THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1866.
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BT BEMRT T. WILLIAMS, j
Inscriptions la honor of the dead are probably
m old as tombs tbernselves but 10 little bas the
custom been practised till late centuries, that ft
it dlillcult to trace the date ot their commence
ment. I
It has been dlsputr-d whether the ancient Jews,
before the time bt Christ, inscribed epitaphs on
the monuments of the dead; but it is certain
that some of ver ancient dale are found amontr
them. "
Alter the Jews came the Greeks. The Greek
epitaphs were verv simple, and consisted only
of the name and a short character, as "a qood
man," "a good woman." .
The Athenians put only the name of the dead
with the epithet (rood, or hero, and a word sig
nifying tneir Rood wishes.
Tue Lacedemonians allowed epitaphs to none
but thoie who hud died in battle.
. Ilerodotua has preserved to as those which the
Amphictvoncs caused to be inscribed on the
columns which they raised in honor of tho
heroes ol TberruopyliV.and that which Simonidcs,
fiom personal friendship, placed over the tomb
ot the prophet Mefrlstias. Tne general descrip
tion lor tLe whole of tnese was to this effect:
"Four thousand Iroin Peloponnesus once
fought on this spat with three hundred myri
ads ;" and that which was special to the Spartans
was still more rcmiu it able: "Stranircr, go tell
the Lacedti'iuonlaus that we lie here obedient
to iheir commands." . '
The Greeks, iuslead of the inscription, some
times engraved, the instrunrents tf the profes
sion of the buried one; olten, also, emblems
which marked their character and temper, or
symbols anddeurcsof that which they liked bent.
The bas-reliel thus usod was very einous.
' Trimalchio, in Pftronius, desires that the like
ness ol his dog (symbol ot fidelity) may be
lorined at the lect of nis statue, and the monu
ment be adorned with garlands aud representa
tions of the combats which should take place at
his luneral. Upon the monument was to be
carved a snip under full sail, to show that he
obtained his wealth as a merchant, in which
ship be should be represented slttin, clothed in
magisterial robes and insignia, pouring out
riches upon the multitude ; alto a triclinium
(court with painted walls), and the people feast
ing therein; at his right was to be placed his
who, Fortunata, ith a Sicilian dove, and hold
ing a dog with a chain; alo amphora (immense
vafccs), well secured, while one was to appear
broken, and upon it a boy weeping for the. mis
fortune. Tbe whole was to be surmounted by a
sun-dinl, that the eye ol the traveller, willing or
unwilling, might be attracted to the inscription
recording, his name. Elpenar says to Ulysses:
"Put an oar on this sepulchre with which I
used to row with my companions."
A symbol ot a girl holding a water-vase de
noted tbat the delunct was uumarricd. A palm
and olivo branch is the symbol of immortality.
A bow unbent, or with "broken strings, repre
sented the extinction of lite. A dove, simplicity
of manners. Crowns held in the uands show
that the dead one led an innocent hie. A nest
of birds, with the? old oce feeding them, repre
sented the core of a mother to bring up her
children.
The Romans inscribed their epitaphs to the
"Manes," lHis ManiOus, and frequently intro
duced tbe dead as speaking to tne liviug. Ac
cordingly, down to the eleventh century, all
epitaphs were in the Greek or Roman language.
yrom the eleventh to the fifteenth, the French
and Latin predominated, and la the fifteenth
commence those of the English language.
None exist to prove whether they were used
by tbe Saxons or Danes before that time.
The French mind is peculiarly adapted to the
epigrammatic lorm; very felicitous examples
may be quoted: as of the Count de Tenia, who
had enjoyed every lorm of temporal prosperity,
and caused to be engraved on his tomb the words
"'landem Jelix," "Happy at last." And also the
touching epitaph to a mother, "La premiere au
rendezvous," "The first at the rendezvous."
A lurs portion ui tue etuuui uuuuuivut;, nuu
consenuentlv of the emtunh". of the mother
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country, England, were destroyed at the time of
the Reformation, and subsequently by the
iconoclastic rago of the Puritans ana Presbyte
rians. But when we come down to a later date, the
literature of no people, either ancient or modern,
can vie with those in our language In this pecu
liar branch.
For, whilst English epitaphs possess the point
and terseness without which, no epitaph can be
successful, they exhibit a feature almost un
known in those of other nations that, viz., of
wit or humor.
It seems as If the wittiest people of the world,
as those who speak the- English language un
questionably are, had found it impossible to
confine their raillery to tue living, and accord-
tntrlv wk find that the harmlAnsi iippiilmritips of
the dead have oiten been hit off oa a tombstone
with a felicity which has rendered immortal
what otherwise the next generation would have
forgotten.
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of fulsome compliments and expressions of re
spect, wnich were never applied to the deceased
while in life. Hence the English proverb, "He
lies like an epitaph."
The Germans have a proverb, "He lies like a
tombstone, and is as impudent as a newspaper."
The simplest epitaphs are, alter all, tbe most
charmmg, and touch the affections quickest.
