| Show the almi alini aty dollar an exchange lias has tile the famous anonymous prayer to the almighty dollar arid and publishes it for the benefit of those whose thoughts run less fluently in the bent of tile the author of it as follows 0 mighty dollar our acknowledge governor preserver and benefactor we desire to approach thee on this art and every other oilier occasion with tile the reverence which is 19 due superior excellence and that regard which should ever be cherished for exalted greatness mighty dollari dollar i without thee in the hie world we can do bothin no nothing thin rg but with thee we can do all things when sickness lays ita paralyzing hand upon us thou canet provide for us tile the kenderest ten derest nurse the most ifal physicians and when the last struggle of mortality is over and we nye are being born to the resting place of tile the dead thou canet provide a hand band of music and a military escort thither and last but not least erect a monument over our graves with a living epitaph to perpetuate our memory and while here in the midst of our misfortunes and te temptations in stations of life we perhaps are accused of crimes and brought 0 before magistral tes thou mighty dollar can call secure to us a feed lawyer a bribed judge a packed jury and we go scot free be with us therefore even in thy I 1 decimal parts we feel that there is no condition is is I 1 life ife where thy potent and all powerful charms are not dot felt in thy absence how gloomy is the household and desolate the hearthstone but when thou liou 0 mighty dollar ara upon the gridiron that an exuberance of joy swells every bosom thou art the joy of our youth and tile alie solace of our old age age thou canet adorn aderi the gentlemen and feed the jackass thou hou art the favorite of the philosopher and the ideal of the lunk licad when an election ii to bo be carried 0 mighty dollar thou art tile the most moat potent argument of politicians and demagogues and the umpire that decides the contest mighty dollar thou art worshipped wor shipped the world over thou liaa hast no hypo hypocrites crits in ill thy tein temples ples allano and no false hearts clearts at alters kings and courtiers bow before thee and all nations adore thee thou art I 1 oved loved by civilized and savage 0 alike with unfeigned and unfaltering at af faction fec tion mighty dollar thy Shin shining illg face bespeaks thy wondrous power my pockets be thy resting place I 1 need thee every hour ex |
