Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-08
What will ne DO with 1t.

What is a man to do who has lost all his
money? W hat will the man do In these
hard times, whose property was destroyed
in the general wreck which business suffer-
ed last year, and who has yet found no
means to support his family and maintain
his home The future is still before him
but what will he do with 1t
We say TO him. ." Go to work again ana
Try and recover what you have lost TO to
work again aud by industry honesty ana
careful economy restore yourself 10 Your
previous condition and your family TO
their previous comforts of home and So
cletyi''
But there is one obstacle in the way OF
his restoration. There Is dark shadow
hanging over the path leading into ms
future, which it Will make him anxious and
fearful a. he travels it. Ii l. the dreadful
probability that be may not live long
enough To obtain the reward OF has labors
and what can he do to protect himself
from this probability
There l. only one power available lor
TINS purpose, and that power Is Lie lnsur
ance Tor the theory and practical effect OF
| life insurance Is TO equailze hie-or, IN
other words. to give to q single lie the
/ advantage IN wears which is enjoyed by
( the average OF a large number OF lives by
il all aud protection the man can i've
I long enough to attain the result TOR when
/ he noH commences painful struggle a
/ pOlicT 90. lie insurance may be secured ny
an annual payment OF money, whose
/ amount Is lnsi -nihcant IN comparison with
/ the amount OF insurance effected ana
( whenever death occurs, the property when
was lost hy hazardous speculatlons, the
money which was sunk in the wreck oil
/ business, l. restored 10 the family estate.
/ How much mental anxiety tins preserves
Us from For VIC know that the expected
results OF the insurance may be depended
upon and every man can console himself
with the fact. that however disastrous have
/ been the results OF his business. or however
/ brief may be his days of subsequent labor,
/ there remain strong and wealthy life IN
/ suranCc institutions, cities OF refuge, under
whose protection his family can ind that
comfort and prosperity which they once
/ eniOved. bat which he and they lost, when
disastrous specnlatiOns or unexpected re-
verses destroyed all that he had
Life insurance Is q panacea Tor mIsior-
tune IL Is needed not only by those who
ale cast down, but by those whose turn
mas not vet come 10 suffer - / once asked
O LAWYER. says an insurance agent, " to
take q policy Of insurance on ms lie.
said be. for shall leave large property
to NY children. At that moment he was
cuttInr of coupons from bonds amounting
70 more than one hundred thousand dol
lars. % which ne called my attention. !
replied that bis large estate might yet bc
lost or % might depreclate IN value, or his
death might leave ms family embarrassed.
because 70 would deprive them OF ms ser
vices. which Of itself would lessen their
available income more than ten thousand
dollars This last suggestion arrested MS
notice Vow, said he 10 me, you have
brought an argument which affects me.
0u are night ] Will insure my life foT
what Iay services are worth 10 my family.
Mit1il TWO years after my conversation
with him DE died. leaving large portion
oi biz bonds hyp0inecatcd Tor money Dor
r0w1l o. bald costly house, and as there
Wa~ condition OF forfeiture connected with
the Joan. Al- estate was shielded from loss
and preserved % his family by the life IN
slrauco .Aar / mad induced hun 10 effect.
E.uirauf Lur ASSURANCE socIETY.-
THIS society seems TO have surpassed all it.
former efforts. having issued l3.iO3 policies
last year. covering Insurance % the amount
of 100 Tess sum than SIS. 452 SIS. Tie
figures shown n the statement elsewhere,
represent business almost startling IN It's
magnitude. our the rapid increase each
year Is. ). possible. still more remarkable
h Val.l appear from this company e2-
ucll-u.e that the late panic mas not injured
strong and vel.-c0uducted life Insurance
Offices a.- .a- rather benefited them hy
ilraHE directing attention - the compara-
i've safety o.. life Insurance policy IN such
c0mpauil- us q family provision against
disaster - Obscrrcr. Mcrcl 1874