The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-04-25
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Insurance and Assurance.

IL is incoDeeiyable to the the vir-
tuous and praisworihy part of the
world, who have been born aud bred
to respectable idlepess what terrible
straits arc the lot Of those scandalous
rogucs whom Fortune has to shift
for themselves " Such was my feel
ing ejaculation when, full of peni-
tencc for the sin Of urgent necessity,
| wended my way to the attorney who
had swept together, aud for the most
part, picked up, the crumbs which
fell from my fathers table He was
little grizzelcd, sardonic animal,
with features which were as hard as
his heart, and fitted their leather jack-
ct so tightly, that one would have
thought it had shrunk from washing,
or that they had bought it second
hand, and were pretty nearly out at
the. elbows. They wero completely
emblematic of the possessor, whose
religion was to make tho most of
everything, and among the rest, of
the distresses of his particular friends,
among whom | had the happiness Of
standing very. forward My business
required but little explanation, for
was oppressed by neither rent-rolls
nor tide deeds and we sat down to
discuss the readiest means of turr ing
an income for one year into something
decent for little more. Ny adviser,
whose small experienced eye had
twinklcd through all the speculations
Of the age, and at the same time, had
taken a very ex.et measurement oil
my capabilities Of turning to advan-
iage, seemed 20 be of the opinion
that l was ft for nothing on earth
For one undertaking l wanted appli-
cation for another l wanted capital
" Now" said he, " as the first of those
deficiencies is irremediabIe, VIC must dc
what We can to supply the latter
Take my advice insure yoar life for
few thousand you will have but
little premium 70 pay, lioryou look es
If you would live forever; and from
my knowledge Of your rattle pated
habits, and the various chances against
you, j viii give you a handsome sun
for the insurance" Necessity obliged
me to aeduiesco to the proposal, ano
l assured the old cormorant thai
there was evcry likelihood Of my re
quitting his liberality by the most uu
remittiDg perseverance, in all the evi
habits which had procured mo bis
counteuauce. We shook hands il
mutual iil.opinion, aud he obliginely
yolun ieered to accompany me to al
insurance office.
We arrived little before the tus
mess hour, aud we're shown into I
large room. In the center was larg,
table, round whict@at equal distances
were placed certain. large Jumps o
money, which my friend told me wa
to reward the labors Of the iuquisi-
ton, among whom the surplus ris-
ing from absentees would likewise b
divided. From the keenness Will
which each individual darted upon hi
share, and ogled that Of his absen
neighbors, surmised that some 0
my fellow-snIiereFs, who we're ais
waiting, would fnd the day agains
them. They would be examined b,
eyes capable of penetrating ever.
crevlee Of theT constitution, by nose
that couldssmell rat a mile of, AM
| and hunt a guinea breast high How
indeed, could plague or pastilence
Igout or gluttony, expect to lusk 10 il
| hole undisturbel, when surrounde
4 By pack Of terriers which sceme
hungry enough to deyoor one anoth
er 2 Whenever ihe door slamme
aud they looked for additions 10 thei
cry. they seemed for all the world a
though they we're going to bark, an
IL straggler really entered an
seized upon his moieiy, the ihtelli
gent look Of vexation was preclsel
that of a dog who has lost bon'
When ten or a dozen Of these geDtr