The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-29
The Fat Contributor on Accident Insurance

The s.Breakneck Accident Insurance Com
pany'' wrote ato Che "Fat Contributor not
long since to work up column or so of in
dueements 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" accidents will hap
pen in them. sf1s e5 t5s7 ~
Get policy Theold proverb says ''Hon,
esty is the best policy" but that was before
Accident Insurance Companies started. Now
the best policy is policy in the ''Break-
neck" t-.U .5a sa . .s4
The other day a man in Chicago fell out
of a fourth-story window. He had no insu-
| rance, and consequently was killed. Anoth-
er man on the same day tel2 ont 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. BENG insured
against accidents, she was mt alarmed a bit,
stopped the horse, and came back safe. Her
policy running out, she neglected to renew
It. Shortly after she was run away with
again. Her husbands partner ran rscoy
with her this time, and she hasn't come back
yet. Don't fail TO renew your policy, par
ticularly ifit isAin the 'tBreakneck.
At Dubuque, Iowa, a man was kicked
by a horse. The horse wasn't insured, and
he got kicked back.
Near Paris, KY, a man, while engaged in
running circular saw had his arms taken
off. They consisted of a cavalry -saber 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 scat
fold and broke his neck. IF he had been in
sured in the '.Breakneck his sentence might
have been committed to imprisonment for
life ''Why will men neglect these things p
Our agent at Penn Yam, New York,
writes: "One of my neighbors whom l had
solicited 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 a bit!''
In Utica, New York. man accidentally
got married. Being insured in the "Break-
neck he will receive SIS week until he
RECEIVERS.
A young man in Portsmouth, Ohio, was
Tilted bysa young lady and sued to recover
damages. Insured in the "Breakneck." Fif'
teen dollars week until he RECEIVERS.
A man was sentenced to solitary conine-
ment for life in the Michigan State Prison
Policy in the ''Breakneck," fifteen dollars a
WICK HS 104lpg as nc ID EUHftfec0 ~ Fesc '1D0ts@
s. A gray-headed old man was insured in the
''Breakneck, - The very next day he bought
bottle of hair dye-and dyed. His family
received handsome SUMMON the black board
Two cattle .drovers started with drove
Of cattle to New York. One had policy
and the other had none. There was a COLI
sion, and the one who had a policy wasn'
| hurt bit-and the other wasn't, either
| Insure in the 'sBreakneck."
| Near Portland, Maine, poor man fell from
a loft and broke his neck. He received his in
surance, So ,000, from the "Breakneck, 'fwith
which he was enabled to set himself up in
| business, and is HOW doing well. ,sr n g.
| Our agent at Cleveland, O., writes "a
lumber horse ran away with a bob-tailed wag
| on and tipped the street over onto q small
woman and six elderly children. The,horse
| began to cry and the wagon bled freely a
| the nose, but otherwise the street is doing
/ well. No insurance"
! a boiler exploded at Memphis, blowiae
| the engineer into the airsquite out of. sight
He viii receive Sl5 day until he comes
| down again. az
| A hog drover in Mt Sterling, KY, wa
very much hurt1by . fall-- fall IN pork. N
insurance. / 4 "a "a e. I %s- k
| .ohnSmith,- 81. Aliehi gaH, lost "a coed 5dea
of time by sprain.. An agent of Break
neck" found it and returned it to him.
/. A man ran away from Litchfeld, H., t,
Eayoid paying, his debts. He left famil,
titnot being able to take them with himl. No
insurance. er.a.zsE Ina liasf E sH 4 ga
| sIAsman accidentally fell from steamer a
New Orleans, into the river. AS he was sink
ing the third time he suddenly recollected
that his policy in the "Breakneck" had ex
pred. He then swan ashore, sought ou
the agent and renewed his policy, and imme
diateiy returned to the river ana sank the
third time in a serene and tranquil manner
1 Insure before you are in surety. . ~ 9155
i A cripple in Boston had his leg taken of
/ "a rhynester took them off in verses. No in
l surance.
| A fellow took drink of whisky, at sa
loon in Cincinnati Suddenly recollectins
that he had no insurance, he immediatelJ
took an emetic, and then he took out q poll
| cygin the, Brealzneck., He new takes his
drinks with impunity---if Impunity treats.
A member of congress from New York
city went to Washington, and fen from grace
| -spraining his brains so badly that he for
| ced to carry them in a sling. No insurance