American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-03-10

rented house, while Jones has snug little
hons OF his own, with garden. fruit and
every comfort Of life. His children are
healthy, and hiswife looks no older than
when he married her, ten years ago; while
my poor Mary is thin and care-worn, and
my Doctors bill is almost as much as my
rent. | am sure have made every possi
bic exception; Iwork as hard as Jones.
but there is such thing as LUCK. and
mine, thus far, has boen bad enough
Now, John Eastmnn,' began the old
man slowly. L want you to listen to me.
You talk about luck. and /, an old man.
who has seen seventy odd years of life. 1
te! you there is no such thing as LUCK
The thread of your destiny was never put
into The hands Of the blind goddess, Fate.
to be twisted and tangled at her will. /
believe in a Livipe Providence that over
rules all things, but 1 believe that every
man makes his own track through life,
and is responsible for great measure Of its
roughness.a a'1 8. Vssst 81 o. ae'ne,-
Than you would throw all the blame
of mans misfortunes upon himself. That
seems rather hard.' .'D,t q .8Lu' ru
1T is a great thing for man to learn to
distinguish between these things. which
are the results OF his own unwise actihns,
and those that spring from causes beyond
his control
i admit this, but am sure l have al
ways tried to act according to my best
Judgment, and can man do more than
that 'ts
Ifyou will not be angry with me, John,
| would like TO talk to you little about
your best Judgment
oh, there is no fear Of that, Uncle vii
liam-you know ! always take your ad.
vice kindly. though cannot quite agree
with you in some of your ways Of think
ing
People that take advice so kindly are
not sure TO make much use OF it; but no
matter. When came in this morning l
found you in great rage over your bad
luck in losing that job Of work, which. l
suppose went to Jones, as his shop is al
ways open. Pray, who was to blame for
that but yourself, for neglecting your en-
gagement to meet the agent? And will
the evil resultc stop with the loss Of this
one job? Those men, as you well know,
have occasion for thousands Of dollars
worth Of work in your line every year,
and will it not be natural that, in deciding
where to look in future, thep should dis
trust man who failed to meet an appoint
ment in which his own interests were in
volved? All, John, l see more BAD LUCK
in store for you there rT
i intended to keep The engagement, but
the disappointment about my land put it
all out of my mind $500.
That land busint SIS, again; now look at
that and see how much LUCK had to do
with it, Which was the wiser, Jones, who
had competent man for making sure his
claim, OF yoo, who trusted TO luck. and
the honesty ofa speculator, and so lost the
wholeP
Well, may have erred in judgment in
some case, but, after all. lam firm beiev.
er in the wisdom Of the old proverb, which
teaches that some men are born with silver
spoons in their mouths, and some with
wooden ones'
very likely, John, very likely, but tie
accident Of birth smoothing, and the wood.
en- spoon, if rightly handled, will carry
more meat to the mouth than the silver
one. All depends on the management
The old gentleman took up his cane and
went out Of the shop, saying pleasaltly,
You mustlearn to carry Jour spoon more
steadily. friend John, or yon'll never find
J it Of much use, bt it silver or wooden
; Just like Uncle William said John
Eastman 10 himself as he locked up his
shop snd turned toward home, he is al
ways laying the blame Of my misfortunes
on my own shoulders, and yet one cannot
get angry with him. Helgho! this has
been an unlucky day to me. would moi
care so much about the land il it were moi
, for Mary, she will be lr adfully disap.
! pointed that the motley fssgone.' -
AS he opened the door 10 enter his home
his vile looked up from her sewing, with
happier expression in her pale face thar
Q be bad seen there in long time. as she
t eagerly asked, Have you seen Mr.. Ward
. since morning, JthnY .sil S5Css
!, 'No-why do you ask? replied he,witl
. an involuntary sinking Of his feelings a!
be half guessed tbe.reason. hu
He was here just ter you went to the
! shop. this morning, and told me to tel
/ you, in case lie should not see you, tha
be had decided to sell the house and 10
about which you spoke last summer and
' if you wished still to purchase, he would
make easy terms with you. You nigh
:. pay three or four hundred dollars down
!. and the rest as you were able. am Sc
q glad, John. that we have at last chanc,
fot a home; that place you know is exact
y ly whatwe want, and the terms are ST
reasonable gi.@. "a, g
r. But Mary began her husband, uitl
!. the air.ofa man who doessnot know Nslfa
i he is saying. Il have about decided not I,
/ buy this year, my business
o 'oh, john do not go to objectiug.- =
3 You have always. been going 70. buy MEX,
: YEAR ever since we were married. Their
! lis now nothing in the way = The none.
Is you have in the bank is just enoughsfor TIL
& first payment
}. well, Mary. you might"as well know
}. first as last that invested nearly all tha