The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-06-25
GOOD LUCK.

GOOD LUCK.
Remarkable Instances OF it-A shoulder
OF Mutton that Made Mans Fortune
The Remarkable story Of bishop
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The First-Dorn Rothschiid ON Luck.
[From the New York Tines
- Another MAXIM" says Sir POWELL
Buxton In his sketch OF the first Roths-
child. ION which he seemed 10 place great
reliance was never TO have any thing 10
do with an unlucky place or an unucky
man." =" have seen" said he. "many
clever men, very clever men, who had not
shoes 20 their feet. never act with them
their advice sounds very well, but fate Is
against them; they cannot get on them
selves, and II they cannot do good TO
themselves. how can they do good 10
me 2" Now, what is luck 7? Is there really
such an ingredient in human affairs as a
fortultous concourse Of happy accidents
producing that 10 which we give the
name OF luck, and do some get il and
some fail 10 get itg There are, we be-
leve. those who assert that there Is no
such thing, but most are of the Baron's
opinion.
Not long ago one of the best-known and
ablest merchants in New York was en-
gaging a Captain. Every thing seemed
satisfactory, and they were on the point
of concluding terms when the Captain
said. par parenthese, you know, Mr.. p,
I've been very unlucky man." The
other turned round sharply, e" Unlucky !
10 lucky then I'm afraid you won't do
for me. The negotiation was broken
of. We have never heard those who at
tempt to ignore luck explain away certain
events which seem accountable by no
other hypothesis than happy accident,
Let us give few cases in point:
INCIDENTS OF LUCK.
A Mr.. Green Wilkinson, of London. LET
an old man into his pew, and that old
man left him f7 900 year for so doing.
There Is gentleman. well known in New
York society to-day. who had an ac-
quaintance. an Englishman. many years
/ his senior. This Englishman always
showed liking for him. and when the
\ American went to London he paid him a
visit. The Englishman said one day that
he wished 10 make him little present,
and when he opened the check handed to
him he found il was for quite a large
sum. This made him think that possibly
he might have "A legacy of $1,000. But
what happened few years latery "A so
! licitor in London appraised him that his
client had left the American all his Ameri-
can securities. amounting In the aggre-
gate 10 some 100000.
And wasn't that pure. unauthorized
luck which laid the foundations of the
great English historic family of Russell.
A storm compels foreign Duke coming
1 to see Henry VIII to put into Weymouth.
Sir Thomas Trenchard, the principal gem
4 tleman in the neighborhood, hastens to
proffer hospitality. But there's no one 10
talk 10 His Hlghness in his own tongue.
Happy thought, My cousin Russell. a"
/ Off goes a groom TO Kingston Russell (;
they have their ancient patrimony still.
For heavens sake. come over and help
me with the Spanish Duke Russell
comes; fascinates His Highness; is car
ried to Court; fassinates Henry: gets
such share of monastic and other plumber
as subject never got before. nor will
again, and dies Earl of Bedford, X. c.,
etc.
Some years ago there appeared a review
Of a most interesting unpublished auto
biography of a great lawyer, Pemberton-
! Leigh Lord kingsdown. who was offered
peerage by tour governments in success
sion. and held the Lord Chancellorship-
reluctantly conserving 10 take an honor
which his brethren are so eager to grasp
under the late Lord Derby. Ii records
wondrous example. ss Lord Kingsdown
I himself points out. OF luck. Here are his
own words: ain 1880 an event happened
which has decided the course of my sub
sequent life. Sir Robert Leigh. who had
amassed very large property in addition
to his patrimonial estate, though he had
always been fond Of Mr.. and Mrs Cooke
/ Pemberton's uncle and aunt. had kept
up no Intercourse with the rest OF the
| family. and. indeed, apparently had an
aversion TO them. The family estates had
been settled by his father. In default Of H.
sue of his own body. on the issue Of his
brother (my grandfather). and would
have been, therefore, divided Of the limita.
ton had taken encct) among his five
daughters, one of whom was my mother
the eldest. This settlement had greatly
annoyed Sir Robert, and indisposed him
toward those who had the chance Of benc.
fitting bv In. In ISIS or 1929 he quarreled
with the Rector of Wigan, who claimed
tithes Of the Hndlev Hall estate
which Sir Robert insisted was covered
bv a farm modus. The Rector fled q
bill in Chancery and set down hi.
cause at the Rolls. Sir Robert en-
dcavored TO retain Bckersteth (afterward
\ Lord I.'ngdale, Master Of the Rolls)
and was very angry when he found
that he was retained on the other side
Still greater was Sir Roberts vexatiou
when he was told that | was the next ii
business in the court. and that he must
engage me. lie submitted, however
Though believe with very bad grace
said was mere boy. and, in short. con.
sideied his case as sacrificed. When hi.
attorney. Mr.. Gasktll. who was a perfect
stranger 10 me, came TO the consultation,
observed that I believed had some in
tcrest, or might have some interest, In tn,
estate, when he informed me that the en-
tail had been found faulty, aud that Sii
Robert had barred the remainder after thu
limitations 10 his own issue and his brothc
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