The column erected to the memory of General
Masseca, who Is buried In the "Ceuietiere da
1 Eft," in Pari?; contains only the word "Mas
sena," and simplicity is equally essential to give
effect to tne record ot the gentle virtues of do
mestic lite. The single word "Mother" can call
a tear, whep four lines of beautiful metre might
tail to move us.
The following extract from an ele?y on Doune,
by a distinguished clergyman of Englaud, ex
hibits another i'ea conuected with the epitaph,
and beautifully Illustrates the character of his
subiect:
"He tbat would write an epitaph for thee,
And do it well, must first begin to be
fciucli as I boa wort tor none can truly know
1 Uy wortb, thy life, but he tbat bath lived so."
Bit-hop Sprat, writing a sonnet to tbe memory
ot the Loid Protector Cromwell, briugs forth
yet another idea concerning toe epitaph, arguing
there Is uo need of any epitaphs except to those
who have died without lame; that the memory
oi tne uiHuunuisaea aeau wm aiays live in me
hearls ol posterity, even it their graves are un
. marked by a slnRlo stone:
' They only want an epitaph
'that do remain alone
Alive in an inscription,
Kcmiintoied onl y on the brass or marble .tone."
I have gathered fiom various sources the fol"
lowing collection. This subject is rarely made
the occasion ot any extended article in tue news
papers, and the interest wulchl am sure the
reading of these herewith given will excite will
repay their publication in tnese columns. And,
although in some Instances They may seem to
mock or tritle with tliinns sacred or religious,
yet their antiquity and curiou nature will en
title them to a place in every one's memory,
Elihu Vale, the founder of Yale College, at
New Haven, Connecticut, was buri-d at the
church in Witxuuni, Wales. His monument, a
piam ultar tomb, bears this inscription:
"born in Aniens, in Europe brod.
Iu Africa travelled, and in Asia wed,
Where, long tie uvea uud ti rivea, in London died.
Much rood, roine ill he did; so hope ah'i even.
A ud tha; his soul through mercy's gone to heaven,
You 'hat aui vivo and read this tale, take oare,
Ytt tlm most curiam exit do prepare, -Wl.ere
blest in pencil lli ao iona of the lust
Htuol! ewuel, and blossom in Hie tilout dust." '
It is recorded that Mr. Kale went to tbe East
. Indies irom this country as an adventurer, and,
becomii g wealthy, obtained the Presidency of
Madras, una is said to have ruled witn oppres
sive au hoiiiy. He caused his groom to be
. i.U.CU IV! IVllUjt VUb It IBVUlllU UU1BO TT It'lVU.
leave, lor this murder he was ordered to Eng
land, where he w tried for his crime, but b y
some meaus escaoed ull punishment, except a
heavy Hue. Ho uied In 172'
A liottreaux Courch, Cora rall, England, there
is ihli curious epnapu to liov. Mr. Cotton and
wife: . i ' ' ' . ; t .
' 'Kurtv.nme fears tSiev livtd. man and wife,
Aud vw.at s more rure au uiuuv without gtrne,
Hie fhst ricpartins-, he a 1tw weeks tried
io lire withe nt her, eoaid not, and tie die J." '
The annlnt hiimor of Dr. Franklin bas ex-
prfssed Itselt in the following lines, his epitaph,
written by himself:
The body
of
Bbnjamik Frahkmn
primer,
(like the covi r ol an old book
iu contents torn oat, ,
and striprx-d of its lottenua and gildmc),
lies here, food for worms,
yet the work itxoif ihall not be lost,
for it will (as he bolieved) appear once more
in a ne
tnd more beautitnl edition
" corrected and amended
by ,
The Author.
One of the flroct wo have ever read Is the sim
le inscription iu t. Anne's 'cbiirch, at Cracow,
it'dbatcd oy CouLt Sierakowski, to the illustri
ous Copernicus: . ' '
fc t a sol , ne moveare. '
The very words of Scripture, which were used
as a pretext for the persecution of tue great
truth which he discovered, are here employed
to form his epitaph.
Bvron's misatitliroDv vented itBClf in the epi
taph on his Newfoundland dog, which he con
cluded with tbe lo.lowmg lines:
' "To maik a friend's remains these stones arise,
' I never knew but one, and here he lies."
The following is said to be on the tomb of a
lady who is bur ed in Baltimore. She was bora
in inn, ana died in njn:
"Stop, psfsenser, until mv life you read,
lho living may pet knowlod'e by tbe dead;
i ive times live ) ears X lived a virtu's life.
Ten times five years 1 was a virtuous wife,
'I en tunes five vcars 1 lived a widow cliasto,
Now wearied of this mortal lite, 1 rest.
Jl ct wren mv cradle aud my crave have been
K rlt tnlglitv kin irs oi Scotland, and qneen.
Four times fivo years the Commonwoaltti 1 saw,
leu time tbe subject rose against tbe law.
