Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1886 — What the Pious Trustee Did. [ARTICLE]

What the Pious Trustee Did.

“While practicing law a number of years ago,” said Judge Tourgee, “I had a peculiar will case. An old lady, who was a slave-holder, dying, bequeathed her colored man John and her dusky maid J ane, who sustained to each other the relation of husband and wife, tp the trustees of her church, *to be used as far as possible for the glory of God.’ I was curious to knew what course was taken, and upon investigation found that after meditation and prayer the pious trustees sold their living legacy at auction, and with the proceeds sent a missionary to China. ” Uncle Sam’s liquor bill last year was $553,000,000.