The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-04-04
Life Insurance.

We arc informed that the late 0rcn
Edwards of this town. had life policy in
tho Massachusetts, Mutual Life Insurance
Company, of Mass, for $1,000, which was
paid by said company through Rufus Small
their agent ut Biddclord, as soon as the heirs
were ready to receive it. This fact suggests
the advantages Of such insurance.-Mdine
Democrat.
by reference to the annual report oil the
Insurance Commissioners for Massachusetts,,
il will be seen that no less than one hundred
and fifty millions of dollars (Sl5O,OOO, OoO)
is insured in Life Insurance Companies do
Ing business in that Commonwealth,-thu
showing that the subject of Life Insurance
is being better understood and appreciated.
To the merchant who is subject to the un.
certain issues Of trade and commerce, to the
professional man who has limited income
dependent upon his own present exertions,
and indeed, to all the various classes OF so
ciety, Life insurance affords the most ciiec-
tual provision against the vicissitudcs OF
fortune and the uncertainty of human exis,
tcpce. and commends itself to every prudent
and rejecting mind, as the wealth OF the
man of moderate means, a good investment
for the capitalist, and the true Savings Bank
for the widow and the orphan.
Most people make up their minds to insure;
but many, for various reasons, are dci"rrins
it. Such persons should consider that the
rates OF Insurance increase with their age,
and that should sickness oyertakc them it
will be too late to take out q Policy.
Many of the most learned and benevolent
men of the ago have given their approval
and cooperation to this system. Lord
Brougham, in an address delivered before the
Mechanics Institute in London, says:
Associations for the assurance Of lives are
20 be ranked among the very noblcst iustitu-
tons of civilized society, and their usefulness
can be attestel by thousands of happy and in
dependent families. rescued by their means
from the bitterness Of poverty, and degrade
ton of charity"
DIR. franklin wrote rs follows:
"SIy object is not to underyalue beneficial
societies, but to call the attention Of the con-
sdcrate and proyident to the fact that Policy
Of Life Insurance Is the cheapest and sQfesf mode
Of making q certain provision for ones family.
MANY a ipido,p and orphan have had great rea-
son 10 be grateful that the advantage OF Life
Insurance was understood aud embraced by
the husband and father"
sit Is an institution contemplating unmixed
good to mankind. calculated TO relieve that de-
pressing anxiety which many feel in the pros
pect of leaving n beloved family, without an
adequate provision for future support. -
"Among oil the contriyances of men to protect
the family circle from want, none can be found
So simple In its character, or certain in its re-
suits, as Life Insurance. IL Is the prop which
the dying husband leaves To support those de-
pendent upon him. by II, the faithful son
protects his aged parents, even where he has
preceded them into eternity; and securing be-
You'd all contingency, not only alimony and
education for his children, but position. which
always follows yirtuous exertion."
Such being the benefits Of Life Insurance
land they are available to all classcs,) is it
not the duty Of every one to secure these ad-
vantascs, not only for their own, but also
for the happiness Of those dependent upon
them? ...
Information can be obtained, by those de-
sirous Of looking into the subject, Of Rufus
Small & Son, Agents IN this city, who have
insured over three hundred persons in Saco
and Biddeford.