Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1890 — The Oldest Will on Record. [ARTICLE]

The Oldest Will on Record.

The discovery of the earliest known will is an event which possesses an interest for others besides lawyers; and theie seems no reason to question either the authenticity or antiqnity of the. unique document which Mr. Flinders Petrie has unearthed at Kannn, Egypt, or, as the town was known forty-five hundred years .ago, Allahun. The document is 60 curionsly modern in form that it might almost be granted probate to-d»y. But in any case it may be assumed that it marks one of the earliest epochs of legal history, and curiously illustrates the continuity of legal methods. It is needless to estimate the value socially, legally and historically of a will that dates back to patriarchal times. It consists of a settlement made by one Sekhenren in the year 44, second month of Pert, day 19—that is, it is estimated, the 44th of Amenemhat 111., or 2550 B. €.— Golden Days. Fiftkek contestants clad for the fray, Armed with good steel aud in ba.tle array— Striving for lucre, as biave knights of old Strove lor their honors and int dais of gold. Driving each shining pen over the paper ; Seeking to sound, as tne most proper caper, The praises of remedies known the world over— Froth Baris to Calais, from Calais to Dover; But each knight vainly strives— language falls in description Of the maniioid virtues of “Favorite Prescription.” When ill or depressed with t int "drag-ging-down” feeling consequent upon Weakness. suffering from headache, weak or lame buck, and the many Ills common to the weaker sex. take Dr. Pierce’s Prescription, which is guaranteed to give satisfaction or price (*>l) returned. See printed guarantee on bottle-wrapper. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets— gently laxative or actively cathartic, according to dose. 25 cents.