Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-07-06
That insurance Agent.

The o,lor day, we wCro absent from OR
place of business Coz few hours, and whgn
we returned We found printed circular siict-
ing in cur door, which read as follows
:. Young man, have YOU wife and sixteen
little children dependent upon you for sup
port? If so, you have dWiy 10 perform -
III zach ,cas Tie case, lre should ratser ti'nt
zee had
If You are engaged in active business con-
slider what would probably happen II tho
Sheriff would come down aud shut you Up i'sr
those whiskcy bills you owe There might
not be much let for your little family =.
That's so
.' And what might be the resul, If death
should oy,F,ake you next week Suppose you
are cut of in the midst Of your youth aud use
lulness, as tweTe loU hare no lease Qf tyc
You may be strong and healthy to-day-you
nay so outside Of your customary cocktails
without iinchiug-you may cat your pork aud
beans rs usual-yOu mag drink your nine cups
Of coffee as heretoioye-you may chew your
half-pound of plug tobacco Us previously and
Yet you may awake tomorrow morning and
I fad yourself dead in the happy hunting
grounds" as twerc You ought 10 guard
against this contingency. Suppose YOU have
au insurance in tho d" Mutual Life Insurance
Company Of SqucLunk ?" This may all be
avoided, and you may continue to take your
cocktails pork and beans, coffee aud plug to-
bacco as usual.
If you are a farmer struggling along, try
ing to pay of that sixteen per cent. mortgage
on your farm, why do you not insure your life
I in the &" NJ l.. I. c. OF Squedunk' for ten
thousand dollars and then sell The policy ior
/ five thousand?
You think that in three, five or ten years,
/ If you have peach crop, you can pay OFT the
mortgage. Suppose before the three, five or
ten years, have passed, you arc quietly laid
I away in a little pine box Vii. your wife aud
sixteen small children be able 10 carry on your
farm, and pay sixteen per cent? My dear SIT,
insure your life in the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of 3quedunk, and then, If You dic
before completing your plans, your wife viii
receive the money, pay OF the mortgage aud
have the farm all clear for ber next husband
If you arc not in a position 10 leave sure
support to your family, do you care 10 leave
your wife and your children, after you aro
gathered home" TO take in washing at Fix
ty cents a dozen?
Pause, young man, just where you are.
and consider, Don't 50 step furthS until
ysu think about this matter! Think about
the time when your toes will be turned UP in
the silent churchyard. a shingle at your bead
marked "IS MEMORY Oh and little vines
and flowers growing above you Think Of
your frail, delicate wife, with those sixteen
small children She may be wooed aud Won
again-may become the wife of somo tendcr
young man who has not been brought up u
hard work-one Of those unfortunate young
men who have no visible means Of support,
aud who habitually leave their pockct-books
ia their other pants pocket. Now, just think
how it would bs 10 this case if your wife held
a policy on your life in the " Mutual Life In-
surance Company Of Squeduuk for ten thou
sand dollars Why, it would snatch your be-
loved widow from the abyss Of poverty, and
set your SUCCESSOR mp in business!
The agent who cft this circular will call
round in few days to consul you about the
matter. Think il over carefully
We've thought it over carefully we've Civ
en- the whole thing all due consideration, and
we've laid ont our course Of action.