1 wice Hid 1 fee oio prelacy pulled down,
And iwire tbe cicaa was humbled by I he gown.
An end of Smart's uce I saw, nav, more,
Mv native country sold for Kngdsb ore.
t-ucb desolation in my life have been
1 have an end of all peritenon seen."
In Saratoga. N. Y.. is a tombstone containing
a carved imasre of a locomotive, and in the win
dow is a photoeraph of the engineer, to whom
the monument is erected. Underneath are the
following lines :
"My Engine no is cold and still
Wo wa'or doth tier boiler fill,
1 he wood affords Its flame no more,
My days oi Kselulness are o'er."
If everauv epitaph expressed in hiehpst praise
the chiiracter of the departed, the succeeding
lines, addressed to the memory ot Eliza Anspach,
of Baltimore, Md , w ill give a beautiful illustra
tion:
"Farewell, our best beloved; whose heavenly mind
GeniUB to virtue, trensrtn to ftottnoss joined;
Devotion not aebaed by pride or ait, . . .
w 1th meek simplicity and joy ot beart. .
TLo' spnvbtiy . g nt e; tho' polito, sincere;
To parents love y, as to friendsbiti dear,
Unbiamed, respected in each sphere ol life,
Tbe teudeiest dauginor, sister, In end. and wifo,
In thee their patronness, the alllioied lost,
Thy lneuos tneir comfort, ornameut, and boast."
Epitaph, In Pothwell Churchyard, Englan d,
on a blacksmith:
"My sledge and hammr lie reclin'd,
My Del owl too, have lost thoir wind,
- My file's extinct, my loree decay 'd,
My vise is in the duft a 1 laid ;
My coal is speat my iron gone,
My nails are drove, my worx is done. .
My flro-dried corpse lies here at rest. !
lly soul, smoke lute, soars to be blest." ',
There is a singular Inscription in Enfield
Churchyard, England, on the tomb of John
White, who was surveyor to the New River Com
pany: Here lies John 'White, who day by day
On river w orks did use much ciay,
Is now himseli turning tbai way,
It not to clay, yet dut will come,
W hicb to i reterve takes little room,
Although iLolosed in this great tomb."
Epitaph on Thomas Shortbose: ;
"Hio Jacet Tom Shorthoe;
Sine tomb, sine sheep, sine riches;
Qui vixit Bine sown, sine cloak,
bine shirt, sine breeches,"
Epitaph in a churchyard near Salisbury, Eng-
"On Kichard Button, Esq. ,
"Oh! Sun, Moon, fatan, and yeeelostlol Poles!
Are graves tbeu awindlod into Bulton iloiosf"
'Which is the deepest, the longest, the
broadest, and the smallest grave in this church
ward 1" said a pedestrian to his companion, while
mcditatipg among the tombs at Esher.
'Vhy, repUed he, "it is that in which Miles
Button is buried; for it is Miles below the sod.
Miles in length, Miles in breadth, and yet alter
all It is but a Button Hole."
About the year 1816, an account of a Kentish
miller's luneral was given in the papers. He
lelt handsome legacies to his executors, on con
dition tbat they should bury him under tbe
mill, and place the following epitaph, his own
composition, above him:
"Undenreatb this ancient mill
Lies tbe body otpoor Will.
Odd be lived, and odd he diol,
And c uis luneral nobody cried.
"Where he's gone, and how be tares,
Nobody knows, and nobody cares."
Epitaph in Baltimore, Md. :
"In memory of Peter JLlttig,
born Dec. 10 1761, died Apl. 8, 1793.
"Pe er Littig was his name,
Heav n 1 hope his station,
Baltimore was his dwelling place,
- And Christ Is bis salvation .
Mow be is doad and buried
And ail his bones are rtten,
Kemomber him when this you see
Lest be should be forgotten."
Perhaps the culmination of the comic, absurd,
and ridiculous in epitaphs was never reached, or
so fully illustrated, as in these few following
specimens, actually copied from tombstones in
a churchyard In Massachusetts: i
"El enezer Dockwood. aged forty-sevon, - - 1
A miner ana a hypocrite, never went to heaven." .
In tbe same yard:
"Tbls Is to the memory of E'len Hill,
A woman who would always Dave her will,
bhe mulled her uubband, though she made good
bisad,
And on ibe whole he's rather g'ad sho's dead.
She whipped her children (and she drank her gin)
Vt hipped virtu, out, and whipped tbe devil in,
May all such women go to some groat fold
Where they throucu all eternity can scold."
Ano'her:
"To tbe niemor of Mary Gold
Who was gold in notnlng but her name '
t-he was a tolerable woman for an acquaintance,
liut O. li bimevli couldu t lire with her.
Uertimper WhSlonous, :
Her tongue was vindictive, '
She rrseuit-d a look, aud frowned at a smile,
And was as snur rt vinegar
She punished the earfb nowards o' forty years,
To ray noti.ing of her rela.ions." I
Another: i
"lo ibe memory of Captain Barber, a staunch
patriot who lougl.r and bled for his country, wno
was loreuiost iu u i the stirring de 'ds ot his nation's
history. Known io be a liberal maul but he was a
glutton and a winu lhLorl drove his only sou to sea,
and to run; killed bis wile by bis misdeeds, and
died drunk in his Uf;y-firet year."
