Collis P. Huntington, of New York, directed his executors to invest funds in bonds of the United States, or in bonds, stocks or securities of any state north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, and east of the Mississippi. A BIG UNDERTAKING Amos R. Eno, late of Connecticut, made a bequest to the Chamber of Commerce, of New York, to provide for, and assist, such of its members as might be reduced to poverty, and their widows and children. THE TERM “MISS NANCY” The term “Miss Nancy” is applied to a man who is over-fastidious in his dress, or who has effeminate manners. The expression dates back to 1730. There was a celebrated actress known as Mrs. Anna Oldfield, and she was buried in Westminster Abbey: she was familiarly known as “Miss Nancy,” and was noted for her extreme vanity and particularity in dress. Not only did she devote much thought to this during her life, but she was careful to provide for her proper attire after death, and, according to her instructions, she lay in state attired in elegant garments and the rarest of laces. She has had many eulogists; one poet says: “Engaging Oldfield, who, with grace and ease, Could join the arts to ruin and to please.” And the poet, Pope, also credits her with saying to her maid: “One would not sure be frightful when one’s dead, And,--Betty,--give this cheek a little red.” She died in 1730 in London, and left the royalty and half the town in tears. A PEW FOR A SEALSKIN SACK A certain lady, dying in New York, was entitled to the use for several years to come of a pew in Grace Church, New York; she bequeathed its use to a female relative living in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; the donee, being unable to use the pew, transferred the right to one who could use it, and received in return a sealskin sack which is reported to have been of great length and beauty, thus showing like John Gilpin’s wife that, though on comfort bent, “she had a frugal mind.” FOUND IN A NOTE-BOOK Not known until recently to be in existence, because it was written faintly in pencil in an old pocket memorandum book, the will of Dr. John D. Potter, of Pittsburgh, who died July 22, 1906, was recently filed for probate by his brother, Robert J. Potter. The will disposes of $5000 personal property and real estate of unestimated value situated in Pittsburgh and East Deer township. It reads: “John D. Potter will, dated January 22, 1903. I bequeath to my mother all my property, both real and personal. I hereby appoint my brother, R. J. Potter, executor of my estate without bond. John D. Potter, M.D.” WORKING WITH A WILL “All lawyers like to take a rest, Like most of us, and still The average lawyer’s happiest When working with a will.” A CERTAIN PASTOR AND ELDER DEBARRED