Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
GOOD LUCK q


Some people instead of relying on
themselves ale. relying on good luck.
Someone asks. do you believe in
good luck? Yes, believe in good
luck. If you have a good father and
a good mother that is good luck. If
your father and mother whipped you
enough, when you. were young, that is
good luck. If your father and moth
er compelled you to subordinate your
lower faculties to your higher nature,
that IS good luck. If you are. not
born. tired, that is good luck. If you
have a good appetite, good digestion,
good nerves, good head, two good
hands and two good feet, that is good
tuck. If you draw people to you by
your overfiowing kindness, good
habits and unbounded love for your
fellow man, that is good luck. You
never saw those fellows who go down
the street with their hats on the side
of their heads, their hands in their
pockets and their face an interroga-
ton point, have good luck. You
never saw those girls who are giggi-
ing nonenity, have good luck. You
never saw those men who leisurely
stand around on the street corners,
sat on old goods boxes peddling the
latest stories about peoples character,
have good luck. You never saw
those people who stand around and
wait for something to turn up, have
good luck. 1t generally turns down.
You never saw those women, who are
painted doll babies and gossiping CAD
abouts and who have such a mixture
of artificiality it takes a seer to tell
where the humbug ends and the
women begins, have good luck. You
never saw those people who magnify
other peoples faults with the finest
microscope, and look at their. own
imperfectionswith a Lick telescope
turned upside down, have good luck.
Good luck comes to those people who
are not waiting for legacy, who are
not expecting division of their faith
er's estate.
If you are manly, if you cultivate
spirit of independence, if you strive
to carve your own fortune. to baptize
every dollar you get by the sweat of
your brow, good fortune will always
attend your efforts.
Believe truth is better than lying.
Believe that generosity is better than
greediness. Believe that honesty is
better than slipperyness. Believe
that patience in industry is better than
short cuts. Look at the best side of
human nature. Have heart full of
sympathy and love for your fellow
man. Stlive to carry joy with every
duty. Look at life. ,cherfully. Be
contented to fill every place in life you
occupy so largely that you will have
to be. shifted like plants in a;pot in
order to get more room. Don't be
ashamed to work. Don't stand
around on the ragged edge of beggary
with lily white. hands: Garry your
own bundles. Wheel your own wheel
barrow.
Don't let a day pass by without
increasing your store of knowledge
Remember the best books are not
bound. There are two-legged books,
and four-legged books, and winged
books superior to what you find in a |
library. You can't. pay too much for
knowledge. Don't be ashamed to say
that you don't know about things you
aught to know. Pick every lock of
knowledge. Pry into all things that
belong to you and everybody else in
common. Aspire to the company of |
those who know more than you do. |
Some people are SO vain and self |
it is pretty hard for them
to find some one who knows more |
than they do. Such persons can be
found. Seek to learn from everybody |
and everything. There are three !
school masters who go. with you
eyes to see; ears to hear
and tongue to ask questions.
Embody those principles of integ-
rity in every act of your life, young
man, young woman, and good luck
will attend every effort wherever
you may be. If you trust. any other
kind of luck, it will be a fools luck,
lottery luck, superstition luck. i
Extract of baccalaureate sermon
by Rev. F. P. Jolly of Presbyterian |
church to High School Graduates of
Great Bend, Kans.)
w. H. Kerr will this week move |
out onto the farm in Beaver township |
until after harvest.
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