The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-10-03
GOSSIP


Gossip Is The talk Of people who ha,,
more grasp Of ear ghan brain. II i con
l1ersasion, not produced bu, merely renro.
dueed, ideas taken in, aad given oa, nm.
changed, save 10 lheir direction. somewh ha,
as the water out at "the Works. comes 10
at one gate and goes out Al another.
Some folks there are who talk As If their
soul was sort ot patent machine situated
somewhere bttween The organ OF hearing
and apparatus OF speech, and by some
wonderful contriyaEce such as Barnum
never found, Il was always kept in running
order, hurrying in a, the hopper and out
ut he spout. like the wafer over mill.
dam,
Gossip Is the larthercst removed from a
legitimate intellectual process There il
no more thought in il thsn there "a in
blowing a dinner-horn, il eats away the
lime aud tue soul ioo--without thinking.
IL involves no studious liking ol The AL
tenuon, 10 vigorous exercise OF the reason
no sitting, aud determining by means OF
the judgment. Who ever gossips thai has
an active, living earnest souli Who ever
gosslps that Is capable OF holding a housht
any better than he can hold fleay Cos.
slpng needs mind enough, not 10 grasp an
idea, turn il over, and look At i. from ey.
cry possible point; but simply 10 give il
new direction, aking pains Of course thai
II shall accumulate as it goes ON.
just imagination enough to complete u
scene when an inkling of il is heard. or 10
make out notorious affair Of some com.
mon-place remark, or trifing incident.
just enough memory To keep the latest
street news flesh ior fuont babbling when
ihe hrSt good occasion presents Itself just
enough conscience to allow persons to do
unto others as they would not at all have
others do by them.
such Is gossip; and need we say that
an individual with a healthy mental or NOR.
al constitution never INDUCES in this kind
OF automatic conversations.
IL is sand Of Button, that during the fine
OF his morning toilet he used 10 listen 10
the village gossip as rellearsed by his bar
Der; but II will not be for a moment sun
posed that he troubled himself 10 answer
III these auroral chit chats.
1t was with him, probably, MS with
Christopher North. "a way TO become ac-
quanted with human nature, noliny the
Signs OF the times idly wasted reports, and
the senseless ba6ble Of newsmongers.
Ills own words Of instruction and eIooeun.
ce, fresh as they always were from the
'kliiiul alembic OF soul that was a soul,
were evidence enough how he must have
used the knowledge he gained this way.
Aud yet shallow aud wicked as gossip
Is, IS II not 10 be feared tlat many indul5e
IN 1t ughtleSsly, from mere habit, with.
out thinking OF the degrading thing it real.
" Is, or the terrible evil TO lich il leads
Above all, lady should no. gossip--nay
more, tddy cannot gossip. A pure good,
sweet llpped woman can no more indulge
IN lhiS KIND OF enlertainm mt than n rose
could take in exchange Tor its own the na.
ture OF thistle. A loving, sweet.f faced
woman The representative, the symbol of
The beautiful in human thought, the spirit.
ual IN human wisdom, the perfect in hu-
man virtue, the gentle in human love, tho
the consoler, the comforter, the
improver of man, ele,ating his tastes,
smoothing his manners, ennobling, making
betler--not as butterfly, in costly dress
and exquisite lace--but by her thousand
nameless graces ; by her acts Of gentleness
and sincere devotion her soothing, touch.
ing, winning, eloquent words.
1t IS of no consequence wha, her fortune
or sphere in society may be, whether she
be married or single, player on the piano
or at the wash-tub--whatever or wherever
She is, this sceptre is hers if she wills 10
hold ia sceptre more powerful than ev-
er Cesar or Napoleon had the audaciiy
10 claim or WELD.