Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-08-07

thoughts.
"No indeed" exclaimed Mrs. Bobadill,
' wo may be in state of lacteal propulsion
the most lubrcious and"
II am sure no body ought to say word
about what we do" broke in Mrs. Spry,
" for goodness knows we see little enough of
comfort; am sure | never could find heart
to say word of black wench, if her hus.
band was in the war;"
Ladies'" SAID Mrs. squarely, stout mat
ronly woman with full rcd cheeks, and a
good.humored smile constantly playing about
the corners of her mouth. "ladies, | admit |
that there are prying, meddlesome creatures
who arc at infinite pains to discover some
thing that may be magnilied into indiscre.
ton, or even criminality Of conduct in those
whose legal protectors are away fighting
their country's battles; but then there are
in reality some thoughtless and indiscrect
women who furnish some foundation for
talk. Now you should know that too much
talk of innocence takes away innocence.
The truly innocent need no special pleading
in their behalf; their innocence stands their
most eloquent pleader."
EXACTLY" cried Miss Ollsaw, maid of
very uncertain age, who happened to be of
the party, exactly; its better not to stir
the rice though it burn to the pot"
81 admit the business Of your remark,
Miss O!dsaw," said Mrs. Whey, "but never.
theless, when one is made aware by the in
sinuating remarks of obtrusively oficious
persons, whose sensitive organs have scent.
ed the odor Of combustion, one requires to
have nerves Of surprising quiescence to re.
frain from agitating the contents of the Gull.
nary utensil'
LA, my dear, yes; that is extremely
true; if one isn't the very quntescence one
will want to be agitating the peculiar uten-
sill"
81 don't hardly know what it is that you
are all talking about cried Mrs. Spry, "but
there is one thing do know, and that is
that there will be terrible panic among
some of our fine gents when the draft comes
off"
All, yes, the construction" exclaimed
Mrs. Bobadill, nodding her head and looking
at the excited Mrs. Spry, yes, that will in
cite them to panic"
Now how few" cried Mrs. Basbleu,
$ know anything Of the derivation of the
word panic, or suspect it being from Pan, the
wood god to whom Penelope is said to have
given birth, as told you few minutes since.
lie had voice SO terrible that he was able to
lrighten and put to fight the Titans, in their
battle with the gods, hence fright without Wis.
IDLE cause was said to be n Panic fear : and
when Phidippides was sent" 81 don't
sufficiently exoneratc my self upon historical
emblems to pretend to set myself up as a
criterion in such matters, and the only tight
ans know anything about are those that
reel past my" don't know about any
of it." interrupts Mrs. Spry, "but we were
talking about our prosecutions, and | do
know something of them" From the feel.
ing manner in which you speak," says Mrs.
Squarely, II should judge that you had been
made the subject Of some of the stories you
complain Of" Not at all, not at all! am
only speaking in general terms against the
principle manifested by certain persons in
setting ahoat scurrious stories about US poor
defcnceless women" cried Mrs. Spry, with
some heat of manner. Even if we so much
as step outside our DOORS" said Mrs. Boba
dill, " with the most opprobrious designs to
view in dissolute rambe the pyrotechnch
encroachments Of the hand of eternal i'm.
provement, or extcnuate our gaze to the ia.
bant crowd that perchance may be out cx-
onerating so,ne triumvial transposition. y
: She who wishes to see, wishes no less to
be seen, put in Mrs. Oldsaw. am unwi.
ling to admit" cries Mrs. Whey, that il is
invariably to be inferred that she who has a
desire to crafty her visual organs by actual
observation, and by having clear demon
stration, has also desire to become the focus
OF the optic organs of those whose propin-
guilty is sufficiently inconsiderable to afford
them an opportunity for such indulgence. I
own to an inherent selfforgetfulness--"
: The woman and the hen were lost by gad-
Ding" breaks in Miss Oldsaw. "Well," an
swers Mrs. Whey, gadding is disreputa-
Ole proclivity and one could wish to see cx
:irpated, as neither it nor tcrmagancy in I
ady are to be palliated or exteuuated, there
ore willingly admit that obiectless peri.
srInation may operate to the equal bewilder-
nent and jcopardizing Of both the feathered
'iped and that circumyested in raiment own.
ne metallic aggravation Of expansion" "a
ruly good woman" said Mrs. Squarely,
needs the censure of no tongue; when aware
# fault, her own conscience furnishes suf |
icient corrective castigation. The woman
Eho eavesdrops and spends much time in 60
ng about to learn what is said of her, re.
elves to her lips many vials of gall she had
ever tasted otherwise She who is too Gu.
ious to know what opinion is held Of her by
er neighbors can never be happy. A gen.
rous enemy in telling our faults will allow