Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-08-04
Lucky and Unluolky DAYS.


one of the most prevalent of human super.
sttions. There are traces of it among all
nations of antiquity and some Of more re-
cent date. The l4th day of the first month
was esteemed suspicious by the Jews, be-
cause it ended their captivity in Egypt. On
the other hand, the 10th Of August was ILL.,
omened; for on that day the first temple
was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the
second by Titus. 60O years after. The Ro-
mans would not undertake any business on
the 18th of February (Dics Aliensis),
which was the anniversary of the battle of
Allie, when the nation was almost annihla-
by the Gauls. The Carthagenians had the
same superstition about the 22nd of Aug
Louis XII. of France esteemed it an evil
omen if any one spoke to him on business
on lnnocents' Day.
There have been some remarkable coin
cidences of days in the lives of distinguish
ed men. The same day of the month has
not unlrequently been the day of birth and
of death, and the date of some memorable
event. Alexander the great was born on
the 9th of April. On that day he won two
Of his most important victories, and on that
day he died On that day, his father Phil
ip conquered Potidea, and on that day
Parmenlo, Philips general, overcame the
Illyrians. Pompey the Great was born and
died on the 30th Of September, and on the
same day trlumphed on his return from A.
STA. Augustus was adopted by Julius CO
sar on the 18th Of August and on the 18th
Of August he died. The wife Of Henry VII.
was born and died on the 18th of Februa
ny. Sir Keneelm Digby was born and died
on the 18th of June. He conquered at
Scandaroon on the same day. His epitaph
commentaries the coincidence:
"Under this stone the maichless ,Digby lies,
Dieby the great the valiant and the wise
This ages wonder for his noble parts,
skilled in six tongues and learned in all the arls
| Born the day he dicd-the eleventh of juno
On which he fought at Scanderoon.
| Ills and stli.sale day should be
His day of birth, of DEATH of victory"
Raff;pllc was born and died on Good Fri
day, Shakspeare's birthday was also on
the day Of his dc;th--Apri ;,3rd. The Oath
of February was thrice memorable to Chas.
V. of Spain, as the day Of his birth, the
day of his victory over Francis, King Of
France, and the day on which he received
the imperial crown at Bonoma. Charles H.
of England was born and restored to the
throne on the 29th of May The Bird of
September was marked in the history Of
Cromwell as the date Of the victory at Dun,
bar also of that at Worcester and as the day
of his death.
Days of the week have sometimes been
siguallzed in similar manner Tuesday
was day of note to Beckett. the English
saint On Tuesday the lords passed judy
ment upon him at Northampton, in Tues
day he went into exile,ou Tuesday he had a
vision IN which his doom was foretold to
him, on Tuesday he returned from exile, ON
Tuesday he died, and on Tuesday he was
cauonized Wednesday was The lucky day
of the celebrated Pope Sltxus V. 1t was
the day Of his birth, the day on which he
took orders. the day on which he W as made
General Of bis order, the day on which he
was created Cardinal, the day on which he
was elected Pope, and the day on which he
was inaugura;ed. Henry VII. called Sat
urday his fortunate day, as on that day he
gained the battle Of Bosworth, and that on
which he entered London. 1t is remarka.
Bile that four Of the Tudors in succession
died Oh Thursday, beginning with Henry
VIII the second, and ending with Eliza
beth, the last Of the line.
Ancient calendars designate two days in
| a,nh n,nnth as uof,rtunatn na,noiv t,f lam
uary the first and seventh; Februarj, the
third aud fourth: March the first and fourth
April, the tenth and eleventh; May, TIT
third and seventh; June, the tenth and fiji
teen,h, July, tie tenth and thirteenth; Au
gust, the first and second September, thu
third and tenth; October, the third ant
tenth; November, the third and fifth De
cember, the seventh aud tenth. Each %
these days are devoted to some peculiar ia
tally. Whether The change Of "style" in
fury, by deranging the calendar order. ha
affected the character Of these days, We arr
unable to say. For our own part, we agre
with Heracltus, who blamed Heslod 70
calling some days lucky and others unluck
as not discerning that "the nature of ever
day is the same" And we heartily sub
scribe to the saying Of ST Paul, who, afle
mentioning that One man esteeme,h on
day above another, another esteemeth ever
day alike" adds, Let every man be full
persuaded in his own mind" --Christia
Enquirer.