Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-11-06
on Gossips.

, was useu IN years gone by to Keep wo-
mems tongues from troubling their hus-
bands and their neighbors. They did
queer things in those good old times.
Was this bride a proof of what our par
son calls the wisdom of our ancestors, or
was it bit of needless cruelty
''It is nothing woman drown
ing," is wicked and spiteful old saying,
which, like the bride, came out of the
common notion that women do world
OF mischief with their tongues. Is it so
or not? John Ploughman will leave
somebody else to answer, for lie owns
that he cannot keep secret himself, and
likes q dish of chat us we'll MS ANYBODY !:
only John does not care for cracking
peoples characters, and hates the SANDER
which is so sweet to some peoples teeth.
John puts the question to wiser men
than himself Are women much worse
than men in this business? They say
that silence is fine jewel for woman,
but it is very little worn. Is 1t so Is it
true that Woman only conceals what
she does not know? Are womcn's tongues
like lambs tails, always wagging {?
they say foxes are all tail, and women
oil tongue. Is this false or not? Was
that old prayer n needful onc-"From
big guns and women's tongues deliver
usY John has u right good and quiet
wife OF his own, whose voice is so sweet
that he cannot hear it too often. and:
therefore he is not a fair Judge but he is
half afraid that some otherwomcn would
sooner preach than pray, and would not
require strong tea to set their clappersI
going; but still, what is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gandcr, and somd1
men are quite rs bad blabs as the wo,
4iast
What a pity there is not tax upon
words: what ar income the Queen would
get from it; but, alas! talking pays no
toll. And if lies paid double, the gov
ernment might pay Off the National
Debt /; but who could collect the money 2.
Common fame is common liar. Hear
say is halfl lies y tale never loses in the
telling. As Il SNOWFALL grows by rolling,
SO does story. They who talk much
he much. If men said what was true,
what a peacablc world we should see
Silence seldom makes mischief; but talk
ing is a. plague to the parish. Silence
is wisdom; and, by this rule, wise men
and wise women are scarce Still wa
tcrs are the deepcst but the shallowest
brooks brawl the most; this shows how
plentiful foola must be- An open mouth
shows an empty head. If the chest had
gold OF silver in it, it would not always
stand wide open. Talking comes by ma
ture, but it needs a good deal of training
to learn to be quiet; yet regard for truth
should put q bit into every honest mans
mouth, and a bride upon every good
Moman's tongue.
Ii we must talk, ut least let lis be free
from SANDER, let us not blister our
tongues with backbiting. Slandcr may
be sport to talebcarers, but it is death to
those whom they abuse. We can COM
nit murder with the tongue as we'll as
with the hand. The worst evil Won con
doa man is to injurc his character, as the
Quaker said to his dog, "I'll not beat
thee, nor abuse thee, but I'll give thee
an ill name" All are not thieves that
dogs bark at, but they are generally
treated rs if they were; or the world for
the most part believes that where there
is smoke there is fire, and what cverybod-
says must be true Let us then be care
iul that we do not hurt our neighbor in
SO tender II point as his character, for il
is hard to get G,.t Oft ifit is once thrown
on ; and when Il maj is once in peoples
bad boks, he is hardly over qnitc out ef
them. If We would be sure not to SPEAK
amiss, it wight be as well to speak as lii
tie as possibly for fall mems tins wee
divided into two bundles, half of then
would be sins of the tongues. "If an1
maa offend not in word, the same isa
perfect man, and allie also to bride tie
whole body" Il