MUST MARRY “ANTON” OR “ANTONIE” An eccentric Frenchman left his estate to his six nephews and six nieces on the condition that “every one of my nephews marries a woman named Antonie and that every one of my nieces marries a man named Anton.” They were further required to give the Christian name Antonie or Anton to every first-born child according to the sex. The marriage of each nephew was to be celebrated on one of the St. Anthony’s Days, either January 17th, May 10th, or June 13th, and if, in any instance, this last provision was not complied with before July, 1896, one-half of the legacy was in that case to be forfeited. MUST SING ANTHEMS Elizabeth Townsend of Westbury, Wilts, England, widow, by her will, dated 11th of June, 1820, gave unto the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Westbury as much money as should be sufficient, when invested in the stocks, to yield the yearly sum of £3 clear of all deductions, upon trust to pay the dividends thereof unto the vicar, organist, parish clerk, and choir of the parish church of Westbury, for the time being, upon special condition that the said choir should forever thereafter, in the morning and afternoon service, at the parish church, on the Sunday preceding the 24th of June in each year, sing the anthem composed by her late husband’s grandfather, Roger Townsend, from the 150th Psalm, and also the 112th Psalm, for which the vicar was to have 4_s_., the organist 10_s_., the clerk 5_s_., and 4_s_. apiece to the choir singers, viz., two counter, two tenor, three treble, and three bass singers, and in default of their singing, then to divide such £3 amongst the poor at Christmas. The same person made a similar bequest to the choir of the parish church of Warminster, Wilts. WILL OF DR. DUNLOP The humorous will of Dr. Dunlop of Upper Canada is worth recording, though there is a spice of malice in every bequest it contains. To his five sisters he left the following bequests: “To my eldest sister Joan, my five-acre field, to console her for being married to a man she is obliged to henpeck. “To my second sister Sally, the cottage that stands beyond the said field with its garden, because as no one is likely to marry her it will be large enough to lodge her. “To my third sister Kate, the family Bible, recommending her to learn as much of its spirit as she already knows of its letter, that she may become a better Christian. “To my fourth sister Mary, my grandmother’s silver snuff-box, that she may not be ashamed to take snuff before company. “To my fifth sister, Lydia, my silver drinking-cup, for reasons known to herself. “To my brother Ben, my books, that he may learn to read with them. “To my brother James, my big silver watch, that he may know the hour at which men ought to rise from their beds. “To my brother-in-law Jack, a punch-bowl, because he will do credit to it.