186 ©unt. 
Corn ....Riches. 
Ceres, the goddess of Com and harvest, was repre¬ 
sented with a garland of ears of Corn on her head. 
The commemoration of the loss of her daughter Proser¬ 
pine, was celebrated about the beginning of harvest; 
that of her search after her, at the time of sowing Corn. 
A whole straw has been made the emblem of union; 
and a broken straw, of rupture. The custom of break¬ 
ing a straw, to express the rupture of a contract, may 
be traced back to an early period of French history, 
and may be said to have had a royal origin. When 
Charles the Simple, of France, was abandoned by his 
principal lords, they broke a straw to express that they 
would no longer acknowledge him as their king. Corn 
may be regarded as an appropriate emblem of wealth ; 
since, wherever it grows, it leads us to infer plenty and 
comfort. 
Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, 
Get riches first, get wealth. 
Milton. 
Then let us get money, like bees lay up honey ; 
We’ll build us new hives and store each cell; 
The sight of our treasure shall yield us great pleasure, 
We’ll count it, and chink it, and jingle it well. 
Dr. Franklin. 
