Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-01
Co~D wASACEMEST BRINGS Gooo
LICK.

Some people are always talking about
thef good" or bad" luck. If they
happen 20 plov their land too vet or
too late, or neglect 70 drain II properly,
or TO ssisot the proper kind OF seed, Ut
20 est Il planted at the proper time and
nnennsr III their crop fails-then they
~, I'VE had such miserable look,
vkfle their neighbor Just over the fence
WHO had his land we'll drained. ploved
Il and plan1sd Il At the proper time, and
in = V0rkmaplike manner, was careful
n selecting his seed, his crop came on.
~ we'll cared for and produced abund-
sntly. Then comes this grumbler, Wad-
in thsooGh the briars and weeds on his
sIde Of the fence, and looking over at
his neiQhbor's field says: well, did any
bodv ever zee such luokf He always
has rood luck. Just look at hi9 crops
and at his pigs. None Of his pigs died
last spring. while had the worst luck
In the world; lost all Of mine. That
bio snov storm came and | was not
looking for such thing, and l had no
shelter for them, and they periahed. y,
such luck! And he had the luck TO have
his all M around the barn, and they
were sheltered and he never lost One.
"Why, SIR, three years ago both OF
m bought uev self. binde1, just alike,
and ve cut the same amount OF wheas
each wear, and he has never been to .
dollar of expense about his machine
(only be vent 70 hsap Of trouble in
building that shed for his. which was
more bother than il was worth and
this year he has Just run his machine
out and cut Is acres of wheat and never
broke thing; Just the best Look In the
world.
"And, sir, when / went out to hitch
M 70 nv machine, under that big elm
tree. where il stood last year, found
that tho boys had forgotten TO take OF
those plagued elevator bits and they
we're rottsd in two. and I had TO 20 70
town five days before those fellows thaS
sold me the machine could get them
from the factory, and they oest me go
besides, and my wheat got dead ripe
and straw broken and lost lot Of il ;
and such other luck a. have you never
saw. / tell you, when a fellows lock
turns aRin him, it's not much use to
try.
Just look at my nei9hbor.
Hes got board fences along the
road and everything nice. and he runs
to every picnic and fair and farmers
club meeting that goes on. tell You.
don't have time to run about that way
and to sit around and road newspapers.
And he gets his gals planners and his
boys bugRies and sends 'cm Oh 10 COL
lego. IL he had such luck a. have be
couldn't do it. Why, just look at him;
no hasn't had q bit Of bad luck since he
has lived here, and last fall l lost the
best horse had. The stable door got
broke down two years ago, wi en- that
johnson boy worked here-tke good
for nothing scamp-and / had sort o
neglected TO az II, being busy ell the
time. and my big bay mara got out and
got over there whore that place il 30 Low
in the fence, and she ate % much green
corn that il killed her, and had refused
500 for her just the weak before. Oh,
| tell you, have Just had nothing bat
Bad luck Why, Just thia spring the
shecp got in and destroyed that piece Of
corn back Of the house, and they inst
ruined my young orchard. Any such
luck you never snW."
And thus be will 60 on fog An hour
h every ono he meets, when II you will
just look moment you can see that
there 10 no luck in it-simply bad man.
AQement. Now, instead Of having an
old horseshoe hanging over Che door,
this motto ought 70 b. hung MP IN every
house and every farmers barn and crib:
Good management always brings good
LUCK" -.