Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-23
Lucky People.

There is a good old adage, cit is
better to be born lucky than rich. "
Who has not enyied the lucky man?
For him the skies are either serene
or cloudy-whichever he may de-
sire. If he buys stock it is sure to
60 up in price, and he always sells
before it goes down. He has the
tabled touch of Midas that turned
everything to gold. If he buys a
house and a street is cut near it he
gets more damages than it costs
him for assessments. If his house
burns down he has plenty of insur-
ance. II he marries he is sure to
hit upon a healthy, good-natured,
thrifty woman, whose pa has plenty
of stamps, or who enjoys that
greatest of all fortunes-the high
art of making over last years bon
nets and dresses-who never scolds
him when he is out late, or leaves
his meals to the tender mercies of
the Hibernian; who keeps his
clothes mended and doesn't 90 into
Mysteries every time he speaks to a
pretty girl. If he has children
they are likewise healthy and strong
and smart, and don't fill the air
with lamentations every time they
are asked to do any thing. They
get through schooling soon and sup
port themselves at an early age, and
when their pa speaks to them they
never give "sass" back. When
the lucky man gets into a car he
always gets seat. If the car is
full somebody is just going to get
out. The conductor never gives
him big copper cents in change,
and the washerwoman with a bun
die never sits next to him.
The lucky man has no fear of ac-
cident. He has a non-forfeited en-
dowment life insurance policy, and
knows that he shall live to take it
all in. If the railroad train should
run off the track he would be sure
to come down softly on the top of
somebody, with just enough dam
age to get snug sum of money
from the Accident Insurance Com
pany.
If the lucky man goes to sleep in
church the pastor never sees him
and the trustee who passes the plate
hurries by before he has q chance tC
get his hand on his pocket-book
He is never bothered for subscrip
tions or tickets, every one thinking
that somebody else has sold him. Il
his name gets into the newspapers
for credit it is sure to be spelled
fright, and if for discredit it is SURE
to be spelled wrong. His teeth are
always sound, his hair bushy anC
black, and his eyesight good with
out spectacles. If there is a bust
ness stagnation he is sure to prof
by it, and if there is a business re
yival he is sure to get the bestof it
Nothing spoils on his hands. i
he gets counterfeit money he passes
it on somebody else without know
ing it. If he votes for a man thai
man is sure to be elected. The
butcher always sends him a tender
piece of meat, and the grocer never
dares to impose upon him with an
tiquated poultry, and the milkmar
serves him from private pet cal
of pure milk. If he is a drinking
man the barkeepers always have fol
him private bottle, and his wife
dear good soul, never smells hi
breath, or If she does, she nevel
speaks a word about it. He neyel
steps on orange-peel on the side
walk, or has his hat blown off, OF
slips on the ice, Or misses a ferry
boat, or loses his umbrella, or get
robbed, or pays a lawyers or doc
tors bill, or stubs his toe, or lose
his knives, or has a cold in the heaC
or q pimple on his nose. In short
you have summed up the advantage
Of the lucky man when You So,
over the good old proverb, ut i
better to be born lucky than rich