The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-12-29

/ notion, llcy alc ~ NO ih"ii' ~" ''
il is whispered during the holidays.
| Accident Insurance go andncenent.
I presented by the Fat Cont ibutor.''
The "Breakncck Accident Insurance
Company" wrote to the Fat Contribu-
tor" not long since, to work upa column
or so of inducements for people to take
out policies. This is the way he did it:
Everybody should get insured against
accidents. No matter if you belong 10
one of the chest familics"-accidents
will happen in them.
Get Il policy. The provcrb says,
Honesty is the best policy but that
was before accident insurance compa-
uies started. Now, the best policy is a
policy in the "Breakneck."
The other day man in Chicago fell
out of four-story window. He had no
insurance, and consequently was killed,
Another man, on the same day, JeH out
with his wife. He was insured III the
"Breakneck," and is ready to fall out
again.
A woman driving a spirited horse in
st. Louis was run away with. Being
insured against accidents, she wasn't
alarmed a bit, stopped the horse, and
came back safe. Her policy running
out, she neglected.to renew il. Shortly
after she was run away with again. Her
this time, and She hasn't come; come Back ytt
Don't fail to renew your policy, partic-
ulariy II 1t Is IN tile "Dreakneck."
At Dubuque, Iowa, man was kicked
by horse. The horse was not insured,
and he got kicked back.
Near Paris KY, n man, while engaged
in running circular saw, had his arms
taken off. They consisted of cavalry
sabre and a double barreled shot gun.
The man who carried them off had an
accident insurance, and he hasn't been
caught yet.
In philadelphia man fell from the
scaffold and broke his neck. If he had
been insured in the "Breaknccl," his
sentence might have been COMMITTED to
imprisonment for life Why will men
neglect these things.
Our agent at Penn. Yam, n. T., writes:
zone of my ncighbors, whom l had So
licited to take policy laughed at me
for thinking he could not take care OF
himself. The very next day he fell from
the roof of his house and-and wasn't
hurt bit.
In Utica. n. Y, man accidentally
got married. Being insured in the
"Breakneck" he will receive SIS week
until he RECEIVERS.
A young man in Portsmouth, N, wa:
Tilted by young lady, and sued her t.
recover damages. Insured i'll the
"Brcakneck." Fifteen dollars a week
until he RECEIVERS.
A man was sentenced TO solitary con
iinement for life in the Michigan State
Pcnitcntiary. Policy in the "Break
neck" Sl5 "a week as long rs he is con-
fined in his room.
A grayheaded old man was insured in
the "Breakneck.' The very next day
he bought bottle of hair dye-and
dyed. His family received handsome
sum-On the blackboard.
Two cattle drovers started with q
drove of cattle to New York. One had
n policy and the other had none. There
was a collision, and the one who had 4
policy wasn't hurt bit-and the other
wasn't either. Insure in the Break
neck.
Near Portland, Maine, poor man fell
from Iurt uuu vrunu ms urvn. ne re-
ceived his insurance, $4,000, from the
"Breakneck," with which he was en-
abled to set himself up in businss, and
is now doing well.
Our agent at Cleveland, o., writes
"A lumber horse ran away with a bob
tailed wagon and tipped the street over
into small woman and six elderly
children. The horse began to cry and
the woman bled profusely at the nose,
but otherwise the street is doing we'll.
No insurance.
A boi Ter exploded at Memphis, blow
ing the engineer into the air quite out
of sight. He will receive SIS day
until he comes down again.
A hog drover in BIT. Sterling, KY,
was very much hurt by fall-.faH in
pork. No insurance.
John Smith, of Michigan, lost good
deal of time by sprain. An agent of
"Breakncck' found it and returned it
to him.
4 man ran away from Litchfield, H.,
to avoid paying his debts. He left a
family (not being able to take them
with him. No insurance. s
Aman accidentally fell from steamer
at New Orleans, into the river. As he
was sinking the third time he suddenly
recollected that his policy in the
"Breakneek" had expired. He then
swan ashore, sought out the agent and
renewed his policy, and Immediately