The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-05-02
From NJ saturday Post
WINDING ONES BUSINESS.

GossIpting 10 said 10 be an evil Of snal
towns, but for our part We have uuHd 4 out,
rampant oven ia large cities. Tho proportion
OF people who mind their own business, aut
leave their neghbofs' affairs alone e mourulul
Ily small Ga a reasonable ejaculation We
should say that where one minds hi5 own Of.
fafs, three cbarjtab'y AXE chafae of bis or ben
IHelghb0rg' mutiiariOus concerns. Some folks
/ appear, indeed, as If the whole purpose Of their
existence was to gossip about other people, and
make az much mischief IN day with their
tongues as an honest man will take a week 10
eXIhn. These cormorants of news 90 about,
IpFylng into the affairs Of their acquaintance like
tax CATERERS taking an inventory of ones
goods, dlstonIng everything they hear some.
tunes from malice, sometimes from sheer for.
geiiuInoss, bot always practically with great in.
justice We know people ofthls kind, who ne.
yer tell anything a. they hear it; yet who would
be excessively indignant at being accused Of
fasehood.
These honest folks ought to be set down as
the pests of society. They are generally PEG.
pie who have little TO do, and who therefore
pbianthropic take charge Of other folks af.
fairs. Ia man is about to be married they are
sure 10 be the first who have seen h,s wifeithey
can tell you all about her, 10 the color Of her
hair; and they generally profess to understand
her arrangements better thar sao docs herself.
II man Is not going to be mafaoj but still re.
mains hopeless bachelor, they will kindly ct.
tribute to hlm new lady love every week. and
assign him the credit of more tlrtatiOns IN a
fortnight than The poor fellow could dream
otin year. If he thinks be can afford to keep
a horse, heavens! what a cIatter these good
folks make, especially if they happen to be
without horses. You,would think they supper
ted him outright lfhe makes trip to the
Springs in he summer, they canvass his oatgo
lng7 aud incomngs, as il he was child in lea
ding strings, andthey were his legal guardians
Whether man seeks notorlety or avoids it, the
tongues Of these folks ,CiU wag 10 his dlscredit;
in the one case they say he i9 running himself
by expense; IN the other, they declare that pow.
erty conpels him TO retrenCh. lie cannot lie
down IN peace or rise up in quiet; the gossips
are resoiute 10 have their say; and nothing but
death stops their tongues, or puts an end to
their misrepresentation. In the hands Of these
folks, as Sancho Panza says, Negotiations are
tossed about like tennis balls
No ira lady ever NEEDLES with her neigh
boris business She finds she has enough to
do at home, and therefore has no time TO pry
into other foik'g affairs. Instead Of running up
and down, picking up shFeds and patches oil
ews, she remains quietly within her own do.
nestle circle fulfilling her duties, or when she
does visit, ii is to enjoy few hours of socia
happiness, and not TO HINT for and make flaws
IN the regulations of her neighbors, Size new
er troubles herself whether her Acquaintance
can afford this or that; but she always gives
favorable construction to the conduct of her
friends, instead Of seeking for occasion TO sneer
at misrepresent them. In fact, when we see
an nveterate gossip we conclude she is no Ia.
iy, and has natural malgnty of heart. Who
Of your acquaintaces reader, sit for this portrait!