Here is a genuine epitaph, although the pre
cise locality c&unot nt present be recalled: i
"Hro lies John Trollop, j
V ho stones did roll up,
When Gcd called bis soul un,
His Lody rilled this hole up."
In ronifrct, Connecticut:
' --1 hero bid je eraty
"W u id adiou.
M' ;eiuet friends,
t s.o must you "
Iu New Britain, Counec.lcut :
Now I am o d a:ul out oi Mind
V on this i'i,i,e My name vou'll find,
Ana when V . name voup;ain y see i
1 ou can no less t Uan thiuk ot me."
In Hillsdale, K-.w York :
. "Sleep on, tleoi' on my love '
Weep on mv "Vi tor you an mv tuit'e dove
,. My dear wim L wuiidreu don't you mourn lor roo
Heaven is uiy luuiio & earth is my loutitool."
.Ja PitUflcldj Siiihuchiwctts t '. ,' .',
"When vou piv ttpnds are parsing by ' ;
' ' nC this mij yon where 1 lie
ltemember vi. ii L're long must have
Like uie a mnii ou in tha grave, '
' AJo 8 'u iuuts, 2 tons aud a daughter."
In Mlddlcbury, Vermont:
"White Chrystal dews Imprarl the lawn,
A Tear shall drop o'er Bogey's urn." .
In Old Sckonk, Massachusetts:
My tody Is not to be found by this stone
For God bath decreed it a watery tomb
Hot since it is the lot of all men to die '
Ji is mv sad fate in the ocean to is.
Captain James l'aine, 1616. Deo. li. Age 82."
In Milford, Connecticut:
"Holly, (he pleasant In her day
Was tnddenlv seized and sent away,
How soon she's ripe, bow soon she's rotten,
Laid in the giave, ana soon forgotten."
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is reclvlng Frelihts flail' at low raton,
ti-CUIslJ WzlAK' Bf-LUW tPRCCE STREET,
and will Insure at low rates.
. , ' . . P. K CLARK, A(tent,
2 81m Nos. 314 and 316 8. DELV W A RE Avenue.
ftpfsu HAMILL'8 PASSAGE OFFICE.
JiaiLiiS 'ANCHORLIiJE OF BTEAMERS"
"OALEDOMA." "CAM BKIa,."'
BRUANHIA," "INDIA.
Steam to
LlVEBtOOl LONDONDERRY, BELFAST. DUBLIN,
fcWRY, CORK. A.D OLaBUOW.
BaTE. OF PA8AOE,
PAYABLE IN PAl'EBCliaBF.NCr.
CABINS 90, (80, and 70
fcTE RA.UE S;i0
StPAtllHhin Hfltl.'PS:U lu.vu KiTI.UIUV
January 27.
J11B rAiu cr.K'i FIX ATED
Issued for bringing out paasenKors Irom the above
points at
LOWER RATES THAN ANT OTHER LIME.
Also, to and irom
ALL hTATlONS ON THE rRI8H BAILWATS.
SPECIAL hOllCE Passengers will take partlcalnr
noHce that the "Anchor Line" is the only line training
tlnoutih ilckeu at the above rates, from Philadelphia w
the polnti named above, and that the undersigned Is the
only dtly aatborUed Agent In rhliadblpbia.
Apply to W. A HaMILL, '
8ole Agent for"ANCHOtt tlSE.'
115 No. 217 walnut street. :
STEAM TO LIVERPOOL.-'
CalllDK atiOUEENR TOWN. The Inirmn T.lnn.
KtuiHjM bEMl-WilKLY. carrylne tha Unltud HIjilos
Walls.
CITY OF LIMF.PICK, Wednesday. February 21.
CITY OF LONDON, Saturday, Febraaiy 24. '
. CITY OF DUBLIN, Wednesday. February 28.
CITY OF BALTIMORE, Satarday, Alarcb I. .
At noon, iioml'ler 44 orth River. ,
BA'lES Or PASSAGE, '
PATABI.B IM GOLD. ' v
First Cabin aDO-00 Sieeraga. SM'OO
First Cabin to London. MiO Steerajie to London... 3400
First Cabin to Paris. . .105 00 8t. erae to Parb 40 00
Psssengera also forwarded to Havro.Hawburg, Bremen,
etc. etc., at moderate rates. .
Pas-age by tha Wednesday steamers s Cable. SMOO;
Bteerage. 35 00 payable In United etates currency.
Steerage passage Irom Liverpool or uucenHtown, t.10
gold, er its equivalent Tickets can be bought hereby
persons sending lor their irlends
.For luriher lmormatlon apply at the Company's
Offices. JOHN O. DaLE, Agent,
1 23 No. Ill WALNUT Btieot, Phlladeipnls.
HAIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
BAKER'S POPCLAR HAIR ESTABLISH
UENT The assortment ot Braids, wlga Toupees
Bandeaux, KaplUons, Kouleanx, Tonaues, Frlses
Crimpues, Curls, Illusive Seams lor ladles, cannot be
equalled by any other house In tbe United State, at
pikes lower than eisewhere.
l.gfam No. tOO CHEHNUT Street. Philadelphia.
DENTISTRY.
ISAIAH PRICE. DENTIST, GRADUATE OF
Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery, class 1&U-4,
lormerly or West Chester, Pa., having sen ea three years
In the Army, has resumed the practice of bis profession
atNo.241 N. ELEVENTH Street. Philadelphia, where
be wlJ endeavor to give satlsiaciory attention to all wbe
mayreqnlre bla pioicsslonal services. li
LEGAL NOTICES.
37 STATE OF RICHARD W. MEADE GRAHAM,
y Deceased.
letters of Administration haying been granted to he
undersigned, upon the ealaia at BIuUARD W. MkADB
GRAHAM, deceased, all persons Indebted to tbe said
estate will make payment, aud those having claims
against tbe Same wnl present them to ....
CHAPMAN BIHDLE. Administrator,
2 20tu6t No. 1S1 South FI l i H Street.
LOOKING-GLASS,
...P0HTEAIT, ...
PHOTOGRAPH,
i AND
PICTURE FRAMES,
' ' AND GILT MOULDINGS'
Uo. 929 ARCH 'STREET,
PHILADELPHIA. 1
PAIKTIKGS, AKD A GREAT VARIETY
OF ENGRAVINGS ON HAND.
OLD WCRK RECILT EQUAL
TO NEW. U4m
No. 1204 CHESNUT ST.
Have just lecelved
Ot D GOVERN UCNTJaVA VOVfr.B, ,
) XTSA ENOL1SH BMEAKFAbT TEA, .
frl'P! If MARYLAND i AA18,
FIN DRIED BEEF AND 1ON0PE. tlaoul
f EAFKESS, BLINDNESS, AND CATARRH.
l J lhA a, M 1.-, froirnsor ot the-Eye and lar
treats all dh-ease aiiDeruliiiris to the alove meuihein
a lili tie utinuht sticueiM Tetlinouia s Iroru iheuuibt
rellahle fr In tha uity can be aeon at hlsoftlun. --a
,110 1IM Mrert. Tne Aleclka' Kaeuliy are Invited to
en nuor Uiaif pa'ltnts a U haa uu aaoreia lr his
V AND V
r
.XEA DEALERS,!"
1 practice tu
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
g . .A.. rA JL3.I..13ir
OF THE CONDITION OF
. ... -
The SlassocIiiKctls Mutual Life
i
Insurance Company.
ON THE FIE.ST OF JA1TUAKY, 1830.
FIRST. " '
I. Capital Ftock 9100.00C OO
8. Knmber of shares of stock sub- , '
gcrllied tor, one thousand. ,
t. Amount of assessments or In
stalments on stock paid In cash.. lOO.nOO o
feECOND TI1E TROPERTY OR A9ETS HELD BT
THE COMPANY.
1. lbs value, or nearly as may be,
, of the real estate held uy the
Company 12,00000
3. Amount of cash on band, de- . , .,
posited In First National Bank,
Hprlncfleld M.4M 25
1. Amount of cash on band, de- .
posited In Oy action . National
Hank, Pprlngf.eld 2.620 47 '
4. A mount ot cash In hands of agents
. and la courso of transmission.... 22 471-99 11,546 70
5. Amount of loans secured by
bonds and martgaea, const!- . ,
tutlng the first lien on real estate, ' .
on which th re Is less than one
year's Interest due and owlne.... ' ' 4 35126
8. Amounts of stocks owned by tho
' company t
43 shares National Bsnk of Corn ' '
mcrce, Boston 14.730 00
2D shares Webster National Bank,
Boston 82,800-00
IS shares Elliot National Bank,
Boston.. V1.620 00 ,
SO shates First National Bank,
Bprrogfled $3.600 00
42 states Second National Bank,
Sprint-flcld 8,S76-00 '
i rQares A gawan National Bank.
Bcrlngfleld 1330 00
IS shares Oyaehon Na.lonal Bank,
Ppringflcd... '2,r.y00
27 i bares First National Bank, .
Norihanipton..........s3i4UOO . i
18 shares First National Bank,.
