The Thermometer of Loyalty
Anon
Genre: | Essay, Drollery |
Subjects: | Heat, Instruments, Agriculture, Politics, Political Economy |
Describes the operation of a 'newly-invented Agricultural Pocket Thermometer' which indicates the extent of the 'loyalty of the agricultural Protectionist'. The instrument is calibrated in terms of the price of corn, fify-six degrees representing the point at which 'farmers' loyalty boils'. | |
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