The Portland daily press., 1869-04-01

TIE Forest City Band are 20 give another
course of their popular dances, as will be seen
by their advertisement in another column
This Band has given some of the best dances
of the season, and we warrant all who attend
next Friday evening will have goad time.
By the advertising columns it will he seen
that the Westbrook Dramatic Assoc' alton will
repeat, by request, on Friday evening" the very
interesting drama "Ten Nights in a Bar
Room" No doubt many have read the beau
tiful story by T. S. Arthur, from which this
play was dramatized. As temperance play
it cannot be sxcelled 1t may not be general
ly known that the young men belonging to the
Association are working very hard to pay for
their hall, known as the Good Templars' Hall,
by giving amateur performances, and which
have been SO far sustained by the public. We
hope that they will receive encouragement
from time to time as the object is a worthy
one.
.APPLHToNs' NEW JoURNAL.-Messrs. Apple
ton & Co. announce that they will begin. early
in March, the publication of Weekly Jour
nal. which shall be devoted TO popular current
literature, and an organ of advanced opinion
with respect to all the great interests of socie-
ty, popular science in its best sense, and of art
We hail this announcement with pleasure,
and trust that Appleton & Co. will, in this
venture, Justify and increase the reputation Of
their house. Vigorous, earnest and high toned
journals will always prove welcome addition
to our periodical literature. Victor Hugo's
great new English romance will be published
in Appletons' journal, which of itself will be
a great attraction. In the field of illustration,
this Journal will introduce few novelties,
such as presenting with every number steel
plate engraving, or a large cartoon engraved
or an illustrated supplement-
HALF WAY up Lookout Mountain, the place
where memory is stirred by a thousand thrill
ling associations, and where the brave boys OF
both armies met and fought hand to hand,
where the blood of both friend and foe was
mingled together and ran down the mountain
side in rivulets, is oth-facef rock, upon
which poor, wounded soldier inscribed the
following:
IS. T.-86O-X.-Early in the battle was
wounded, and carried to this spotby two clever
'Yanks' They bade me farewell. and as they
supposed, to die, for was so weak from loss of
blood that could but family thank them for
their kindness. They left in my canteen part
bottle of PLANTATION BITTERs, to which 1 owe
my life, for it strengthened me, and kept life
within me unil help came and my wound was
dressed. God bless them for their kindness,
and for the Plantation Bitters.''
HENRY DAvAeEL,
Company B. 10th Ga.
MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at half
the price. mch27eod1w&w
PORTLAND, March 26, 1869.
Mr.. EDITOR: R:-Observ ing in the Press of late
several cards commencing the New York Life
Insurance Company for their prompt payment
of policies in the case of the decease of the in
sured, the subscriber was curious to know for
what purpose those cards were printed, and
especially continued from day to day.
The first thought was, has the New York
Life Insurance Company or its agents had
such history in the past that they need this
methed to reinstate them in the good opinion
of the parties? We have never known such
procedure to be called for on the part of those
old and reputable companies, the Connecticut
Mutual, Mutual Benefit, New England or Mu
tual Life.
We have seen it in some cases adopted by
companies which had little business, as we
supposed, to attract the attention of the pub
lie, and is frequently done by persons dealing
in quack medicines and hair dyes; but was
not aware the New York Life Insurance OF its
agents were conscious of such necessity for
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company than that, although we were aware
that many persons acquainted with insurance
had not the fullest confidence in it's past con-
duct. Nevertheless, we did not imagine that
it required as much writing up as to publish
cards every time one of its members died, and
they felt compelled either by law or policy to
pay its just debts
Still worse will it appear before the public if,
on acquaintance with the facts, those cards
were found to have been written by the agents
themselves or at their suggestion or request.
That will seem as though there was a con-
scious feeling of deficiency in something,
either in the company itself or want of conf
dence of the public in the company orbits
agents.
Still again. If those debts were not Justly
due, as is implied in one of those cards at
least, why does the company allow them to be
paid? Either they were justly due or the pay
ment of them is a swindle of part of what
Justly belongs to the other members of the
company.
Again. Is it matter worthy of public no.
tice when an insurance company fulills Its
just and legal contracts any more than it
would be for the policy holders to do the same
every time they pay their premiums? And
finally, would not the business become obnox-
ious to have such custom adopted by all
other companies? A POLICY HOLDER.
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