Blessings we receive at Salvation
It was snuff that made Walter Garret a rich man. He owned a snuff shop, which he inherited from his father, who inherited it from his father. When Garret died in 1895, he left an inheritance, consisting of the snuff shop and 6 million dollars, to his wife Henrietta. But Garret had a bugbear about his slacker relatives and in his will stipulated clearly that none of his relatives were ever to receive a cent of his money. Henrietta Garret proved to be a very capable steward of the inheritance and by the time she died at age 81 in 1930, her estate was worth $17 million. Mrs Garrett had no children, siblings or cousins. In fact, she had no surviving relatives at all. She wrote her will on a scrap of paper, disposing of some of her fortunes, leaving chunks of money to her various friends. The total amount she allotted to friends amounted to only $62,500. She neglected to add the all-important clause, “All the rest I leave to…” So, over $16 million was left unallocated. According to Philad