The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-10-11
From the Detroi, Post.
81 Lucky prre.O

rial chum, Klngsbury, few days since.
we dropped into the store of our old boy
of all work, now p. McGuinnis, Esq, to
say 10 him his old friend and patron was
an odd fellow asewell as himself. 'Ar-
rah honey, ize aware ,hat-dozent yees
reminder his article ABBOTT Lucky Pete,
written long time faith before | heard of
him! Well, tha, was after being myself,
and here it is among the rest of the old
documents. "Old fellow" sure enough,
bu, | tell we heze after having a heart
meath his wastcoa! as big as that carried
humping about under your own ugly
face. Just rade this:
lone pleasant day in 81, while sitting
in our editorial sanclum in Detroit, a
Swapping, dirty, ragged, but merry-eyed
Irish boy gave lis call, and presented
the pictute of saucy independence. After
gazing at us for some time, he burst into
a hearty laugh, slapped his hands on his
sides like rooster just ready 10 crow,
and roared out-"Och, I've st. Patrick
own luck this time. Sich blisSed coun-
ternince, Misther Kingsbury, as covers
your head sure yees wants diCH !;
and I'm the very by to make good
honest divl to yees."
What is you. name'
Good luck to me, rm called aliher
swae Saint patef.'
well, Peter, have you character?'
the best of characters | left in Ould
Ireland; but sure didn't | forget TO bring
that same wild me-
We liked the looks of Pete, and though
he was genuine vagabond in appearance,
we though, it would do no harm 10 try
the experIment-and so we sent him up
stairs to be the 'diciF Of the printing of
flee. There was striking peculiarly
about this boyle was always in good
iuck.' When he commenced his career
with us, he made about as many mistakes
as Handy Andy but he had an inimila-
bic way Of turning them over SO as to
show their best face, and finally making
US see some capital good lick in them.
AS specimen, he once by accident
knocked over an open ink keg, and came
running down TO our Office with his face
cleaning with joy-'Arrah, now, Misther
Klngsbury, I've had the natest good luck
this mornin! My fut hit itself against
the INK key, and it run all over the floor,
but
.Ha what you blundering-'
But by good luck it didn't touch the
paper that's piledup-an' if it had, would
not it have been ruined intirelyr
We don't design to tell series Of an
ecdotes of this singular happy character;
our object is rather to refer TO him by way
of illustration TO a moral. Whatever
happened, he drew something good from
it. In what would dishearten others, he
saw only hope. He recognized no clouds
to his sky-h acdS all sunshine. Con-
sequently he encountered no obstacles that
he could not overcome.
That boy, before we left, had become
one of the most valuable hands in our es-
adjustment. By his indomitable good
tick he had learned 10 read and write with
us, and finally became our out door bust
ness man, on good wages. He was ar
IDENTITY attached to us, and managed in
true Irish style to get into constant fights
on our account. 1t was owing to his good
Tuck that he didn't have the breath knock
ed out of him in some of his manual ex-
ercses. He entered our office one day
laughing, with his eve well BACKED, and
some money in his hand. He handed it
TO the book keeper, with the name Of a
new subscriber. 1t struck our ear at once,
for the person named was a bitter politi-
cal enemy. We asked Pete how it hap
pened. lie burst into one of his rich
laughs, and replied,
Il met the by down by the market,
and he was talkin' ag'n yees, my Jewel.
| guy him an Argument belwane the peep
ers, and he guy me this ornamlnt over my
oun. Thin we grappled, and il was my
self that got on the top of the BLACKBOARD.
| jst stated myself comfortably, and thin
showered the cratur with argmints until
he sid enough! BY my darln good luck,
| reasoned the basic into subscribin', and
thin before unsated myself coaxed him
with another settler betwane his taath, to
hand over the fee for the same. Och,
now you've got him, it'll be you, Mister
kingsbury, that'l make good dimmicrai
ov i'm, and dQcent christian
Whipping man into subscribing for a
paper is, beyond dispute, new method.
Whether we would advise It's general APP
pllcaton we have no, ;ime TO say.
a year ago last summer we visited De-