Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-07-04
A Cu.,reo m NEwsMoNoEas, GOssIPs,

NERVOUS OLD w oMEN' iip"h'' "S"'
Women. AMBITIOUS MAMAs, QuIDDLiNG
AusTs, Busy-BoDiEs IN GENERAL, &c. &c.
1t will be seen by the heading Of this ar
tce that our theme is quite extensive, anu
il surely is one upon uh ch whole vol
ume of useful matter might be written,
and which irouM be written, il the fools
could he reached by even the most causiic
pen In every community there are many,
very many of those who are enumerated IN
the above cungIegatl e but we know oi
no popu alton hich is more severely al
fitted in this respect than that oi Newport.
The plaques of Egyp, were hut slight at
fiction I, such ling things as we are
now writing of. Their chief business is to
run about and pick up all The idle talk
which is aloat. and 10 manufacture from
their own feeble heads they are prying.
into every ones affairs with tanatcal zeal
and religious carnestess, and they talk
about anolhers affairs with as much conf
dencc and bodness, as if they wer, really
doing an honorable work, and serving the
Lord with comnendable sincerity. They
run from house to house, tatlle, lie aid cir
culale all manner of stories and reports,
and feel proud Of all such dirty work.
And this is done by ladies', BY those who
claim To be the elite Such stuff is their
topic of conversation While making a faslI-
ionable call and they have no more sense
Of shame than The devil himself. Many;
who read this will make their remarks,
and some even will say, oh, yes, il is all
very true, and then begin to talk about
some Of their acquaintances who do just
so." The poor, miserable, weak. deluded
things, cannot OF will not see that they are
the very ones We are speaking e. We
wish them TO know and feel what we say,
for we are writing about them, and their
20 Iemptibe, Mie conduct. This very
article will afford these things on hours
gossip, at least, and the more severely
they are lashed, the more rapidly will their
chltiering tongues 60. Al these msera.
! bic creatures are slanderers of cerain
/ kind yet, if you should so cal them to
/ Their faces, they would resent il with fear
/ full Indignation, never having dreamed ,ha,
such was their character and they would
repel the charge wi'h much apparent real
!. contempt. But still, they are ,Ianderers
and tLey come IN among those whom p, l.
lock - lorcibly describes in his Course
| of Time, let them read tn ir portraits,
and Zee how they appear on 'aper -
Twas SIander filled her mouth with lying words
Slander, the foulcsi whcp p Of Sin. The man
In whom this spirit entered was undone.
His tongue was set on fire Of hell his heart
+ Was black as death, his legs were faint with haste
| To propagate the lie his soul had framed,
Ills pillow was the peace Of i;,n.ili's
Destroyed, the sight oi innocence rcproachcd,
Broken friendships, and the strife of brothcrhoods:
Yet did he spare his sleep, and hear the clock
Number the midnight watches, his bed,
! I'cNlslng mlscHltl more; ana talIN rose,
! And made most hesh meals of yood mems names.
From door to door you light have seen him speed
Or placed amidst group Of gaping fools.
! And whispering in their ears, with his foul lips.
Peace fled the neighbouihood in which he made
His harnts; and, like moral pestilencc,
Before his breath, the healthy shoots aud blooms
Of social joy and happiness decayod.
/ Fools only in his company were seen,
/ And those lorsaken of God, and to themselves
/ Given up. The prudent Stunned him and his house
As one who had deadly moral plague.
Il And fain would all have stunned him at the day
/ Ofjudgmcnt; but in vain. III who gave ear
With grccdincss, or Willingly their tongues
Il Made herald to his lies, around him walled
While on his face, thrown back by injured men,
la characters Of everlasting shame,
!, Appeared tel thousand ISLANDERS, all his own.
Such is the character of these Shiny vip.
ers who crawl upon this ea,h, and lay
vase the ia rcst heritage of nan. IL We
!, can only arouse them to nsciousncss, ",
should leally fcl as il we Lad pcrformet
a good work but one might as soon hope
to conver, his Satanic Majesty into sail
as 20 do this