Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-13
A LUCKY CHAPTER.
Rnyme and se..s.-Facs. .na r..e,...
BY MARINER.
"Wot's the reason some Is lucky,
COntln'ly cuttin' of Il fat,
While some other chaps ID allus
Rnorae NOR n droA nArsd raiAn

fOOrer nor dfOwnded rat!'
Is a question not easily answered, but
so suggestive that the opinions Of
others on the same subject will be in
teresting, and in however q rambling
manner they may be presented will
show that in the makeup of the lives
of all sorts Of people they believe in
and depend upon, to certain extent,
Prayers made and granted in lucky
or unlucky hour," as evinccd by the
many expressions in common use, such
as " He's n lucky dog" A fool for
luck; He was born under lucky
STAR" at is better to be born lucky
than rich,' and various other sayings
that have become part and parcel Of
our language. ---4
In poetry song, and as well as in
prose, we find innumerable illusions
to those who are "lucky' or "un-
lucky and even the philosophical
Shakespeare eyclaims. "Was there ever
Ia man that had such luck.' but waa
certainly not SO much of a phiiosopher
as the oasy and evidently Y brainy follow
who said: :" would never choose to
withdraw myself from the labor and
common burden of The world. but ( do
choose to withdraw myself from the
push and the scramble for money and
position. Any man is at liberty to
call me fool. and say that mankind are
benefited by the push aud the scramb bic
in the long run; but | care for the
people who live now and will not be
living when the long run comes. As
1T is, ! prefer going shares with the
unlncky."
A beautiful sentiment is expressed
in the bonnie Scotch song -
And are ye sure the news is true.
And are We sure he's weel?
is this a time to think o. wark.
fe jauds, Ming BY your wheel;
IL this time to think o. wark.
When Collins at the door,
Give me my CLOAK I'll TO the 1tiay.
And see him come ashore,
For there nae luck About the house;
There's nae luck Of a.;
There's little pleasure In the house,
When our guide mans ava.
This" say Burns, {" is one of the
most beautiful songs in tho Scotch or
any other language but very sweet
and tender feeling is embodied in the
following extracts from one of the
most exquisite Irish songs ever writ
ten:
wish that the strange kith and kin OF my kindrcd
Had never remembered poor Nofah at ai;
ihey navel nave iet me heap OF bright gold, hut I'd
Go back as was to the clay cottage wall.
say M Lovers ID plenty come WHINING and wooing.
All false-hear.ed fellows, know what they're
doing, -
They're counting my pennies now turned .nto
But Dermot. dear Dermot, ah iwoe is my BREATH
Dermot has stricken the root OF my joy
For he passes me by with q dash ID his eve, ana
Saving, "Norahs too rich for the poor Irish
oh can forget when he helped me to carry y
The bucket OF water and basket Of peat,
When left him alone and found he would tArry
10 gaze on the dew-moistened prints Of my fests
Though the pledge in pure whisky too often hes
Though he idles his time singing .'cush Ia ma
Yet they can not be mighty great faults. am
When the glass and the song are both sacred to
When know Ills for me that his heart is break
That my luck has drove from him allcomfort and
rnsMs M s.s poverty keep. him en.ire,y from .p.s,u'
His mind as he ought to, the poor irish boy
And those who, waiting tor some
thing to turn up,' depending for sue
cess in life upon some lucky stroke of
fortune, will find that The part Of
mankind who have had the justice or
the luck to pass in common opinion
for the wisest have followed very
different scent" And sit has often
been said that there are some persons
who have natural tendency to rise,
and others to fall. If you take two
men and put them in precisely similar
circumstances, usually in a short time
one will be in obscurity and distress,
and the other will be prosperous and
famous. A man will, perhaps, say that
it is all luck--like the late Emperor Of
the French at Wilhelmshohe, that he
has been betrayed by fortune But.
without denying that disturbing and
confusing element Of chance, we must
nevertheless reduce il within much
smaller limits than is ordinarily sup.
posed, and resolve 1t into question ol
mans faculties and proper use OF
them.'
And while on every side we see
slow waiting and the necessity Of pa.
ticncc, and know thGklearning, hard
WoIhs anu sOuu seusc luuhc uicu VIC
torious, we also know that Slow rises
worth by poverty depressed and
must confess that a "lucky fling" il
more comfortable than hard.earned
victory. and even better Than wealth
for
The fellow that It's lucky his craft always noa,s,
And something turns MP, for hs psys ~ his notes
1 So it's better BY far to be born lucky than rich
| Born lucky than rich, born lucky than rich,
Tis better by far TO be born lucky than rich
| The fellow that's lucky IN times Of mishaps
Don't ride on the train that's going to collapse.
His thread holds out nicely to take the last stitch
So It's better by far TO be born lucky than rich.
| Born lucky1than rich, born lucky than rich,
| Tfis better by tar TO be born lucky than rich.
Senator Sprague's health Ia in IS bat
q condition as his finances.