Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-10-26
: wHaT MoNEY DoEsss

Esa The power Of money, for tie aecompIish.
tnient OF both good and evil, is iucaleaiaBle--
far above the estimating capacity ofAhamau
reason. e fAszln all time been very usual
and highly romantic, % .speak Of money as
dross and dirt to quote Burns, to the effect
lsthats Me gold is butt the gninea stamp" and
that the mansis inst as valuable, in fact, rath,
er more So than otherwise without tie filthy
lucre = aud one tries to impress the other with
the idea that for his own part, be would pre-
fer TO bereiieved from the nuizahceof q full
purse and money in, bank But. We never
knew one who was wiling TO despise the
@root of all evil" experimentally, although, In
stances are quite frequent Of its being heartily
hated Theoretically s@SsS .a's
= But, to leave OF jessing, the tremendous
valueof money7-its influence, and its magical
Epower.of trspsformation truly astonishing.
To, have money, is TO be respected. admired,
| aattered, and toadied to be without it, is to
be despised according to your lack thereof.
Let rniserables Seggar come by some streak
lofsgood FORTUNES into the pessessisn of asmilr
ionzdollars, and seeshow qeiek be becomes, in
the estimation of those around him, a para
gou of exceileuce Take the fortune from the
gentleman who rides ID q magnificent equip
hage5 and wears HpuTple and tfhe linen every
day and see how seen his veriest menialszwih
fail to do him honor. Observe the polite land
lord. the obsequious walters, and the smiling
chambermaids at your hotel. Are they not
bowing and smiling to the purse instead of the
mad? That Young man behind the counter,
why does he measure of a s.sir" with every
yard of cloth oas have money .sss1 The usher
in church, why does be escort you TO the seat
with the soft cushions and the best view of
the pulpit? Because your coat hat, and
boot betekeh that yea have the zone thing
needfuI' for worldly sal vasiqs.s You feat on
the surface ofsociety,se ST ream, only sbecause
you are buoyed up BY a golden life preserxer !;
cut that adrift, and YOU must risk swimming.
Even this manner of yours-what is it ? Ons
" fiowersprfhging from The seed of money.
Youahave beeus usedsto alaxafy and scemforts,
ease and beautiful Objects ell yeusv life The
manner comes from. good living and good as
sociation both of these are brought about.
by money. Had you been born q beggar. you
might have had just as great 4 tasfs for delf.
cate ciot hing fine peffunery and dhinty atoi-
iette artisles sou sraight haye. enjpEed a deli
cious meal or adowag pillow all the same
but you could not have them. 7 our taste for
music might have been as great, but yeu
never would have appEaaded Fsfeoelomini. >
| ulMdpoyais Kibgsof tiesworlds $ 1ssfuies with
an inaexible red 1t measures tgE this man =
crust-to that, every luxury, Our life hangs,
on the possession Of, at least, modicum ofits
fayors and deprived entirely Of its favor, We
could scarcely find place to die 70. Or spot
to rest in after we were dead, Money is a
sort Of ticket which gives. us a place IN the
first or second class cars of existence, and,
without v hieh we 4mnst hang On behind 10 the
great danger Of our necks.