Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-08-09
MONEY!MONEY! TnEMAGIC WORD

Everything lively at the Rapids trade brisk,
grain Touring in. aud as soon as a little money
gets To fl mting around, we'll be happy. Money,
Money! what magic there is in that word :.
What combination nf fantasies aoat upon the
brain ut the mere mention How much Of mis-
cry and unhappiuess, of crime aud virtue, of
grOyellipg avarice aud nubleness of soul, lies
crowded within the shadow of this dissyllable
For long, long, time I've been trying to form
an acquaintance with this illustriuus stranger
Ito the most Of usl but not till Monday morning
did ever think To inquire int the anecedents
aud personal history of the critter. Mrs. Nc
Shane brought the matter to my mind very
forcibly, it was aither svinty cints or NO
wash"
Let me ask what discovery Of modern times
can compare with that which first introduced
into tue world money AS AN abstract entity, pos
sessing weight, face, form aud solid being ?
l|ah what were am of the great inventions of
to-day without Money? The world would have
q Z xs;ed in primitive barbarty, were il not for
tlis goad to wealth, aud Iauk, and destination
above our fellows. Well, let the " fast young
men "Lf to-day set down in their men,nrandas
that about the year 3iO0 Of the werld. Ciesus
coined his erect, which I imagine must ha We
| bee n gold or silter kexl observe that, Sen.
| ecA says there waA Rhcienlly, stamped money ni
leather. (C"rim lor@q puJitcd igPrcssHm } The
| Hnilnuders in l514 GuiAed great quantities of
pastsbuard the first mention I've found of the
! ''rag baby" Previous tn the grand discovery
81 King CiwSus, money was iocghcd not coined
Abraham Weiyhed the four hundred shekels
which he gave Tor his ouTying place. Juseph
was sold for twenty shrkels Ioeight Of silver.
| jeremiah treig'ed The IL shrkels he gave lnr his
| Cousins field. The Jews were not found coming
| money until about the year 1860, whrn Anu.
hchus Sidetes gave Simon, the MaccA bee a
privilege tur the purpose AN early instance
| of " Moneved Monopoly" The Romans are
said to have begun !" coin silver about A. NJ.
373j aud gold in 3795. The states of Europe
Did nol So tar progress in civilization, until the
time of + iwArd Ill. who cnned his nnbles rise
unbles, aud small gold c"ip yqlned at twenty
pence callud "f'rthings Of gold"
Simple MS our "greenbackerS" describe mon
ey IA he. we hnd n great difference among phi.
lnsnphers, even In the definition nf the term,
The celebrated Adam Snitl. in his Wealth
of Nations calls money, " the great Obsei Of
circulation and paper money! ga now and
less extensive wheel f" but Hume, in his "Pu.
lilical DisooHrse," says money is none of The
wheels 0f trade Il is the OF which renders the
mntion Of the wheels more smooth and easy
| agree with llhme, bm he falls short 0f the
subject. Il is the gyecse by shich men glide 10
'honors; il lis n cosmetic more powerful than the
cnnlbined perfumes uf the world will ever ae.
complish. giving beauty To the most hideous, and
rendering graceful the most dsfOrmed. Like
the elixir Of Rplea mara, ittransfers To the Wid-
ow Of matnred years the attraoioDs OF maiden
Of eighteen. Put money in thy purse" says
lago. Rem q"osun9"e n'odO rem" sa VS. Horace.
Nancy, n use a uOdern plrasOlogy,' iS The
" great fact" 0f life. 1t is the tonohstone Of
friendship, the test Of virtue, lilo standard
Of geutiliiy. and the hinge of society.
Whq can lend me "SlYiniy cnts," both as
sPeeiaien and auxiliary 10 clean shirt.
JONI,
GR4SR RATIps, 8 I, 1878.