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“MATCHES! MATCHES!”
I saw him upon nearer view,A beggar, yet a Match-boy too,
His ready fingers light and free,
And tricks of playful liberty,
A countenance, in which behold
Bold pleadings, promises as bold!
A creature not too bright or pure.
A little watching to endure,
For transient pilferings, simple wiles,
Rags, dirt, fun, flogging, cries and smiles!
The making and selling of Matches affords employment to a large number of persons. Many are, sold by boys at one cent per box. The “Premium Washington Round Friction Matches,” made by Jacobs, 100 West Eighteenth st., are quite celebrated. They are sold at Johnson's, 3 Cortlandt st., Barnes & McKeachnie, 255 Pearl, and by Williams, Mabee & Jones, 83 Maiden Lane.
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