The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-10

company at the beginning of the year Of
1869. Not having the Annual Report
of the Insurance Department of 1870
by the way it was not in circulation-I
could not refer to it for authority to show
what that thirty million earned that year,
and was therefore obliged to date back
to the previous year. Il had learned
what the investments of the company had
paid ip 1869, by the report of the conf
pffy.) hope this Enquirer" will learn
that he cannot fool" any one, and stop his
lodging. lie has got into his own light
in the last attempt, as at all times before.
SO natural does it seem to be for him to
cquivocatc that he does not even count
the cost. Had used the net assets of
the company for principal instead of the
gross assets, it would have given larger
per cent. Of interest, as the net assets
were only about s21 100000, or even
the net assets of the following month,
giveh by enquirer" 22,662, 452, would
have shown better per cent. than S24,-
100000. If"Inquirer" wishes further
information, or chooses to enlighten him
self or the public, l would suggest that
he conine himself to some stated report
and dates.
allow can they insure for nothing p
Insurance in the Mutual Life of N. Y.
virtually costs nothing reckoning m oncy
worth six per cent compound interest, for
the simple reason that she has been able
to return all premiums paid on matured
endowmcnts with six per cent compound
interest free from all expense and carry
the risk-.I am reminded here of little
anecdote which l think will illustrate
the point in question and may be parcial-
ly understood by the enquire"
Smith had sold horse and stood seeing
him led away by the purchaser, as a
neighbor came along and asked him # he
had sold the horse, to which he replied |
have, and | have had the horse to work a
year, which has been of great service to
me, and still it has cost me nothing
How is that? inquired the neighbor, |
will tell you,said Smith A year ago to-
day bought that horse and paid one
hundred dollars, reckon it has cost me
about one hundred and fifty dollars to
keep him, which makes two hundred and
fifty, and | have sold him for three humid
red which leaves balance of fifty dollars
for use Of money invested &c. Yes |
understand that replied the neighbor, but
l do not understand how it has cost you
nothing. Mr., Smith looked at his neigh
Dor a moment, smiled and turned on his
heel and left him to solve the problem
1t is not stated whether the "neighbor'
ever reconcled the matter in his own
mind.
recommend the Inquirer find this
neighbor and perhaps by putting their heads
together they may solve the problem,
f. p. ROBERTS
Agent Mutual Life.
For the REGISTER.
Ed. MIDDLEBuRy REdIsrER,-SIR -
Our numerous rains. followed with warm
and pleasant weather. must make the far
mers rejoice. Never was the prospects for
an abundant harvest of grain and grass
better this time Of year than now. An
examination of the meadows shows that
the grass roots have wintered well, and
everything looks favorable for as large
crops of hay, the coming season, as we
had the last. Good crops make good
times, and all rejoice at the prospects Of
the honorable farmers, who are the back
bone Of the nation.
What grand position in society the
farmer sustains. He stands at the head
Of all pursuits and professions. His is
the first,all others are subservient to him
His originated in the Garden of Eden
Since then the farmer has called to hi
assistance, various kinds of inventions
improvements, and utensils to enable
him to more effectauly cultivate the soil
ana secure the abundant harvest. by
investigation, find that the FIR
mers Of modern times have selected from
among the many inventions for securing
their crops of grain and grass, a very
beautiful and attractive implement called
the Clipper Mower and Reaper. Which
every farmer that was fortunate enough
to secure, takes great pleasure in recon.
mending, to the number of forty-siS
which was furnished in this section last
year. The Clipper machines took thirty
five premiums, last season, before the
honorable farmers of this country. They
are sold and extensively used in twenty.
four different states of the Union, and
are appreciated from Maine to Caifor
mia.
The Clipper Company is well or
gained firm, having large capital in
vested in building the machines. Ant
are controlled by board of Directors,
and subject to the laws of n. Y.
Therefore there is no danger of tho
company failing to manufacture the ma
chimes continually, as there would be il
an individual mandatory.
The Clippers are built on the principa
of proportion-wider the cut, larger tn,
carriage.
The many premiums taken by the Clip
per, among them, at Sedalia, Mo-, and a
Xenia, Ohio, in the summer of 1869
where the Clipper net some forty compe
titors, including all the leading machines
and was awarded the first premiums ant
gold medal, prove that the Clippers sus
tain in the field their claims of superiori
ty over all others. Its extraordinar,
lightness of draft takes one third of tn,
labor off the team. The ACCESSIBILITY Of
the finger bars to cut high or low with
out stopping the team,is worth S2j to any
machine. 1t is the only mower that ha,
the true center draft, in accordance witt
correct mechanical principel, in short, il
is the lightest, the most durable, the lcast
complicated, the most perfectly construct
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