Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1903 — Peculiar Bequests. [ARTICLE]

Peculiar Bequests.

The alleged bequest by Mrs. Stan? ton of her brain to Cornell univeff* sity for dissection —which Profetote or Wilder says was never made—tto* minds an English writer of the cast of Harriet Martineau, who consulted an English doctor for deafneft and in return for his politeness—mff treatment did little good—decifl® to leave him her ears. Miss Maffyneau happened to mention her pladl to her family physician, who said: “But, my dear madam, you can’t dp that. It will make your other legacy worthless.” And it that she had already in her will I#queathed her head to the PhreQft logical society and left her doctJff SSO for cutting it off 1 Chi(MQr Chronicle.