Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1877 — Faithful to His Trust. [ARTICLE]

Faithful to His Trust.

We hear all about the had deeds of this wicked world, bat the good deedu are rarely alluded to at any length. We expect people to be honest and say nothing about it. It is the dishonesty of men which excites comment. The other day, in New York, Mr. Samuel T. Skidmore, the executor of the will of one John R. Townsend, who died thirty years ago, asked to be relieved of his trust on account of age. The son of Mr. Townsend stated in court that during his long trusteeship Mr.. Skidmore hod refused to accept one cent of remuneration, and he requested that the accounts be accepted without an investigation. Surrogate Calvin' said it was a bright spot in the history of the Court, where so many had proved false to their trusts, when a case was presented in which all parties interested in a trust expressed themselves so highly gratified with its management. He directed the accounts of Mr. Skidmore to be passed withont examination. There are a thousand instances of similar fidelity on the part of executors and trustees in Boston, but we do not remember that any one ever took care of a large estate for thirty years without compensation. —Boston Journal. The appropriations to the charitable institutions of New York, included in tne annual tax-levy, have increftied trom $200,000 in 1867 to nearly $1,600,000 in 1877: The instil utions were intended to be supported mainly by private charity, hod there is now a loud call for reform.