Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-24
Nntnnruns department.
ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
INDUCEMENTS PRESENTED BY THE FAT CONTRIB
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ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
INDUCEMENTS PRESENTED BY THE ''FAT CONTRIB,
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The ssBreakneck Accident Insurance Company
wrote to the Fat Contributor" not long since, to
work up column or so of inducements tor people
to take out policies This is the way he did it:
Every one should get insured against accidents.
No matter if you belong to one OF the best "taml'
ies'' accidents will happen in them.
the best policy" but that was before accident in
surance companies started Now the best policy
is policy in the "Breakneck.'
The other day q man in Chicago fell out of a
four story window He had no insurance, and con-
quently was killed Another man, on the same
day fell out with his wife. He was insured in the
''Breakneck," and is ready 10 fall out again.
A woman driving spirited horse In st. LOUIS
was run away with. Being insured, she WASH
alarmed bit, stopped the horse and came back
safe. Her policy running out she neglected to re-
new it. Shortly after that she was runaway with
again. Her husband partner ran aaody with her
this time, and she hasn't come back yet Don't
fail to renew your policy, particularly # 1T is the
'sBreakneck."
At Dubuque, Iowa, man was kicked by a horse.
The horse wasn't injured and he got kicked back.
Near Paris, Ky., a man, while engaged in r. run
ming circular saw, had his arms taken or Ihey
consisted of cavalry sabre and double barrelled
shot gun. The man who carried them OF had an
accident insurance and he has not been caught
yet.
In Philadelphia man fell from the scaffold and
broke his neck. If he had been insured in the
"Breakneck" his sentence might have been COM
muted to Imprisonment for LIFE" Why will men
neglect these things? :,
Our agent at Penn Yam, New York, writes =
Zone of my neighbors whom I had solicited to
LII sply, hn nor1lH
not take care of himself. The very next day he
fell from the roof of his house and and wasn't
hurt bitl"
In Utica, New York, man accidentally got
married. Being Insured in the "Breakneck," =" he
will receive SIS week until he recovers.
A young man in Portsmouth, Ohio, was Tilted
by q Young LADY, and sued her to recover damages.
Insured in the "Breakneck." Fifteen dollars
week until he recovers. 20
A man sentenced to solitary confinement for lite
in the Michigan State prison. Policy in the
ttBreakneck :" SIS week as long as he is confined
A gray headed old man was insured in the
sBreakneck" The very next day he bought a
bottle of hair dye and dyed. His family receiv-
ed handsome sum on the blackboard.
Two cattle -drovers started with drove Of cattle
to New York One had policy and the other had
none. There was collision, and the one that had
policy wasn't hurt bit and the other wasn't
either Insure in the "Breakneck.
Near Portland, Maine, poor man fell from
loft and broke his neck. He received his insurance
$4,000 from the 'sBreakneck, with which he was
enabled to set himself up in businesss and is now
doing well.
Our agent at Cleveland, Ohio, writes: "a lum-
Der horse runaway with bob tailed wagon and
tipped the street over onto small woman and SIX
elderly children. The horse began to cry and the
wagon bled freely at the nose, but otherwise the
street is doing we'll. No insurance.
A hog drover in Mount Sterling Kentucky, was
very much hurt by a fall-fall in pork: No in
surance.
John Smith, of Michigan, lost good deal Of
time by sprain. An agent of the "Breakneck"
found it and returned It to him.
A man Runaway from Litchfeld, Illinois, to avoid
paying his debts. He left family mot being able
to take them with him. No insurance.
A man 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 'Breakneck' had expired. He then swan
ashore, sought out the agent and renewed his poll
cy, and Immediately returned to the river and sank
the third time in serene and tranquil manner
Insure before you are in surely.
A cripple in Boston had his legs taken OF "a
rhymster took them off in verses. No insurance
A fellow took drink of whiskey at a saloon In
Cincinnati Suddenly recolectng that he had no
insurance, he Immediately took an emetic, and
then he took out policy in the "Breakneck. He
now takes his drinks with impunity-if lmpunlty
treats
A member of Congress from New York city went
to Washington, and fell from grace-spraining his
brains so badly that he was forced to carry them in
sling. No insurance.