Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-11-09
CUMBERLAND MD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1865.
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any other name would smell es sweet"
l question it, for should we, never having
seen a rose before, for the first time presented
with one. and told it wa, called "toa6 stool
or deadly night shadeor any other term
understood by and in its nature offensive OF
abhorcnt to our senses, cannot believe il
would or could be ~ oftcn token of all tina,
is pure and swee. as it nov is when known a.
the Moss Rose, the Cloth of Gold, tie An
geliquc, ETC., etc, carrying with the very
name an odor of loneliness To criticise
Shakespeare may be n waste of words. but an
instance presented itself the other day which
is n case in point. An agent of the Htna
Life Insurance Company cf Hartford. CT,
was holding forth on the the advantages of
Life insurance as offered by his company, and
| am free to say, became ore Of kis converts,
although having heretofore disinclination
amounting to repugnanco to everything of the
kind. The term Life Insurance" 1t revolt
ed me. My buildings readily insure, but
my "life p Insure my ''life!"-no that is
going too far, it is not mine, it belongs to God
Hto gave it, and is under his control; never
having considered that che lfghtnings from
heaven are as much Gods, and as much un-
der bis control, and yet have placed light
ming rods on my buildings. The Agent called
it an endormeat and .Srcirgs, h,stautioh. l
listehed with interest as lie called attention to
the benifcent nature of its operations, PRO-
viding for the loved ones at home safe and
sure provision, even after the husband and
father has beer lost to them, so that his 'rov-
idcht lore has outlas.ed in its effects even life
itself, and how by the careful Investment of
even few cents each day, lie might at Ger
tain age find it returned to him in an aggre-
gate amount sufficient to make him and his
family comfortable for Fife. Here was com
bined the advantage of the Savings Bank,
(Which We all approve) with an, endoWmcnt
system that provides for, our "o|G age" He
called attention to the fact that all men in
business were but 'speculating' upon their
old age and the future of their families, that
n5 per cert of mcrcfarts failed where only 5
succeeded. and that any Investment, no
matter what its nature, outside of this En-
dowment system, was "nnsets," as his regu
lar businesss investments might be and fire.
qucntly we're disastrous, and IN tie yrcck the
fund intended for old age or his family might
be swept away, and should this occur at or
near sixty years of age it was too late to earn
another fortune, that this species of invest
ment was the dnly safe one, AS however unfor-
,unate he might be, and though all might be
swept by creditors, tina. the sacred trust
fund for his family or his Old age invested in
this Endowment and Savings Institution was
preserved by tie laws II the country intact
from claims of every, description. Here
was something every prudent man would gee
the propriety of, but the agent recognising
the tepulsiyehess of the ':anle shrewdly called
it something else and found his account IL ere
in,as his conclusions were readily endorsed by
his hearers. | cannot but think that it would
be al! ctihertly wise act on the part of the
company to change their name. | believe it
would add greatly to their business and reduce
immensely the prejudice existing against life
Insurance and witbal lessen to . great ex-
tent the labors of their agents The old Et-
ma Insurance company has and deservedly the
confidence of the entire business community.
and from its long standing, its integrity and
its thorough reliability, we are prcjudiced in
it's favor. When, however, special charter
was granted, under which an exclusive Life
Insurance busi iqcss was to be done, .rndcr the
fame Of the Ttna Life Insurance Compalt,
had it then been called instead, the Etna En-
dowmcnt and Savings Institution, it would
have had fewer prejudices tc contend with and
think vastly nicrc rapid growth. Not many
monetary institutions in the country could
have rertired on it, but the 4,tna has our
confidence and could have done it.
MERCHANT.