The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1880-02-11

of the danger Of using tobacco and ihtoxicat-
ing liquors, which things he said should be
condemned by the ORDER and that no man
should be received into the order who made
excessive use of either.
He insisted also on the close adherence to
the Bible favored having it read in our pub
lie schools, and condemned Iagersolism from
a secular point of view.
Your correspondent has just returned from
visit to Cherryville, where he found the
Rev. M. B. Lannings SO much better that the
most respondent now look for his recovery.
III.
Prepared for THE RECORD.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON ILLUS
1RATED.
Lesson VII, Feb. Title---The tongue
and the temper, Matt. 5:33. As. Golden
Text-Be ye therefore perfect, Matt. 5:4s.
1ruth-We should do good to them that
hate us.
IA Selected Story Illustrating the Lssson.l
A soldier, riding over the scene of a battle
field when the fight was done, came, as he
walked carefully among the dead, to a body
that showed signs of life. The bleeding man
wore the dress of the enemy. Regardless of
that, he said to his companion, "Give me a
drink of water" Aud as the officer stopped
down to do so, the wounded soldier recognize
ed in this Good Samaritan the general of the
troops against whom he had been fighting,
raised himself on his elbow. drew a pistol,
and with deadly hate, fired it at his bcnefac--
tors head. Happily the bullet missed its
mark, aud the general, as soon as he recover
ed from his surprise, with forgiveness truly
| noble, said, 2" Give-it to him, all the same."
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Just received a new line of Wright's Elk.
tracts very cheap. at BoseDbury's Pharma-
cy. u. IL. I
| HuNTERpoN COUNTY MINING. The mining
interests in Hunterdon and Warren counties
are doing very we'll at present. Every land-
owner is positive that there is iron ore on his
premises and is busy digging FOR it, and in
many cases with marked success. Shafts
have been sunk on dozen Farms very recent
ly. On the Musconetcong side and in the up
per part of Huuterdon county ore in paying
quantity seems to be found almost anywhere.
All the old shafts are being worked again, and
the noticeable number Of idlers who have ex-
listed there during theearly part Of the Win
sSts ttaS @VW AHV5tN SWPH{3 uttut ftdbtiOub tuJ
trouble. A strong company, with ex. Senator
F. A. Potts as President, aud Judge Lathrop,
Receiver of the Central Railroad, as Vice
President, has secured the Turkey Hill mines,
the best so far worked. This company al
ready employs over 100 men, and has opened
half dozen shafts. 1t loads about ten cars a
day with the ore. To facilitate the trans
l.
the little station called West End to the
mines, and the little cars are thus sent by
gravtation to the main track of the Easton
and Amboy Railroad.
A LIFE INSURANCE 0UrRAaE.-A poor man
residing in this city recently met with an ex-
perience that goes far toward encouraging
the belief prevalent with many that life in
surance companies are run in the interest Of
the managers (who manage to draw large
salaries,) and not for tile benefit of the insur.
ed.
The person Of whom we are speaking had
bis life insured in the National Life Insurance
Co. of Chicago. This company had an agent
in Philadelphia who had been receiving his
premiums, aud was also the agent of another
company. In forwarding one or more of the
premium receipts; this agent used an enve-
lope with the address of different company
ON it. Recently 10 forwarding the premium
payment to this agent, friend of the insured
was misled by one Of the envelopes referred
to, and addresse,i the letter to the agent, as
agent Of andtlief company. This man, it APP
and the agett into whose hands it came for
warded the money TO the agent of the National
Life Insurance Company OF Chicago, but he
receiving 1t a day or two after the premium
was due, returned the money to the insured
and told him that he would have to write to
the home Office of the company, as lie had no
fight to receive it.
Accordingly, letter was written to the
Company, explaining the matter and showing
that the money was sent 10 time, but failed
to reach the company owing to the mistake
above mentioned. The following letter was
the final reply
CEDAR SIR We have your favor of 5Oth
inst. In our letter to you of goth ult., we
stated what you were entitled to do under
your policy contract with us. AS the forfeit
ure of the policy was through NO fault of ours,
and as there would be no advantage to us in
its restoration We do not see that we are call
ed upon to do anything different from what we
then stated. Yours truly,
IN st5sss ssa D. Al. ELLIS
Pres't.o
So it appears that ii is not question of
what is fair or honorable, but what is to the
advantage y of the company that controls
the decision of its president.
When the President states that the ffor-
feiture of the policy was through no fault of
oufs;' be states what is not true. The IN
sured had never been notified Of a change of
agents, and if the same agent had remained
in position at Phila, the letter would have
reached HIM although addressed to him as
agent of another company.
As it is, this man, poor and aged, is de-
prived of the prospect of providing for his
family, and has to take up with paid-up