(Three meteor relics of polar
exploration were sold by Mrs. Perry to Mrs. Jessup, for the American Museum,
for $50,000 – News)
“It
do beat all, said Hiram Hicks,
“How foolish people be;
How
they will pay so much for things,
Is more than I can see.
Fifty
thousand dollars for rocks
Picked up by Perry, sho!
What
is this world a comin’ to,
I’d really like to know?”
“Now
rocks is rocks, an’ I hev got
Rocks on my farm, I say,
That
look as good, an’ jest as big
As Perry’s any day.
Yit
no one wants ‘em; wouldn’t take
A cartload, handed free;
While
Perry gits a barrel full
Of cash for only three!”
Feb.
4, ‘10
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