Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-11-17
Mrs. Teazle.

Mrs. Teazle lives at the upper
end Of the High Street, as if desti
ny had posted her there in order
to keep cher weather eye open" on
the sayings and doings Of that lit
tie country town. What Mrs.
Teazle does not know about her
neighbors is certainly not worth
knowing. 1t seems, at times that
information must come through
the key.hole Of her front door, of
self, 50 thoroughly is she acquair-
ted with the minute particulars of
transactions which most people,
as rule, feel inclined to keep to
themselves.
She knows what the Browns had
for supper, and what tie Greens
are likely to have for breakfast !;
she can tell. you the exact price of
Ms. Whites last new dress, and
the reason why the bonnet Mrs.
Black has ordered from London,
through her milliner, did not come.
She understands all about Smiths s
failure in business, and Thomp.
sons divorce from his wife. The
history Of Mrs. Jenkins new brass
stairrods is no MYSTERY to her; and
as for the piano that has just been
sent from London. for the sur
geon's wife, she knew all about
That before the idea Of purchasing
it even entered the surgeons head.
Regarding these ostrich feathers
that Miss Belle Virgins wears,
Mrs, Teazle could tell you a tale,
if she choose, that would make
your hair stand on end with terror;
and those who wish TO know the
full particulars Of the unseemly
quarrel in the church choir, that
has set the Dorcus Society and half
the town by the ears, had better
come to her.
Mrs, Teazle is especially severe
upon "the young people, and in
her eyes they can do nothing that
is correct. Ifa young couple take
a moonlight stroll OF a summers
evening, she wonders "what her
mother would have said to see her
and Mr.. Teazle going on like that"
Dancing, in Mrs, Teazle eyes, is
one Of the seven deadly sins; and
on private theatrirals, acting char
AIDES, and tableauX, she looks with
eyes of horror, "Pcople never
thought Of wickedness like that in
my young days." she sighs, And
VIII at this world is comming to, if
the young people are to go on in
this manner, who shall say :"
Mrs. Teazle calls herself good
neighbor, and is very anxious to
be called in, in case of sickness. If
any one is unwary enough to do
this, they repent it in sackcloth and
ashes for ever after. For Mrs
Teazle pokes, peers, ard prizes IN
every direction while she stays, and
edifies the town with her discov-
cries when the pati2nt is killed or
cured by her care "The things
| found out, while | was there, my
dear! All, it isn't for nothing that
Mrs. Jones has red eyes now and
then, l can tell youl There we're
bottles on the top shelf Of the pan
try She said there had been med
icine in them. l say nothing
but there were bottles there. and a
good many of them, that's all.
So she goes on-leoying the
black trail of slander wherever she
may pause. Mischief, heartburn
ings, and sorrow attend her foot
steps, homes are lad waste, and
loving hearts are wrung to agony
but what cares Mrs. Teazle for such
trides Z Nothing!
One day all this will end, for she
must die, like the rest Of us. Wio
will stand, q real moulner, beside
that grave? Whose tears will fall
for her? Not mine!