The papers containing the details of the celebrated Yelverton-Lontrworth case weighed three tons. This case has been tried 18 times, has employed 2(5 judges and 200 lawyers, and has cost £20,000.
Thaddeus Stevens, who recently died in America, was a prominent leader in Congress. His will is a singular one. He leaves his nephew Thaddeus onefourth of his entire property, if Thaddeus keeps sober for five years. For every successive five years that Thaddeus remains sober, he gets an additional fourth until he has received the whole of the property. Opinions are divided as to whether the nephew will be able to abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 401, 12 November 1868, Page 2
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