( blcopee 12,875 00 Market value. 28,008 00
188,000 U. B. Gov. Securities do 161,ai 00
1000 Michigan State Bonds I . do 1,100 00
9. Amount of stock held by tne Company as
collateral security lor loans :
' ' MktvaL
36 shares Cblcopee National
Bank, Springfield 13,600 r '
20tharcs 6T Second Nailonal
Eank, tprlngflold 2,000 ' 85,000
10 shares of N. Y. and New
Haven R.R. Co 1,0C0 1,100
18 shares of Glasgow Manu
facturing Co 1,800 .
tlOOO U. B. Government 7 30
' motes 1,000 2.6A5
24 shares thicopee National
Bank, Springfield.......... 2.400
9 shares Ojueh on National '
Bank, 6prmgUeld 900
30t)0 Borne and Watertown ) : ' , '. '
R.R. bonds..... 1,000 ' 6,000
5 tbares Springfield A quo- '
duct Co... 600 300 ' ;
10 sh res Sprlngflaid Aque-
duct Co 1000
300 U. 8. Government 7 30 ,
notes. ; 800 1,000 ..I
38 shares Cblcopee National ' ! :
Bunk, 8prlngfleld.. 8,600 .'.
10 000 U. 8. Government 6 . . ,' . ', i
per cent 1081 .'... 10,000 13 500
20 shares Third National - w ". T I
Bank, Springfield 2.000 i
1010 City of Springfield ' '
bonds 100 0-23)0
20,4:0 V. 8. Government ' '
g 20s JO 450- 20,450
2000 U. 8. Government 6 ' ' .
percent 1881 2,000- ' 2,000 1 !
3350 TJ. B. Government 7 " 1 1
810 per cent 3.3E0 8,050
' , 81,825 00
11. Amount of premium notes... ,.. ; 890,33319
12. Amount of Interest on Investments made
by tbe Company accrued and unpaid. 65,027 24
Amount ot all other loans on collateral or . 1
personal security 16,10000
Amount of deferred premium. ' 77,638 71
Amount due irom agents 31 ,656 14
ra h .(A' -' i ' ' . ". . : , v. .' 1,286,802 21
THIRD LIABILITIES OF THE COMPANY, t
2. Amount of the olalms tor losses. $5,000 00. Ir,
6. Amount of losses during tbe
year.. 27.500 00 32.530 0D
Fourth income of the company. !
1. Amount of cash premium re- .
ceived ..V.... 80,756 II ' '
2. Amount ot premium notes taken ' t
by the Company 152.061 '46 , ..
4. Amount of Interest money re- . '.. ',',
ceived from tbe Investments of ' ' ' ,
'the Company....... ' 30,424-92., '
6. Amont.t of meome of tne Com ' ;
pany from any other seuroes, In
terest accrued.. ..$20,000 . - 583,J42 09
FIFTH EXPEND1TCBE8 OF THE COMPANY'.
1. Amount ot losses paid during1 -- " v '
the year...... v ,...'..$110,750-00, , ... T
4. Amount; paid, for reinsurance. , IA , '
premiums 378-09
S Amount of return premiums.... 29,179 04
6. Amount of dividends paid dur
ing the year,. 7 021-87
7. Amount of expenses paid during
the year, Including commissions
, and fees paid to the agents and
officers of the Company 81,272-03
8. Amount of taxes paid by tbe
Company 2,?02-7t
9. Amount of all other expenses
ant txpendltures ot the Com
pany... 10,753 60-i231,6l 18
CALEB RICE, President, i
F. B. BACON, Secretary.
"BRANCH OFFICE, '
Ko. 703 CHESNUT Street,
.PHILADELPHIA. j
...
Htute of i'ssscnu-etts, County of Hampden, si t
Be It it nie nibered, that on this 20 lb day of February,
A. 1). 1860, before the subscriber, a Cominhwlonerla aud
for the State of Pennsylvania, duly commissioned and
authorized by the Governor of the State of Pennsylva
nia, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other
wrltlnvs, to be nsed and recorded lu tbe said State of
Pennsylvania, and to sdmhitster oaths and affirmations,
personal'y ar peered Caleb Kioe. President, and F. B,
Bacon. Seoro'ary, of the Massachusetts- Mutual Lite In
surance Company, and made oath tbat the above and
oregolng is a true statement cf the condition of said
Company upon the lat day of January. A. D. 18G8. ,
And I turther eertily that I bave made per
' 5 5 i "inlnatlon of the condition of tbe
) said ' Massacliusrtts Lite Insurance Com--v
.-. pany on this day, and am ssilalled thr
bave assets safely invested to It be amount of 1,286,502.
24-100 dollars.- Tha I have examined tbe securities now
In tbe hands of tbe Company, as sot forth to the fore
going stati ment, and the Same re of the value repre
sented In tbe statement J further o-'t'y that I am not
interested in tbe ullalis oi seld Company except as one
of the assured. " ' ; ' ' '
n wltiKse whereof 1 hve bereunte set my hnnd, and
tfl xtd my ill.clal sua) tbU twentieth day of Fewuary,
A.1.W , UEORGIi WALKER. ;
2i4s'Utl3t r " ""' Cwuaiitloner Ar Penny lraui.
INSURANCE COMPANIES. '
TVSLAWARE MUTUAL SAFfcTT IN'SURANCO
.1 ' COMPANY,
INCOBPORATrD BY THE LFOI8LATURB
PtNN-YLVANTV 1S3S.
