Middletown transcript., 1899-12-30
Ups and Downs Of 4 Dollar,

Ups and Downs of Dollar.
was born 80 Many ages ago that q, y
hoariness ought not to have any dark
mixture in it. Father Abraham had
lots Of me. His heirs did not stamp
upon me, mol coin M, nor desecIate
me by saying I'm God we trust - nor
leave me in drawers, but they weighed
me and tied me up in skin bags. The
Arabs took plenty Of me TO King Solo
mon, ard merchants haggled, bartsred
bought and sold me in tie markets of
Tyre. / was just 40 useful when.
young as am now when my years
nnmWr a hundred score. | have re-.
ceived some very queer treatment in
my day. 1 was always we'll liked and
always much abused. Sumo people
just worshipped De, made images of
me and reverently bowed before me;
others flung me aside Us il / was no
better than the dust from which I was
tken. Some-go-lucky morla have
spat ui.ou me for luck and passed me
On rs easily as an express rscksge.
Some Bsbylonian People made cups
Of me and abused me till | got tired
ii it and made them gl,.riously drunk.
II ! am " be hammered into such
shape I'd rather old Santa tucked me
into q baby's stocking ON Christmas
eve. In the days of Caesar l was
fas e:,ed to walls and groaned under
the weight OF the purple robes that
were thrown upon me. but nowadays I
get even by pinning myself to some
mems regimentRls and they even think
1t an honor to wear me. l have been
beaten into lots Of handsome useful
ness, Some made swureds and sword
belt Of me; and I have been through
some cruel wars and made many man
bleed to death. Women liked me too
they used to lay me out In fine threads
and braided me in their hair.
lam not an angel, Of course not, but
an ordinary. hard-working dollar and
I confess I have caused trouble. in
dividusl, national, aud International.
The ancients used to get more Of me
out of Spain than from any other
country. Hundreds Of years after that
the Spaniards got into Mexico and
just gathered up millions Of me. They
used to be the richest kind of people
and held lands oil over the globe. and
were so used to picking me up without
working that some of their servants
walled; they groaned SO loudly that the
heard them and said,
Hands off; Mr.. President, here are
tifty million dollars for a war;" How
my heart jumpedl 1 was so pioud l
could 20 goud that. L felt like | was
worth two of my ordinary self.
But. dear me, / could 90 on telling
things till the owl train arrived and |
your eyelids were heavy. but there is
just cne thing more I want to say. |
Are you listeningP l have sat with
kings on their thrones, have been with
lneens into their jewel rooms, attend
Ill great state occasions, but, bless me
would just as soon keep company
with hedgers aud bitches, cobblers,
butchers. grocers, mechanics and
farmers as would lie in state in
vault. Fresh air is good for me, it
Keeps up my circulation, aDd If can
10 more good by being handed around
am willing.
L keep the biggest diary in the world
md it is not yet full, but don't get
ired, I just want to say that you can
lot pass me on to better place than
'ver The TRANSCRIPTS counter,
You ought to see that business
manager pitch me out Of his till if l
lappen unfortunately to fall in. He
,eeps me moving. believe that is
Why the secretary OF the treasury at
Washington had me stamped into my
resent size and shape-to keep me
moving.
But there is reason for all this mov-
ng. When DelawRrean gets through
lis work after supper on q Saturday
light and goes iIto the house and
ticks up The TRANSCRIPT, you ought
o see the transformation; the tire in
lis face settles into smiles as elastic as
ndia rubber. He wants to know
What Is going on around him, what the
politicians are doing. how 60 the prices
# farm produce, who has been in town
Who is going out, where he can buy
What he wants and who can give him
bargain. Why, dear me, he could
Iot sleep rest ully till he had read THE
Transcript.
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