Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-19

and valuable specimens and will be studied with
great deal Of interest by the society.
TnE DEFINITE CONTRACT first issued in 1877,
from the directors office of the Union Mutual Life
Insurance Company In Boston, under the Maine
non forfeiture law, has received u substantial in
dorsement by the southern Mutual Life Insurance
Company of Kentucky, which has recently adopted
the plan Of the Union Mutual, and will hereafter
issue n similar policy to new insurers The South
ern Mutual is not anew company, but commenced
busit ess In 1866, and has nearly one million dol
lars assets including good surplus, and its action
indicates that the efforts Of President De Witt to
Introduce definite life insurance contract touch
ing the question Of forfeiture, is meeting with the
success 1t deserves, and its adoption by other
companies shows that the well-considered and
practical reform introduced by the Union Mutual
was demanded by the insuring public, and is nee
essary to the continued success Of the business of
life insurance.
TIE average amount Of policies in the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of New York, Is S3,216
each. The cost of management of the company
was ss27 for each policy, 81 81 for each 81 600
of insurance for the year 1877. The average
amount of the policies in the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company is $3.50 each, and the
cost of management was So 80 for each policy, or
81 % for each ST. 600 of insurance for the year
1877. The Mutual of New York is four years
older than the Connecticut NJ utual, and has two
hundred and nnety-four millions of dollars Of
insurance in force the Connecticut Mutual one
hundred and seventy-eight millions. Manfestly,
the cost of management for each thousand dollars
Of insurance in force should be least in the older
and larger company, whilst In fact II is more than
double; hence the necessity for "neic blood"
Equitable and mutual life insurance, at the low
est cost consistent with absolute safety, isafforded
by policy in the Connecticut Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company. For further information and
policies apply to A. C. Brown, General Agent,
Montpelier.
The concert by the Swedish Lady Quartette on
Monday night called ont an audience of over
four hundred people, every seat in the hall being
taken. This is accounted for by the fact that the
ladies had been here before and made n reputa-
ton. This time they came in connection with the
Blasdell String Quartette, and the programme
was made up of instrumental and vocal selections.
The String Quartette played finely, both Mr. II.
G. Baisdel and Mrs. Fowler doing good execu-
ton on the violin. The ladies Of the Vocal Quar-
tette were warmly received by the audience and
were encOred at every appearance. The voices of
the sooists Misses Wideberg and Soderlund, did
not appear to so good advantage with an orches-
trail accompaniment as they did on their previous
appearance here, with lighter accompaniment.
Especially in the air from Stradella where the
soloist is assisted by invisible chorus did the
orchestra mar the effect of the voices To any
hon ri tho diaa randnr thts
fall the marring effect of the accompaniment was
very evident Home, Sweet Home" cold
Folks at Home" and Sweet By-and-by," were
given with such harmony to hold the audience
spell-bound
THE operetta of " Genevieve," by the young
ladies under the direction of Mr. a. J. Phillips,
given at Village Hall last week, was deserving of
better audiences than it called out. Few people
are aware of the labor involved in the production
of such an entertainment, and in this case every
effort was made to make the affair satisfactory.
Mr.. Phillips may be congratulated on bringing
out SO well the voices of the young singers-for a
majority of the participants ,cere Young in years.
Miss Josie l.. Roleau as Geneveve did finely.
Her voice is in the main, rather pleasing and she
handled it well. Miss Mary A. Phinuey, as elsa
dore," sustained her part well. Her voice is
gaining in strength, and she displayed it to ad-
vantage in her solo" The shades of night are
stealing" Miss Lizzie Wing was good as Grace
and rendered her solos in n pleasing manner.
The trio by Misses Wing, Abbott and Bailey was
one of the prettest things given. Misses Minnie
and Josie Robinson created much amusement as
the tyrannical "Theresa" and "Roxana" These
young ladies have had experience in this line