M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-07-28
TIE sCRAPE.BOOK.
"Luck ALL

pier lDan Kings fortune Wnttl I'T tntm llH'
no revolutions. Whatver they uch turn,
to gold-their path is we'd with the Phioso
pher Stone. At games Of chance, they
have no chance, but what is better-a Ger
tint,. They hold four suits of lrumps.-
They get windialls without breath striking
as legacies, Prizes turn up for them in
lotteries. On the turf, their horse--nn out.
Sjder-always WINS. They enjoy whole
&ason of benefits. AT the very worst, in try
.Shg to drown themselves, they dive on some
Treasure undiscovered since the Spanish Ar
imada or tie their nook, that unseals a hoald
in the ceiling That's their luck
There is another kind of fortune. called
liifluck; 50 i'll. that you hope Il wiliAis; bu,
it don't. That's M luck.
Other people keep ecBp-books, but /, a
scrape. book It's theirs to insert bon-mots.
riddles, anecdotes, caricatures. faCelia of all
kinds; mine to record accidents, mischances
failures, disappointments- short as the
bet.eTs say, have aiwals bad book. Wit
b ness q few extracts, bitter as extract of bark.
April l.-Mauied on this day: in the first
week Of the honeymoon, stumbled over my
! ather-n-law's bee-hives! fle has 252 oeeS;
| thanks to me, he is now able to check them
Some Of the insects having an account against
me preferred 10 settle on my calf Others
swarmed on my hands, Ny bald head SEEM
ed perfect hummiilg top! Two hundred
and filty.two stings--it should be "singS and
arrows Of outrageous fortune!' But that S
my luck. Rushed bee.blnd into the horse
pond, and torn out by Tiger, the hou,e dog
Staggered iucontinent into the pig sty, and
Colured by the SOW -Sus per coll. for kicking
her sutkIins; recommended oil for my wounds,
aud none but lamp ditto in the house: re-
lieyed Of the stlnss at last--what luck! by
252 operations.
oh Gave my adored Belinda black eve,
in the open street, aiming at a lad who at
tempted to snatch her reticuIe. Belinda's
part taken by a big rascal, deaf as a post,
who wanted to fight me "ior striking wo-
man MY luck again.
l2M.-Purchased a mare, warranted so
gentle that a lady might ride her, and indeed
no animal could be quieter, except thu leath-
er one formerly in the show room at Exeter
Change. Meant for the first time to ride
with Belinda 30 the park--put my foot in
the stirup, and found m, sell on my owa
back instead Of the mares. Other men are
thrown by their horses, but a saddle does it
for me. Well,-nolhlng is so hard as my
luck,--unless it be the fourth flag or stone
from the post at the north corner of Harley
street
l4h-Run down in wherry by coal
brig off Greenwich, but proyidential lly pick.
ed'up BY asteamer thai burst her boiler di.-
recty afterwards, Saved to be sea aided
But misfortunes with me never came single.
from nv childhood. | remember wheG NY
little brothers and Sisters tumbjed down
stairs, they always hitched halfway at the
angle, My luck invariably turned the cor
ner. 1t could not bear TO bate me a single
bump.
l7h.-Had my eyes picked out by pa.
vior who was driQg his way, he didn't care
where. Sent home in hackney chariot
that upset Paid jarvis a sovereign for
shilling. Ny luck all over.
Isl OF May. My aue OIL FIRE. Not luo
to be had tor love or money Lucky enough
for me, the parish engine soon arrived, with
all the charity school. Bows are lonl OF
playing--aud INDUCED their propensity By
playing INTO my pest drawing room. Every
friend had dropped in TO dinner. Nothing
but Lgcrdem0nian black BROTH o hers
have put-Iurk, but have not even pint luck
at least of the right sort,
SN.-Found on getting up that tine kitch-
en- garden had been stripped by thieves, but
had the luck, last night to catch some one
in the garden, by walking into my own rdp
Afraid to call oltt for tear oil being shot al
by the gardener, who would have hit me to
a dead certainty Tor such is lny Iurk
18Th Two pieces of my usual. First
knocked down by mad bull. Secondly |
picked up by pickp0cket. Any body but
me would have found one honest humane
man out of whole crowd: but whether by
accident or design, am born to suffer-
Luckily for me and the pick-pocket, was
able TO identify him. bound over TO prosecute,
and had he satisfaction Of sending him to
Botany Bay. | suppose performed well in
the cUur! OF justice, for the next day had
10 serve on Mdilesex jury, at
tie Old Bailey for a fortnight.
l4h.-My number in the lottery has come
up capital prize. Luck at ast,--ii bad
not lost the ticket Thomas Hood,
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