Smyrna times., 1872-12-04
WHOLE NO. 918

How Gossip INCREASES gossip in
creases and grows till it gets into general SCAN
dal, and is entirely different from the original
story, Is told by letter writer He says that
he was told that if he ever took house in q
terrace little way out of town to be very care
fu that 1t was the centre one. For one must
be very well aware that story never loses by
telling, and consequently if he lived in the
middle OF row of houses it was very clear
that the tales which might be circulated to his
prejudice would only have half the distance to
travel on either side of him, and, therefore,
could only be half as bad by the time they got
down to the bottom of the terrace as the tales
that might be circulated of the wretched indi-
vidual who had the misfortune to live at either
end OF It, AS an illustration Of this he was
informed Of a lamentable case that actually
occurred short time since.
The servant Of No. told the servant Of No.
that her master expected his old friends, the
Bayleys to pay him a visit shortly; and No. 2
told No. B that No | expected to have the
Bayleys in the house every day, and No. told
: No that it was ali up with No. |, for they
couldn keep the bafis out. Whereupon No.
: told No. 5 that the officers were after No /,
S and that it was much as he could do to pre-
Y vent himself being taken in execution, and
that it was nearly killing his poor, dear wife
! and SO 1t went on increasing until it got to No.
S 80, who confidentially assured the last house,
d No 33, that the Bow street officers had taken
|. up the gentleman who lived at No. for kill
:, ing his poor wife with arsenic, and that 1t was
D hoped and expected that he would be executed.
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lie COOP SOCIETY.--A lady correspondent of
W the Boston Post, writing from Washington, D.
m c., says: And yet there is nothing more tame
and utterly inane, destitute of all human in
a terest than good society. Look at good society
9n at the fashionable watering places and see how.
at nominay in the pursuit of pleasure itscorns the
ed object in view. 1t is too aristocratic to dance,
ly to laugh, to talk with animation. 1t drives, it
,ls dresses, it eats. it watches others dancing OF
We enjoying themselves and despses them for being
a capable of underbred excitement Of all people
;el in the world these members of good society are
ne the most to be pited. They have no human
he interest whatever. The moderately rich have
le one object in life, to wit The desire to appear
IN richer than they are; but those who have
nd plenty have nothing to do but to take care o.
ess their diamonds and laces. And what a car
he these, especially the first, become to thei
IT'S owners. They must be etcrnaly kept abou
Is the person. An owner of diamonds to tn
the amount of thousands never dare trust them OF
rict her person. Ii not worn outwardy the twent
nav thousand dollar necklace is beneath the wais
en- of the dress, its cutting and setting goadin
ke, the flesh, 4 perpetual reminder that l, th
hus representative of fortune am here, where
at fore cease to feel my pricks, if you dare. Th
tor bracelets, when they must not to be showr
the are clasped on the arms under the sleeves an
ed the brooches pendants, rings, and head orn;
the ments are in a muslin bag depending from tt
his waist. 1t is heavy care, is it not {!