The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-10-14
TiTTLERS.

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;'oh could there in tsi5 world be found 3rt |
some little spot OF h1p2y ground ,..-,.. f.s,rot
Where vinsge pleasu.e might SO round,
w thout the village tattlins,.' I7l .iJFt
How doubly blessed that spot Wo.id beylt brl
Whe.e all might dwell in libeity, i .r,I
Free from the bitter misery,
OF gossips' adless p-attliug.' --l. .;v2 l@E,t
Every community is cursed By tlieI
presence ola class ofpeople who make
it their business 10 attend to every
body's business but their own. Such
people are the meanest specimens OF
deprayed humanity which an all-wise
Providence permits 10 exist upon this
cursed earth. 1t is well known that
almost every person is sometimes dis
posed 10 speak evil OF others, and tat
Ting is sin from which very few can
claim to be entirely exempt. But the
object Of our present article isl 70 speak
of that distinct class of tattlers who
make tale-bearing the constant bust,
ness OF their lives. They .pry into the
private affairs OF every family in the
neighborhood they Know The exact
state fone neighbor's feelings toward
another; they understand .everybody's
faults, and no little blunder or misde-
meanor ever escapes their vigilant
watchfulness. They a:e particularly.
well posted upon. everything con-
nected with courtship and matlimony
and know who are going 10 marry
whom, and can guess the exact time
when every movement OF, parties sqs-
pected of matrim onial intcptions: and
if there is the slightest chance to, create
a disturbance, excite Jealousy Of
''break up match, they take ,immedl-
ate advantage ofit, and do all in sttlheiir
power to keep people in constant
state of vexation. They glide quietly
from gentleman to lady, from mother
to daughter, from father to son, and in
the ears of all they pour their, dark,
bitter whispers of SANDER. and abuse,
and at the same time pretend to be, the
most sincere friend of those they talk
to. Their black and nauseous pills iof
malicious SANDER are -sugar-coated
with smiles and honest words of friend,
ship. .. os e,.rsite,a a+f.,
.Tattlers are confined 10 no partiepr
lar class of society. q They belong 4p
all classes and operate in all. Wefnd
them among the rich and the, poor
supper ten and the ''loWer million y
in the church and out oft They are
people who have, no higher ambition
than to be well informed in regard tc
other peoples private business, to re
tail scandal 10 their neighbors, and tic
exult in fiendish triumph overE the
wounded feelings and bruised hearts
of their innocent victims. BeauIess ole
maids and childish matrons make the
most accomplished scandal-mongers
in the world. They seem 10. take, K
tattlin9 from the promptings of "a ma
tural instinct, and they prosecute j
with an energy that would do inferna
honor to their greatest leader-ihe
prince fdarkness himself. Contemp
for such graceless creatures knows NJ
bounds, and we can find no words il
which 10 express its infamy. Wha
punishment they deserve we. canao
know but God knows, and. as sure as
his eternal justice reigns they vii
receive retribution proportioned K
/. the magnitude OF their offenses agains
the law of God and The interests o
humanity. .-. a... .....- ,o-r...rs.