Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-09
PICTURE OF LITE.

l nfDg at S0ciaI party, met one Ot those
 beautiful accomplished females, who seem born to be the delight and admiratiom of their friends and acquaintances. Her con- vertion was sprightly, full of wit and good humor, indicating heart sensitive in the extreme, and totally void of pride and af- fectatio6. was delighted with her society, and congratulated myself on having made an acquaintance, which promised me. so many hours of social pleasure and instruc- tion; more so, because learnt from an in- innate friend of hers present, that she was all she appeared to be, truly an ornament of her sex. She was stranger here, hav- ing been brought up in -, and was here only to pass few weeks. Among the party present, were most of the first ladies
 in the neighborhood, who appeared very assiduous in their courtesies to her. Meet- ling these ladies few evenings afterwards, I mentioned the lady with whom I had been SO well pleased in the late party.- La,' said one, she is no better than she should be, she has had every advantage in the world 'Humph,' says another, if some people knew as much about some folks as do, | guess people would not bo so fond of running after their company : Bless me- says third, the creature can- nor live without fattery; it is the very food she feeds on-withdEaw it, and she is s tn the very dumps in moment. Dear me, Sir, have you not heard what terrible sto- ries have been told about her2 Why thought every body in the town knew it; to be sure don't believe there is one word of truth in them, but then one does not like to be seen with one who has such falsehoods circulated about thc:.l.' Thus they ran on for some time, when stopped them, with, pray ladies, do you know of one single instance of misconduct that this young lady was guilty of?'' All answered | 'No.' Do you believe,' asked in the sincerity of my heart, do you believe she was ever guilty of any unusual acts of in,- propriety? 'W-h-y, mo- Very we'll saw the other evening, ladies. that you were all very complaisant and courteous towards her; appearing delighted when you caught her ear.' Yes ;Eyop know, sir, she is a stranger here, and politeness on our part requires it, besides she keeps the best company, and her societyis much sought after in her own neighborhoods therefore we do not wish to offend her, for pSbudpS sue uiSHt udNO It Iu h0I pVWOS " do us harm.' Well, why then do you islander her?' 'SIander Sir ?--pray do not misconceive us 7; we would not islander her for the world. Oh, sir, we never al~ low ourselves to islander any one. Really sir, we think her very clever girl, and would not injure her for the world but then but then, stop ladies,-good morn- ing.' Such are the scenes that are daily ex- hibiting to the attentive observer, by peo. pie who think themselves first in society. and perhaps call themselves christians, and would fain believe they never islander any one.
 Surely there is trouble and sorrow en- ough in this world, without increasing the amount by unkindIs cooling our friends and increasing our enemies by an obiiquity of conduct. disgraccful in itself. and revolt ing to every liberal mind.
 Yet alas how often do envy. bitterness
 and islander, enter these sanctuaries, to
 blast and chill, to freeze tho n"bIest and
 most endearing feelings of the human heart.
 From such scenes, the human mind turns
 with disgust, and feelings bordering almost
 on misan.hropy.