The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-08-28
The HFat, Contributor" on
Accident Insurance.

surance Company" wrote to the
"Fat Contributor" not long since,
to work up a column or So. of in
ducements for people to take out
policies. This is the way he did
IT:
Everybody should get insured
against accidents. No matter if
you belong to one of the '"best of
families s'-accidents will happen
in them. ..-.-'.. = =
Get a policy. The old proverb
says "Honesty is the best policy" I"
but that was all before the Acct
dent Insurance Company started.
Now the, best policy is o policy in
the "Breakneck.'"'. . ,-. ::
= The other day a,man in Chicago
fell out Of a fourth story window
He had no insurance, and conse
quently was killed: Another man
on the same day fell out with his
wife. He was insured in 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 rac-.
eidents she wasn't alarmed bit,
stopped the horse, and CAME back
safe. Her policy running out she,
neglected to renew. it. =. Shortly
after she was runs away with
again: Her husbands partner ran
-aWay with her this time, and she
hasn't come back yet. Don't fail
to renew your. policy, particularly
if it is in the "Breakneck." :, -.
+ At Dubuque, Iowa, a. man. was
kicked by a horse. The horse
wasn't insured, and be got kicked.
back.
+ Near Paris, KY, a man, while,
engaged in running a-eircular saw,
had his arm taken off. They con-
sisted of q cavalry. sabre, and. a
double -barrelled shot gum The
man who carried them off had an
accident insurance-and he hasn't
been caught YETI
! In PhiIadelphiasa man fell from
the scaffold and, broke his neck
IF he had been insured in the
aBreakneck." his sentence might
have been committed to "inprison-
ment for'~lRe." Why viii naen
neglect these things9
Our agent at Penn Yan, New
York, writes :!"One of our neighz
bors whom + had solicited to take
policy, laughed at nae for think
ing he could not take care of him
self. The very next day he fell
from the roof Of his house and
wasn't hurt a bit !'' -,
:. In Utica, New York, q man &C
cidentally got married. Being in.
sured in, the: "sBreakneck" he will
receive SIS a week until he re-
covers. II
Arman was sentenced to solitary
confinement for life in the Micm-
gan State Prison. Policy. in the
aBreakneck," SIS. q week as long
as: he is confined to his: room: :
A grey headed old man was ia
,sured in the >"Breakneck:" The
verysnext day: he bought a bottle
| Of hair, dyed-and dyed: His
family received a handsome sam
on the blackboard
Two cattle drovers started with
a drove Of, cattle to. New York
One had a. policy and the other
had none. There was collision,
and the one who, had a policy
wasn't hurt bit-and the other
wasn't either. Insure in the
"Breakneck." -.
/ Near Portland, Maine, a poor
man fell from loft and broke mis-
neck. He received his insurance
$4,000, from the "Breakneck,
! with which he was enabled to set
himself up in business, and is now
doing well. ~,
I Our agent at Cleveland, Ohio
writes, "a lumber horse ran away
with bob-tailed wagon and tip
ned the street over on to small
woman and six elderly children
The horse began to cry and tn
wagon bled freely at the nose, bu
otherwise the street is doing well
No insurance.
A boiler exploded at Memphis
blowing the engineer into the al
quite out of sight BE will rece1V
: SIS per day until he comes dow
6 again.
A hog drover in Mount Sterling
=, Ky., was very much hurt by taI
! fall in pork. No insurance.
/ A man ran away from titct
: field, Ill, to avoid paying his debts
= He left family (not being able t
take them with him. No insul
; ance.
t A man accidentally fell from
q steamer at New Orleans into tn
y river. AS he was sinking tn
third time he suddenly recollecte
that his policy in the "Breakneck
J. had expired. He then swa7
l: ashore, sought out the agent an
if renewed his policy, and immedlat
a ly returned to the river and san
d the third time in q serene al