Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-12-20
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constitutional government. Then |
the committee is to ask for building s
and money for permanent EXPOSE
ton in 1892 in commemoration of the
four hundredth anniversary of the
discovery of America. The commit |
tee is also authorized to get up d
statue for Columbus on the Exposi- |
ton grounds.
A few days since some grand army
men from New Jersey, who were Wis
ting this city, went over to the White
House to shake hands with the presi-
dent. AS they were filing out of the
East room. Gems. Sherman and
Sheridan, who had just concluded
visit to Mr. Cleveland IN his private
office, descended the stairway and
became mixed up with the crowd of
veterans who filed the hall. They
were instantly recognized by those
who had served under them during
the war, and all were anxious to pay
their respects to the two eminent gen
erals, the latter stopped in the hall
way and held an impromptu recep-
ton. shaking hands and exchanging
greetings. The accidental meeting
was much enjoyed apparently both
by the generals and the soldiers.
PETERsON's MAGAZINE for January-the
"queen of the lady 's-books," as it has
been called-excels even itself. The
beauty of it's embellishments are beyond
| all praise. ''Is the Squire imp the lead
ing steel plate, is one of the very best we
other steel plate, is almost as good, if
not quite. The colored design for paint
ing on silk or satin, or to be worked in
embroidery, would cost at a retail store
fifty cents, yet is furnished gratis to SUBJ
scribers for Peterson" as a New Year
gift. The fashon-plate is double size,
engraved on steel, and colored by hand.
The high character of Peterson" for it's
stories is more than maintained, in this
number. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett,
Mrs, Ann S. Stephens, Edgar Favcett,
Frank Lee Benedict, and the inimtable
author of 'Josiah Aliens Wife" being
among the contributors. In addition
there is an unusually interesting article,
illustrated, on ''The Homes of American
Poets" All this for two dollars year,
with great reductions to cluos. Thus,
forty CENTS, and an extra copy for getting
up the club. For larger clubs there are
still greater premiums. Specimens will
be sent, gratis, to those wishing to get
800 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
dubbed with the MONITOR at low rates.
, The following notice of the Conn. Gen
eral Life Insurance Co. appears in the Bal
timore Undere1riter, one of the ablest in
surance papers in the United States.
'This company is not one of the oldest OF
the American Life insurance organiza-
t tionS. 1t has recently passed its twenty
t first year, the raj age of maturity. Nor
, is it the large. on the list, the assets
amounting to not much over a million
and half. But when it comes to the
question of relative strength this quiet
2 modest and unassuming institution perch
| tnn ha n
net assets it holds for secuing 500 of re
serve required by law is S142.l5. The
next highest is $13S.44, and the loves
$109.52, while the average of the twenty
e $l23.6S. Thus measured, the Conn. Gen
+, eral takes the lead in point of stability.
y Since the date of organization the com
pany has paid to policy-holders, for dealt
losses, Sl,14S,O15; for matured endow
e renders s646, oil total Of sr2, r35, $50
+, There are no contested claims. There hav,
e been but four of five cases in the history
h of the company in which it has had to de
fend the rights of it's membership.
pays its losses promptly, and frequently
in advance of the time when they are due
Its policy is in many respects liberia
d one, and mindful of the equities whic
g should inhere in all contracts. If tn
: work of upbuilding has not been repaid
and the management has leaned to tn
conservative side, It's growth has bee
y one of solid strength, and unquestioneC
:, security, and when the day of settlemen
J. comes, every claimant knows that he vii
; receive one hundred cents on the dollar