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Last week this person, desiring to make it known / That he was in all ways moving up to the date, / Introduced into his insignificant shop / A machine-that-counts, / Called a National Cash Register, / Which announces to refined and intelligent customers / The 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 value / Of a National Register which would announce to the face / The cost of such pleasures as this.