:—£7oo per annum and £IOOO in money, which, as he died intestate, fell to a ticket collector in London. Hr- kept one general servaut of <twh acx, wuotu he
always looked up eveiy niglit. His last employment of an evening was to ao round his premises, let loose his dogs, and fiie off his gut). Going one morning to let out his servants, the dogs fawned upon him suddenly, and threw him into a pond, where he was found dead. His servants heard him call for assistance, but being locked up they could not aid him. He had 30 gnus, 100 pairs of breeches, 400 pairs of shoes, and 80 wigs, yet always wore his own hair; 58 dogs, 80 waggons and carts, 80 ploughs, and used none ; 56 saddles and furniture for the menage, 30 wheelbarrows, so many walking sticks that a toyman in Leicester offered £8 for them, 60 horses and mares, 200 pickaxes, 200 spades and shovels, 74 ladders and 249 razors.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2866, 9 December 1885, Page 3
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189A SINGULAR CHARACTER Kumara Times, Issue 2866, 9 December 1885, Page 3
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