The Bachelors Christmas And the Matrimonial Tontine Benefit Association
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" Let's put it through. " " We will, " said several others. " But suppose there never should be a last man? There might be several, you know, who would hold out to the end, " said Ben Davis. " There should be a time limit when the survivors divide. " This seemed sensible, and it was subse- quently agreed that at the end of twenty years the pool should be apportioned in case there 58 THE MATRIMONIAL TONTINE should be more than a single bachelor re- maining. Before midnight on that very evening t...he articles of association were drawn up by the flowing pen of George Edmunds, and read to the assembled company. There was a pre- amble with a formidable Whereas. " Where- as we, the undersigned bachelors, have this day entered into a solemn compact for the mutual protection of our liberties against the institution of marriage, etc. , etc. " Then fol- lowed a solemn bond wherein The Matrimo- nial Tontine Mutual Benefit Association of New York bound itself, in consideration of certain covenants and agreements of each subscriber, to furnish a dinner of reasonable richness as to food, and abundance as to drink, on the first day of each and every year, and to pay over to the individual or individuals who should be most faithful to the purposes of the Association the total net capital ac- cumulated from the time of the first payment down to the date of the final settlement.
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