THE POWERFUL DOLLAR

Dunstan Times, Issue 1158, 9 May 1884, Page 3

THE POWERFUL DOLLAR

“ Thou dollar of our respected ancestors. ' Our acknowledged governor, preserver, and benefactor.. Without thee in the world we can do nothing, but with thee we can do aJI things. When the rheumatism lays its palsying hand upon us thou canst provide the tenderest nurses, the most skilful physicians, or n ticket, to the hot springs ; when our toes have resumed the horizontal attitude, and we are planted ’neath the daises and a tombstone with a lying epitaph, thou canst furnish a brass band of sivtcen pieces and a 4,000d0l hearse. Thou canst fee lawyers and bribe juries ; adorn the gentleman and the jackass ; art the joy of your youth and the solace of old age. Thou, almighty dollar are worshipped the world over. Thou art the favorite of the old fool and of the philosopher; thou hast no hypocrites in thy temples not false hearts at thy altera; art loved by the civilized with unfeigned and unfaltering affection- Thou hast placed armies in the field and navies upon the ocean, and the uplifting of thy powerful hand their thunders break forco and their tightenings flash. Thou art the awakener of our energies, the guide of ■ our footsteps, the goal of our being, the hand-maiden of our religion anp tht twin sister of our charity. Oh, almighty dollar, be with us, we beseech thee, a 1 tended by an inexpressible number of thy ministering angels, made in thine own image. Permit us. to possess thee in abundance—such abundance, indeed, that the gladdening; light snail illumine the vale of penury and want like a 2’ooo-candle power electric light, and cause my awakened soul to break forth in acclaiinations of joy."— * Boomerang.’