Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-09-01
ELOouENCE OF SILENCE.

ELOQUENCE OF SILENCE.
Hsw elsquent is silencel Acquiescence,
contradiction, Difference, dlsdain, embarrass-
! ment and awe, may all be expressed by say
ing nothing Do you seek an assurance oil
YOUR mistress affection? The fair one whose
limisty shrinks frem an avowal of her ten
der Sentiments, confirms her lovers fondest
hopes by compacent aad asserting silence.
Should you hear an assertion which ysu may
deem false, made by some enc, Of whose We
racity politeaess may withhold you frsm o
penly declaring your doubtP You denote
difference Of opinion by remaining silent
Are you receiving a rePrmans rem supe-
risr' Tou mark ysur respect By An attentive
and submissive silence. Are you compelled
20 listen 10 the frivolous conversations Of
coxcombp Ysu sigolly your desplcabe epin-
len Of him by treating his loqaacliy with cou-
temptaens silence. Are su, N the course Of
any ecnocialion about to cater on a discus
| sion paialul 10 ysur own feelings, and te these
whs are concerned in IT. This subject is al
msst invariably prelaced By sukwaFs silence
Are you witness 10 some miraculous display
Of supernatural psWer: the dread and aston
ishment with which are impressed imposes
lnysiunary silence Sileece mas aiss ITS uuI-
ite end advantages. And tst, what an IN
calealable portlsn nf domestic STRIFE and dis
seution might have heen prevented, hsw Of
Ten might the quarrel, which, by mutual az
-rsvatiou has terminated il hluedshsd, have
been becked in its commencement ny a we'll
q ned and judIcl0us silence? Iksse persons
saiJ WAC have experienced are aware OF toe
beneficial effects Of the forbearaRce which 10
the sBerating threat, the malicious sncer.
tha uujustly imputed cuipabllity, SHALL an
sWsr never a wsrd IDLY There are not
wantiR. instan es were the reputation, the
trime. the happiness, nay tas life of ia,
lelis' creature. might he preserved hy :
charlfahle gilence. either by the suppression
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! r'fnsr = 10 unite IN The heiamstary allegation
Sally l's any one who is anxious 10 pass ~
a person Of dep reflection and superior ua
| 5ersisnding, would recommend 10 say bui
little; silence being considered by many peo.
pie as a certain indication Of wisdom: and
must Inyself confess | should prefer the mar
WHO ininks much without speaking. 10 h,n,
no speaks much without thinking Not that
| weqld be supposed ls be an advocate fer
halinal tAciturnity. Ne one can better ap
| preciate the deAsht derired from intellectusl
J IHtrFFOuFsGs notwithstanding NtiGn l seq
daily cause 30 admire the truth and Justice o.
that apothe.fo ch >ags-"O Trurh speak
I ing cometa repsrlaI e, bat in silence is sale
! y."
I Uort, rnd Cor1s Light a brimstsuc
match, ana let Il" drops iallon watt er
corn, and it will be removed with It;le pam.
! his 's the latest,receiEt !a curing Cotns
which we have seer; and ii il shonla fail, we
/ i@ke ihH liberty 10 recommend to aarcsru al
! ticted readers. another remedy, " hicii ne
are certain will provo orsnlpt and eiisctual.
! Peri0rate the c0rn with small slmblet sr
boring bit; then "','Ars- the lswer part Of the
hsle with q seB s. lie o. sif,l gonge; fiji The
cavity with Dnroat's rest g''upon aer: apply
match, ANA il &c process Is properly exc
cuted, the corn or wart viii he blown into a
thousand ataras --E@ctsr .Nercs Letter.
A single herring, If suffered 70 multiply
unmolestea and unoiminishea for twenty
years, ws"ld show progeny greater in bulk
than ten such globes IS that we live upon
ToUGH SToRy-Au old pilot Of the Mo
luccas, says fgaietta, ''assured me OF Yer
lily that they had qigmies there who dweIt ia
caverns, and had ears so very long that they
slept upon one, and covered themselves with
the other"