Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-11-07
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GERTRUDE GoHIp--AFANCY sKET(

Gertrude Gossip lives IN -------sr., and is
| feared and halterci by all who live within the
radius Other acquaintance. She was once pref
Ity, strongly addicte to Irritation, fond Of read
! ing romances and wiring pueisy. She was the
! pas iOnate admirer Of sentimental young men
who turned down heir shirt collars, and looked
bilious and interesting, GeIt pleased heyon
measure when sercnudrd; was overloved when
she rece, ed rose-colored letter. with II club
| by little chap minus his lnexpreSsIbIes and 9th
or attire, on the seal, practlclng al baw-and-ar'
r w shooting. and was in ccstatlcs when two
IgrntIcmen ca He'd at the same lime to lnvlle her
! 10 Il ball, anG that each one was acquainted
| with the nature Of the Others visit. Gertrude
made tongues 5 innunerabe, bur he vtclor be-
came at length the victim. The tar Bona
parte in the wars ofcupd met herself Water
loo defeat. TO be p ain. she not only trI1' head
and ears" in love, bal became completely Ia
mersrd in the troubled waters OF the tenIefpas
SION. Loves current, in her case. as IN most
ALI Others, did not run smoothly. She was how
ever picked up. aud by the most sklIlnI inedl-
cal aid resusctated. This event wrought an
immediate metamo phos in her habits and
manners; the dark and gloomy cloud "i spring
day covers not over, more quickly, the colt sun
shine, than Sulen AMI rnorosa temper usurP.
ed the place Of gaey aud cheeriu'ness III me
mind Of Gertrude. Tn" change was imn;ii
ate--the revolution in her character cXtfaordl
nary. Instead of beng easy and elegant III
her name ), she became stiff aud iofma', eS-
IcheWed novel reading, called romances trash
| that was only fl; for more foolish age. oald
that young gentleman had ado,'te 'Host ihl-
pertinent fashion OF looking ladies III the lace
and wondered how any proper person "ooiu
dance or waltz.
She soon became tnged with phiIanihr"phy
ioined the poor chldrens-trock- making society
tn" in FAINT mnd-eXpa ding society, me le'n'e
t ,lure.sate -preservativ e-aSsoclatIon, the I'M
Iversa-do good for evil-socety, and We Know
not how many others Of an equally prhist"of
lthy character ~-lertraae A the present wri
Ting is OF an uncertain age, and strange 10 say
! he precise years she has numbered IS as grei
n secret to the world as The authorship Oh Jun
Illus Letters, though she is herself Il walkIn!
parish register of all the births, del,s, marrI
ages and remarkable events that have occurred
liza her ne q hborhooi within the last quarter OF 1
Icentury al least. Pcop le's actions are an eng
rna to her, and there lives Il puzzle. She can
not conceive what induces Mr.. jenkins to Vis'
50 often at the Misses Bailey, aud remain there
$ late too, when people wi h "A proper regard
for their good name should be- asleep. She
thinks il highly impru,lent oil Miss wills 10 en-
Icourag. the addresses n' young Fiswlnk'e; hi
salary is miserable one, besides every one
kuows the way he treated Miss Primrose-ht
is no account Then THERE'S that gitiy Wis
Gazowell- did you ever! what on earth d"'
bring her into Charities street every gay!
How some folks leave themselves open to re
marks, there was a report that she was sea-
with --- in Il conIectioncrs store III hoIa
street the other evening, but, gracious! tsho
possible. Gertrude don't brliGye II; bat ye
.Ienyious people will talk. She is aSonlShed Il
some peoples lastc--therc is tor Instance VII
I.'shocking' ugly bonnet OF Miss Kay; mos
ltawdry brick colorcd gloves OF Mss hhlgh'
and hat IooIishly fitting dress Of MISS Jones
that makes her look perfect fright. 1t wa
remarkably i'll done. she thinks. OF Miss Seowc'
10 refuse the offer OF young Thompson an IN
n dusirious wcI-behaved young. man as nc Is
and, orange inconsistency, she thinks MIS-
!, Brown will rue ever speaking to such an dN
, good .lor.nolhing scamp. She wonders nov
some peope can see so much company
, where the means come from. and hints at sus
pension as Significantly Us if she knew no" thel
accounts stood in the bank. Again, she can
+, not conceive what satisfaction the Hoarda''
: have in their lves--poor penuf'"hs creature
. thc, live as secIud as If they were IN VII
: ,lerness, The very knocker OF their door mas o.
come rusty; il would seem rs It so nc penP'
did no, know The use OF money. She th'nK
=. Mr.. Cutadash might have done very well wl'
: his plan Wagon, without sending to Ne'
, io,k for carriage; but it is an illustration
the old adage "set teggaron horseback ~'
' And she car find no parallel Tor the fne"nnrS
Of Mr.. Holdhard, who permits his lntercsln
family To- drive about in a vehicle 'ltt'e super
or to CornmeaI's go.car'. but ""naI or"a
ii the bone can't be got out of the flesh" An
J thns il is to the enI Of the cha 'rr. Gof'ru1
Gossip sees every thing through historic
; medium-her's IS jaundced VISION ana now
$ ever well drawn may ne The P'c'nf" present.
3, 10 her view ,wevrr lighl and sunny me ray
which play upon il, she secs the DARK s'e 9, o
; and the dark side only. She points out It's d
S feet, with the eye OF connoisseur, but its bea
tics to her are impercoptib'e.
II Gertrude Gossip is a Paul Fry OF I'll
feminine gender, who studies the sc'cn'
or hc,no miserable, with unremlltng ardor'
a., A. cponymOus writer (l76!