Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-11-07
From the alexandria Gdzctte.
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iiseOsiti0ns, must not he 0ffcndt
should We declare our text apple, ,oI
them; which too frequently, ana in
deed ever eyentuates in migrating lp|
their minds the principles and vices
attributed TO Islander.
a line of demarkation can indeed
scarcely be drawn betMixt the char
a.ters oitattler aud SANDER. 1t may
DC argued that no mischicyous inten-
tons inilueDce the tale bearer, more
especially as tattlers are gcnerai'y OIL
the softer sex, whose mild and placid
natures forbid so ungsnerous an IDEA,
whilst the Islander, generally found
among the masculine race, darts his
lnnuendoes against an innocent victim
to crafty malicious revenge.-We,
however, can discover 10 absolute
difference in the characters, should
We judge causes BY the effects and
perhaps there is more real misery
happened upon mankind by the weak
and nisriiievous vice Of gossipins.
than the lire ami deliberate attacks OF
slauder.
Lucrctia. an aniiguated maiden, Of
liberal sducation, fine talents. once
beautiful, and at present toltrabiy
handsome, notwithstanding the wrin-
kies which unsenerons time has fur
rowed in her cheek, and very witty.
might now have been respectable
metron, a useful mother, and an atfec
tienate friend, were she no, early in
Itlated into folly, and becomes an
arrant taticr.---Aiways ac. ust0med
from a tender age, TO numerous as
soeiation Of the Ion, she neglected
after being freed from the adviees oil
tutor, the cultivation of an under
standing which nature intended should
soar abcve the camaionaity OF her
SEX. early become a v0tary TO
fashion, whose idle charms absorbed
ncr intellect, and caused her TO des-
|pisc every thing but the fu!so,ne era
LITIGATION Of displaying a pretty person
lud an elegant address, to her hume
rous and iopp.sh admirers, fron.
being accustomed To ilnttery, she
Ieari, iearne0 to tlatter, and this Ne.
ctssariiy obliged her to collect all
abundance of .small talk which
would enable he, to hold forth length.
lily, and say u great deal about moth
my. La parties and large companies
4 Lucretia, alt!io' on the sour side u
Forty, appears even nnw TO advantage.
Her false riuslets, rouged cheeks
and laced person, together With a
Icaaniess anu volatile manner, has the
appearance OF naipette. ----Delighted
at making couquests. anti cat hing a
new beau III her train, she was wsnt
to amuse each admirer with "a reel.
tro"al attaehment --bnt in the true
spirit Of a roquctte," leaves tie
wretch to weep" at the iickIeness Of
Woman's ioyp-which too often, under
the CARL, OF simplicity, Innocence and
|artIcssness, hides the deforinity Of a
perjured heart, a guilty conscience,
and The attGul hypnerits.
| Lueretia, from the delight of hear.
ing The sweet melody Of her voice, tv
indulge in her favorite propensity.
has frequently recourse TO the affairs
Of her acquaintance. Any anecdotes
which by the aid Of a little embellish-
ment will create laugh. and afford
subject FOR conversations. she stlzes
with avidity, and in the incident lose.
nothing in detail from her luxurian'
and inventive imagination. Perhaps
to appear witty. the tale is so mueI
distorted, that it a person acquaintc,
with the circumstance AS it really OF
curret, should hear it related, deco
rated With the imposing eioHaence o.
Lucretia, would never conceive thu
what he had heard and what he wa!
: LISTENING, TO had any connexion whate
yer. Perhaps she will undertake Il
Irepeat a conversation. but will by
!. forgetting sumo circumstances, ant
adding others, give entirely new
/, turn to the fart--and yet it is done il
so careless and lively manner thai
NO one would presume to attribute Il
!, the relater any mischieyous motive
But in this manner Lnrretia, as wei
as other taltlers, materially iniurt
1.-THE characters of their best friend
and most intimate associates, as wei
is other innocent persons. who, per
'|haps, they have never known or seer
ia more serious ami lasting manner
than the cool malicious and inyeterat,
laltacks Of the most determined slim