The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1904-07-15
NUMBER THIRTEEN
As Given in American History
Not Considered UnIucky'

No, Your Majesty, hV i'P''.''
I'VE do not, for the eternal founda-
tons of our republic were built up
on the number 10"
Let us see what Mr.. Choate re-
ferred to. In the first place Amer
lea was discovered on the eve OF the
18th day of the month, and the
original republic consisted OF 10
colonies. The first official stars
and stripes adopted June IA, l70,
had 10 stripes and 10 stars. Our
national emblem-the American ca
gle, requires 10 letters to spell it,
as does the motto on our seal +.
Pluribus Unum," and Of the great
seal of the L. s., Annuit Coeptis.
The first word 10 pass over the
Atlantic cable was sent on the 18th
day of the month, and on Friday
at that. The silver quarter in your
purse is not considered a 'hoodoo'
yet l3 is written all over II. Above
the head II Liberty are IL stars,
the eagle bears an olive branch
with 10 leaves in one claw and IL
thunderbolts in the other. On his
breast is shield bearing l3 bars,
and from his beak streams a ribbon
with our motto containing IL let
tiers. Each wing has IS feathers
while as yon know it takes IL let.
tiers to spell quarter dollar.
The war Of 1916 was called rcvo-
lutionary and was not unsuccessful
because spelled with - letters. Our
flag was salutcd by - guns when
Washington raised it yes, and by
l3 cheers. The american navy
had just - vessels at the outset
no more, and the founder Of it
John Paul Jones-was not unlucky
because Of the letters in his name.
He was exactly IL years old when
he first came 10 America, and was
the frst to carry the l3-starrcd flag
TO glory and victory and To have it
saluted by a foreign power on the
18th day Of the month. Pcry's
great victory on lake Erie was won
ON the 18th day Of the month, and
the Stars and Stripes raised over
Sumpter ON the 18th.
II would seem tina, the evil
omens attached to the number l3
merely hint at the rctribution
which oycriakcs those who proianc
that which is essentially sacred.
Rev. Mino, j. Savage in a sermon
on "supcrsti,ions.' declares tina,
he never found Is unlucky cxccp,
an one occasion when he owed q bill
for 10 dollars and had but ~ with
which To meet il.
We all know that rooms in ho.
tells, s,atcuoms and slccpcn bcar'
ing the number - arr not takcr
imm choice by the average person
\ travelling man arriving late at q
hotel was assigned 10 room IL
mo, you DON'T said he, III
sleep on the billiard table or Ollie,
iloor first The clerk with q mcr
~ twinkle sent him Ia ~ and III,
guest failed Ia add the figure
together.
My wife !. worrying alou
there bcing 10 at the table Ia
night" said a host. 'Suprsii
tons, chl" replied the guest. "No
bu, she has only one dntrn H..
forks -
In the life d Richard Wagner 1
played a part. H. was horn Il
1918, the numerals Il which addct
make ~ H. finished 'Tannhau
SIR April ~, iS6O, aud Il va
performed for the 6nt time Mari
10, 1861. lie died February II
lSS3--a most unlucky thing ior III
world at largc.
Thirteen is repeated in a singula
way Ia the case u a man name
George Cooies (i3 letters hcrr) VII
moved frum Vermont Ia Minncso,
and livcl there until June IL, lSa'
when he joinc,l the 18th Minnuso,
Regiment, Co. M.-thc thirtcCnt
letter in the ALPHABET. lie was III