FJICE 8. K. IORM K tHIKl) AND WALSTT
BlfFF'iH. l'HIT.A IiKLPHIA.
MARISE 1NMJKANC1C
ON VF88EUJ.J
c a HGO, J To all parts of the w
FEEiunT )
ISLAND IKHTJBANCFS
On Goods by River ( anal, Lake, and Land Carriage Is)
all pans of the fnkm.
FlftK IKSCHANCta i
On Verrhanrtls rnneratly. 1
On Stores, Dwe ling Houses, ete. ' ,
ASSETS OF THE COMPASY
;ovemhr 1, HW.V
its sr-0 United States ft per cent loan, 71....n,(yy)fl
litlWO " 6 - S1....1US 108 00
2W,0uo " 7 t-10 per cent, loan,
Treasury wotes 104 tTft'oi
100 000 State ot . ennsylvanla Five Per tent
Loan aa hi.
84,000 Btale ot Pennsylvania blx Per Cent
Loan 83 190-
1250Clt of Philadelphia Hix Per Cent.
Ian ii giq g)
20,000 Pennsylvania Paiiroad First Mort- '
gate Nix 1' fir On i. Bonds M, 000-00
28,000 Pennsylvania Katlroad focond Mott-
gniie Ma Per t ent. Bonds W. 760 -00
25 000 w stfni Pennsylvania Hal road Mort
gsge Pht Per Cent ltomls , 23.750-
18.0C0 its Shares Stork tlennnntown (las
Cmian principal and Interent
Suaranteed by tbe City oi Phlla
eijihla 13M7S0
7,150 1 fbarrs Stock pcnnv,vai.U Eall-
rora.omnanv 8 880-0
8 .000 1(0 Klisrrs tstoca Knrth Pennsylvania
Kailroad Company.... 1,250-00
' tv.OCO Deposit wllh United States Govern-
" ,..n,ent snl'hTt'o ten nays' ca 1 43,000-00
3060 State ot Tennessee Five Per Cent
Loan 18,90000
170 700 Loans on Ponds and uortgaxe flist '
Hens en City Property 170.700-0
1.036,80 Par. ' Market value s)f)M seft-oo"
KealFstate.... 3S.'00 00
Hills reeelYsblo lor in uranrns made, lil.013 37
Ka!anccsdueat Agcnopa.-Premlama
on Marine Policies Accrued lute
- rt. and otbut debts due tbe Com
' pany... 40 811-44
. Scrip and Mock of sundry Insurance
and other Companies, liu. Esti
mated value , 2,010 00
Cssh in Banks 55.9.VI 80
Cash to Drawer.... 678 48
86,638 3T
i 1.2a3,640-l
Thomas C.Bivi
DIRECTORS.
John c. DaTla,
(Jmned A. bonder,
Theophlas Paulding,
John H. Penrose,
Jam Traguair,
Benry C. Da lett, Jr.,
James C. Band
William C. Ludwtg, '
Jo.epo H. Peal,
Oeorae C. LelpeV,
Hugh Craig.
Rokert l;unon.
Samuel
. Stokea. .
J.F. fenistaa,
Henry Moan,
William U. lioulton,
Edward Darlington,
H. Jonet Brooks.
Fdwanl La ourcads, - '
Jacob P. Jones , . ,
James B. MoKarland, ,
fuuua r. r.yre,
Spencer Mcllvaln, 1 v
J. B. Scmole, Pittsburg,
B. Berger. P'tuburg,
D. T. Morgan, Plttuburg.
JohnD Taylor,
THOMA
. JON h, I TlVYd Tr. TJ 1.1 .
Bcbbt LilBrBK, recretarv. . U 13
1529CIIARTER PERPETUAL
FRANKLIN
FIEE IIS SUE AN CE COMPANI
OF
PlilLADELPHIA.
Assets on Jantiarv 1, 1800,
$9,50G,85r00. f
Capital'.
Aceiutd Surplus,,..
Premiums...
MOO 000 OA
044 843 15
1,162,308 81
tSSEITLED CLAIMS,
11,467 83.
INCOME FOB 1808,
310 000.
10&HES PAID SINCE 18SO OVER
85,000,000. v
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
I
D1EECTOR8.
Charles W. Bincker,
Tobias Watner ,
V dward H TtalA. 1
CJeorr A Falna. ' ' ' ft
Samuel Grant, ,
Alfred Filler.
Ueorge W.HIc hards.
Francis W. Lewis, M. D.
r.. ... . u.r(.,,
IHUCUII,
. . ,1, wv Mil.
fW A It T.1PQ V XI i . i L- i.' r, TT . t.
t EDWAKD PALE. Vice-President
JAS. W. MoALHSJTEHTBecretary protem, a?tl2M
- i
NORTH, AMERICAN TRANSIT
; INSURANCE COMPANY, ;
No. 133 S. FOURTH Street 1
" :' . PHILADKLPHIA. W'
Annoal Policies Issued against General Accidents of all
descriptions at exceedingly low ratos, . . . - -: ,.i
Insurance effected for one year, io any sum from tlM
to 10 000, at premium ef only one-half per oent, seca
ring the fun amount insured in case of death, sndaeom
pensatlon each week equal to the whole premium paid.
