Of a National Cash Register

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.