The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-07-22
Lucky and Unlucky Days.

is ons oil the most prevalent Of human
superstitions. There are traces OF 1t a.
mong all the nations of human antiquity,
anc some gilmore recent date. The l4th
day Of the first month was esteemed au.
spic,ous by the Jews, because it ended
their captivity in Egypt. On the other
hand, the tenth of August was ill-omened,
for on that day the great temple was de-
s,royed by Nebucuadnezzar, and the Sec
ond by Titus, SIX hunred years after
The Romans would never undertake any
business On he 18th of February, Dies
.4Hiensts, the anniversary Of the battle
of Allia, when the nat ion was almost an.
initiated by the Gauls. The Carthage.
mans had some superstition about the
22d Of August. Louis ri, Of France,
esteemed it an evil omen if any one spoke
to him on business on Innocen,'s Day.
There have been some remarkable CO.
incidences of days in the lives of distin.
guished men. The same daA Of the
month has not unfrexuently been the day
OF birth and death, and the date of some
memorable event. Alexander the Gre at
was born on the 9TH of April. On that
day he won two of his most important VIC
tories, and on that day he died. On
that day his father, Philip, conquered
Portides and Oh that day Parmenia,
Philips general, overcame the Illprians.
Augustus was adopted by julius Ces ar
the 10Th of August, and on the 18th OF
August he died. The wife of King Hen
~ the Vii was born and died on the 18th
of February. Sir kenelm Digby was
born and died on the llth Of June, he
cocquered at Scanderoon on the same
day. His epltaph commentaries the
coincidence:
Under this stone the match!ess Digby lies
| Dighy the great the valiant The wise,
| This ages wonder for his noble parts,
| Skilled in six tongues and learned in all the
| Arts,
Born on the day he died--the 18th of June,
| On which he hravelv ought at Scanieroon,
! lis rare that one aAi self same day should be
| His day OF birth Of death, of victory"
Rafraelle was born and died on Good
Friday. Shakspeare's birth day was al
so the day of his death-April 23d. The
oath of February was thrice memorable
to Charles V, of Spain, as the day Of his
birth, the day OF MS victory over Frances
King of France, and the day on which
he received the imperial crown at Bono
ma. Charles III, of England, was borg
and restored to the throne Oh the twenti-
eth of MAY. The Sd of September was
marked in the history of Cromwell as the
date Of the victory at Dunbar, also of tina
at Worcester, and as the day ofhis deaf h
Days OF the week have sometimes beer
signahzed in a singular manner. Tues
day was a day OF note to Beckett, tn,
English saint. On Tuesday the Lord
passed Judgment upon him at Northamp
ton; on Tuesday he went into exile; OF
| Tuesday he had vision in which hi
doom was toretold 10 him; on Tuesday
he died, and on Tuesday was canonized
Wednesday was the lucky day of tn
celebrated Pope Sextus '. II was IN
day Of his birth; the day on which h
was created cardinal; the day on whici
he was elected pope, and the day OF
which he was inaugurated. Henry vi
called Saturday his fortunate day, as tina
on which he gained the battle Of Bos
worth, and that Oh which he enteret
London. 1t is remarkable that four o
the Tudors in succession died on Tues
day, beginning with Henry VIII, tn
second, aad ending with Elizabeth, To
last OF the line.
Ancient calendars designate two day
II each month as unfortunate, namely
OF January the first and tenth, Februar
the third and fourth, March the frs, anc
fourth, April the tenth and eleventh, Ma
the th!rd and seventh, June the tent
aud fifteenth, August the first and sec
ond, September the third am tenth, De
cemh he seventh and tenth. Each o
the oay 5 was devoted 10 some peculia
tata Whether the change Of 'styl,
introduced towards the close Of the la:
century, deranglng the calendar order
has affected the character Of these days
we are unable to say.
For our own part we agree with Her
aclltus, VINO blamed Heslod for calm
some days lucky and others unlucky, a
not discerning that "the nature Of ever
day is the same" And we hearth
subscribe TO the saying of St, Paul, WIN
after mentioning that zone man esteem
eth one above another, another esteemet
every day alike" adds, ale, every ma
be fully persuaded in his own mind
Christian Inquirer.
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