Short time i icgets fot 1, 2, a, 5. 7, or it days, or 1, 0, or
0 months, at 10 eenti a day, Insuring la the surd of S3000
or grvlng $18 per weak It disabled; te be had at tbe Gene
ral Oflce, o. 133 . FOUTH Street. Philadelphia, or st
tbe t Arlous Bailroad llcket offices. Be sure to purchase
the tickets of tbe Rerth American Transit Insurance
Company.
For elicnlars and rurther Information apply at' ft '
Oened Ofllce, pr of any of the authorlred Agents of tb
1 ... LEWIS L H OB PT.- President i . ' i . . )
t y. JAlrlrS Af. CORAD,. Treasurer .,.(. , !
UEBT C BKOWN, Secfrtary. '
1 JOHN C. BULLITT. Solicitor, ;" .' '
- 1 DIKEOIORS. ' ' '
' L h. Boupt, late of Pennsylvania Bailroad Cosrnany.
M. B;.. ol At. W. Baldwin Co. 'a. ,7 "'V'
Samuol C. Palmer Cashier oi Commercial Bank.
Kichard Wood. he. 3i9 Market street. ,
James M. Conrae, ho. 623 Market street ' 1 ",
' J. t .. Klnrsly. Conlloen al BoieL i ,
H. O. Lelranrlng, Soa. 237 and iSO Dock street,
Bsiruel Work ot Work Met ouch 4 Co
(ieorge Martin Mo. 322 Chemut steet. 11 3
t
T
r R O V I. D E N T
Life and Trust Co.,
. k OK PBILADhiLl'UlA.
Ineorpoiated ov the State of PennsvlvanlaThlrd st -22d.
Ibbb. IMslBEfc LIV1-H, ALLOW' lM'tHKj'l
DEPOSITS. akD kEMiTS A Si MJITIV 8.
CAPITAL, 100,000.
Samnel K fchlpley,
Jenmlah Backer,
Joshua II iioirls,
Kichard Wood.
Kichard Cadbury,
n -iirr names,
T Wlsiar Brown,
Win lain C. Longstretk,
Charles '
SAMUEL K.
bUlPLBY, President.
kowlakd 1'abbt, Actuary.
orrica, CI 281
No. Ill S.l'QUKTII Street,
IHFIX INSCRAACE ' "COMPANY "o ,
PH.JIDELPHIA. . J , i i :
1K( OKI OU Alt ll 1M14 CHAK1FB PEKPETTJAL.
1,0 Si4 WALM1T Street oppualte the F xclianire "
In sdoitlob ioMAKIKK and I .'LAND HSblTUANCB
this Company Inmirts rom ivsa or aamage brklltiUoa
literal i iuib on buadlnua, uien.bana'lae. turnlturs. etc,
tor In I td periods, and PermajitsnUy oa buLalngi.by
aerosit ot premium 1 - ,
1 be t omitiiy nas been in active operation lor more
than MX i VE Rh during which s4i ioMes bare
promptly adjusted aud paid. .
Diaacroaa. .
, w Lawrene Lewis, J- .'.
John L Hodge,
at. B. itaiioutiv,
Jul- . T Lewis.
I
ltenjurain t ttlng,'
ThuuiaaM. Powers.
A. (i. Mclloarv.
Flnioud C antil ob,
Louis I '. Norris.
William H. Grant,
Uobert W Learning
Ti. Clark Wharton,
Samuel Wilcox.
JOHN K.
WBt BLTJUta, PresMlevit.
SAHUEi, Witcox. he returr.
l is I
1. 1KB INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. THB
1 P iilHnUVAMi riBK l.NSUKANCK COMPANY
lr coroorated 186 t barter PeruluHl fo. 810 VVAJ
NIT ti re it oiiposite Indevendeac Square
this Company, lavorab y kaowa to Uteoommanlty fef
over lortw years, continue io laaura aKulnst loas or
damage by nre on Pablo or Private BuiIUIiiks, either
peiuiuuenty or lore llialteU time. Also no furniture.
Hincks of Goods and U eiibaudiae generally, on liberal
temia. v . . , i
Iheir Capital, together wl'k a large larplns Fund, at
Invested in the moat careful uianiier. which tumbles;
them to oflor to the Insured au aadoubtad security!
tbe east l ltMS. -
umscroas. ,
Daniel fmlih. Jr , , John Pevereax.
Altaaiiribr Bensoa, I 1 b-iauas 8miu, ',
li aae Un'eli u rat, ' P vwv I la. '
Thomas Uubuta. I J J IdUlughJuat Fan. ;
Jjanlol Ilrt li! -. . Jr.
HlMr.li SMITH, J ' "Prasldent
William O. Oaowaix, sieaieutsy, " iw