Of a National Cash Register
Last week this person, desiring to make it knownThat he was in all ways moving up to the date,Introduced into his insignificant shopA machine-that-counts,Called a National Cash Register,Which announces to refined and intelligent customersThe amounts of their purchases.
This week this person purchased a whole days’ amusement;And the amount he paid for this was another’s discomfiture and pain.And, after a night of cogitation,He is moved to reflect on the far-reaching and wholesome valueOf a National Register which would announce to the faceThe cost of such pleasures as this.