Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1846-09-19
MONEY MAKING.

Oh the heart, the heart for me.
MONEY MAKING.
A curious world this! One would sup.
pose it was created chiefly as mint for
men to make money-to coin, after the
several fashions invented by human inge-
nuity. What else do they think of In
what else are they engaged! They begin
at the very infant yet unswaddled. uncra-
died. He cannot get into the world with
out costing his poor father certain dollars.
The Doctor who hands over the incipient
specimen Of mortalty-the nurse who re-
ceives 1.-THE servant who watches its
tender years-the teacher that trains the
mind--ihe tailor that clothes the body
these, and all other sorts of ministers to
human wants, must be paid,--they live by
being paid. Men make money out Of US
when we come into the world, while we
stay in it, and when we 60 out Of it. Not
even the winding sheet, nor the chilly
grave. is exempt from the broad instru.
mentality of putting money in the pocket.
He that makes money out Of coffin, doth
only regard it as any other article of fur.
niture in his shop. He loves to hear its
polished beauty praised, much more than
to listen to the sobs of the afflicted ones
who are taking their last look, while his
hand is yet on the lid, ready, with calm
and decent regard to the sympathies of the
occasion, to shut in that loved. though clay
cold form. and seal it up till the morning
of the resurrection. The worker in mar
BILE too, will etch beautiful inscription,
elaborated by some superior genius, and
breathing the spirit of piety; but the chief
thing with him is to make SO much . letter.
He thinks more of the smooth polish and
fine proportions Of the monumental stone,
than Of the rich sentiment or condensed
thought he has excavated with his MALE,
out Of the intractable material. Is il not,
he asks. fully worth the money! There is
no period of life, then, out of which men
do not make money;-infancy, childhood
manhood. old age; none of the calamities
Of individuals or nations. but they must be
turned to gold. Pain. disease, broken
bones, must all be paid for. Else the heal
ing ART would die out. The passions and
controversies Of men yield arevenue, else
the legal profession would find its 'occupa.
ton gone Even the sins and crimes of
men require the expensive establishment
of churches. ordinances, &C.. though it mus,
be confessed he who should expect to make
anything Of the gospel ministry, would as
a general thing miss the mark, albeit Ger.
tain huge revenues have been accumulated
by one branch of 'christendom, properly
called Popedom.
Men make money out of the ignorance
of their fellow men; for if we expect TO
be taught, we must pay for it. Aye, pay
well, if you are so unfortunate as to have
q boy or two at a "SeIect SCHOOL," a girl,
the image of her mother, the idol of her
father, at a "Boarding School," They
were formerly called High Schools; and
we'll were they named, for they demanded
the highest prices, and drew their pupils
chiefly from "high life" Many Of them
deserved the name of Humbug Schools.
Men are not indeed charged for sunlight.
nor for rain; but when the sun is gone
money is made out of darkness, and the
Piously sold for silver.
Man is a curious being. They make
money out of curiosity. Thousands are
paid for sightseeing. Man is a musical
being. Even so, they manufacture music
for him and charge him accordingly. Oh,
we golden concerts! Ye have double har.
mony. We make the siller gingle in the ear
of one party, while the notes tingle in the
ear of the other. Woman is vain, fond of
bright colors, loving to dress so as to be
admired. How the sellers Of purple and
fine linen do profit by il. Fortunes have
been made out of pride and vanity, as well
as out of the necessities Of human nature.
Lusts and appetites are most rapacious
The money .ge,iers know it, and they pan.
der to them. The lust of rum--of wine
of tobacco--of pleasure--the luxurious ap
peti,e-what monstrous structures they
reared in this great city-all for gain
Gain is the god; Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures This sud
den and ever.to-be. deprecated war--how
it is going to bloat the purses of some men
But who regards the widow and the or
phani What are they, compared will
honor! with MONEY! See that man goinI
down to his counting house. He 10 afte
money. He that rides along yonder, is Of
the same business. Look into Wall stree
Behold the quick step-,he though.ft
brow-the anxious face. the pause, III
turn. the dialogue-it 10 all for money.
In short, men make money in every wa
Justly or unjustly--wisely or foolishl,
they make il with the head and feet, III
hands and the voice, at home and sbroa,