The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-05-13
A Letter fren Gossip.

DUtfALO, Az h't Ney S'hi hSNS-
DsAR JOURNAL IL wonder if il is possible to
talk without thinking7 have known people.
before now, who seemed TO possess this enviable
faculty to Perfection their tongues seemed to
do all the work without once being aided by
the brain. If my tongue would serve me in that
way, Just now, would take a snocze, for feel
dreadfutly lazy. am convinced that one may
acquire the habit of talking without ever being
guilty of saying anything. Had the secret OF
this tongue .wagging accomplishment, | would
think my fortune made; for, how many poor
devil Of correspondent woud give all he is
worth to be able 10 talk without ever once tax
ing the brain foe one idea. One might talk sense
or nonsenss from this time to kingdom come
whether he had brains or not. Enviable ac-
omplishment but, so far removed from even
hope of attainment, that l almost despair.--
Lazy as am, | must come to the task armed
aud equipped with my thinking apparatus.--
There's divinity shapes our ends so some
body has said Now if this be true, why won't
divinity shape ones periods7 If "what is to be
will be, what'st the use of thinking at sll--why
not let thinking alone altogetnerY | doubt very
| uluCt WutluSI ulNlllt1 udS duN lliUS W uO WIN
our ends one way or the other, as the pig said
when contemplating the twists in its tail ST.
thinking cannot trust my tongue to do all the
talking, must shape the periods and arrange
the sentences. Putnam once told his men to
put their trust in Providence, but to kesp their
po,oder dry. | have always had great respect
for the old General for .his sensible advice. Now
-, Ii. tk~ hal ,t..l en-
keep the powder dry, Il at Their trust in Provi-
dence wouldn't have served them much. So
with everything in this world. we must all be
self dependent. Ii we adopt the theory that
what is to be will be- IN the sense of letting
every thing taxa care of itself, we will soon "go
to the dogs" Still as said in the onset, there
are some people in this world who seem to let
things do themselves, little careing whether
"schoo keeps" or not. Some talk BY the hour
without the aid of an idea Others sleep them.
selves fat, never seeming to think at all. Happy
mortals How envy them! But what Of all this?
Who cares whether men talk without thinking
or think without talking? or whether we shap pc
our lends or have them shaped for US? / see,
dear Journal, that am talking you into as lazy
| a Sldte OF miHu ds leel inySeil. am l'iuStTd-
ting the doctrine that one may talk without say
ing anything. Really, | believe l have the
faculty so much desired, aflor all Why, who
would have thought it? Here have been
| talking this half hour, and haven't the slight
est idea of what have sad--mxing fate with
| pigs tails aud old " Put with Shakspeare-two
things which no sane man would think Of doing.
But really. dear Journal, you must let me off
to-day without saying anything. have moth
ing new to gossip about; every body have been
moving and have not yet got properly settled,
and until they do get " fixed" shall find il diff
cult to gossip with you or any other of my
friends. Speaking Of moving, think it great
institution, This feature Of Am rican city life
is not the only one that makes us a peculiar
people There's SO much freedom in moving
every year! 1t puts us all on an equality. A
moves into BIS house and B moves into AS
house, and thus we all change about every year
$50 that when we are ready to pull our feet up
and die, we have seen much more of the world
than we would have seen had we remained in
one " home all these long years. Moving, |
repeat, is a great institution. Let every one
who can, move at least once every year. 1t is
not only an agreeable pastime but it is eminent.
ly Democratic and American. But have wan.
dered from the subject that | set out with
namely that Of talking without saving any
thing. | must leave it now, though until an.
other time. GOSSIP.
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