Mr John Younghusband, of Abbey Holme Cumberland, died recently, and his will has proved to be of the most eccentric character. The Silloth Railway runs through part of his property, an arrangement to which he was passionately averse; and though years have elapsed since then, his bitterness was in no wise assuaged. In his will he leaves near £1000 to a solicitor who opposed the making of the railway; the rest of his money he bequeaths to a comparative stranger, upon these conditions — that the legatee never speaks to one of the directors of the railway, that he never travels upon it, that he never sends cattle or other" traffic by it; and should he violate any of these conditions, the estate reverts to the ordinary succession. To Mr John Irving and the other directors of the Silloth line Mr Younghusband has sarcastically bequeathed a farthing.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 238, 7 October 1868, Page 3
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146Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 238, 7 October 1868, Page 3
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