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In fair San Francisco a good man did dwell, / And he wrote out a will, for he didn't feel well, / Said he: "It is proper, when making a gift, / To stimulate virtue by comforting thrift."
So he left all his property, legal and straight, / To "the cursedest rascal in all of the State." / But the name he refused to insert, for, said he; / "Let each man consider himself legatee."