Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-04-19
LYNCHBURG HOSE AND FIRE
INSURANCE. hyGG COMPANY,
Marine, Fire and Life Risks at Current Bate
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL, $780, ooi
OFFICERS

AoAnonlAED OAftFAL, VoOO,OOOt
OFFICERS.
G. TRUMAN Chief Eng W Dsss Secretary sSs aass
DIRECTORS.
Jno. 0tey Taylor, James Payne,
s. a. Mckinney, VIM. Il. Strstton,
Samuel Garland, G. Winfree.
Dr. YIN 4 o ai1myy, Owen Medical Examiners.
Having been appointed an Agent in Western and
Southern Virginia, for the above Company, am pre-
pared to receive applications and take Risks on Build
ngs and Lives oth white and saves at current rates
Persons wishing information in the premises WILL
applyto A. E. HUFF
Agent for L. 81. & F. /. Co.
SLAVE INSURANCE.
The Lynchburg Hose and Fire Insurance Company
reasonable terms. Persons wishing to effect insu-
rance upon the lives of their Servants do so by
Agent, Salem, Roanoke county, Va.
In the absence Of the Agent persons wishing insu.
rance will please call upon Dr. j. A. WADDELL Staun.
ton, the Examing Physician to the Company, with
whom they can arrange for Policy.
LIFE INSURANCE.
Now is the time to provide for your family. 1t
should be attended to now first because it is less e.!
pensive than it will be when you get older; second,
because, if in health, you will pass medical eIami-
nation and be accepted third because life is uncer
tain and delays dangerous. Demonstration is the
thief of time" Disease may come upon you, death
may overtake you, and in an hour when you think not
you may be suddenly cut off. and that without reme
dy to your family. Wait not then, for more conye
nen season. accept the boon while 1t is near and at
the earliest possible convenience provide for your
household the means of honest livelihood, when
time shall be no more That opportunity is afforded
You now. Call, then, at once upon the Agent who
may be seen for few days at the Virginia Hotel, or
upon DR.. ]. A. WADDELL, who will in the absence OF
Agent facilities for getting GHs Assn. Of
April 81. 1858. 4i5'
II OOK HERE FARMERS OF THE VAL.
IL LEY las agent for G. e. Mccormick, am still
in the REAPER BUSINESS, and in due time will
have on, at the usual points, good supply of the best
Machine in the World. Please send in your orders
s B sns ssfs all et two won't aois s isp pr
sent few certificates below. Read them carefully,
NAN NV" ~ :" " THORNTON BERRY,
Feb. 8, ls59.-4mo. Ag't for c. 81. Mccormick.
Vindicator, Rockingham Register, Valley Demo-
crat, Spirit of Democracy and Tenth Legion, copy.
Mr. THoRroN BHRRr-DsAR SIR IL procured from
you q Mccormick Reaper and Mower and have used
it two haryests in cutting my grain and grass Its
performance, take pleasure in saying fully equalled
my expectations. The Reaper did its duty admirably.
in tangled heavy wheat which, when not entirely
fat, cut it clean and smooth that raker with an
careful binding enabled me to dispense entirely with
the use Of my cleaner.
The mower also did its duty well-my meadows be.
ing covered principally with mixture Of clover and
timothy, the work executed up to every reasona-
BILE expectation. HoBRR7 Guf.
Mr. THoRroN BsRRY-SIR:-We ore free to certify
that we used Manny's Reaping Machine portion OF
last harvest and it failing to perform as we expected
procured of you of McCormick's which performed
in s respects to entire satisfaction and especially
in down and lodged grain it far surpassed the Nanny
Machine has more strength and durability is better
adapted to all kinds of land and weather, much easier
on the horses necks-not inuring them at all and OF
equally light draught. RoB1. s. HARNsBERGRR,
E. G. MooRNAH.
Mr.. BERRY-DEAR SIR IL think it due you to say
whether or not approve of the Mccormick Reaper
and Mower / unhesitatingly say it is the best ma
chine have seen. / was Of opinion that the Nanny
machine was the best until gave both fair trial.
now free to say that there is no comparison IN
standing grain the best, cuts lodged grain great
deal better, cuts day, with no weight on the
horses necks-Mannys did make their pecks so sore
that they unfit for for weeks after harvest
The Mccormick scythe much the easiest ground the
machine easy to turn, while the Nanny s very hard
In short would rather have McCormicEs at double
the price. would soy to any one wishing to pur-
chase to try both first. The beam of the Nanny ma
chine, which is made of wood, sprung three inches
The Mccormick is made of iron, and wet weather has
no effect upon it, Yours Respectfully,
/. j. PARKIys