Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-11-26
Islabs.

The blab belongs to the very worst
class of talkativc people. He can
ueither guard his own secrets nor other
peoples. When he goes abroad he keeps
his eyes open and his mouth in the same
condition 1t would simply be waste
of time To cndcavOr to convince HIM that
n still tongue showeth something more
than Il wise head, to-wit: a considerable
nature. AS rule he is one of those
stolid. unimprossionable people whose
self consciousness is such that they can
never be induced to depart even from an
evil course, Fond of Joke, he is ut
tcrly careless at whose expense he gets
ut Proud To- be the retailer of news
which at once gains him an attentive
hearing, he is by no means particular
who suffers SO long as his vanity is graft
ned by his being regarded as an interest
ing person. Go abroad with party of
which he forms one and his eye will not
cease to follow, detecting your move
mentS in the most remote ana gioomicst
of corners. In the event of your speak
ing ciyilly to Browns wife he will glee-
fully dance about, declaring that if he
were Brown he would look after her,
and you too. Have the smallest bit of a
It'll" with your better-half and he will
rejoice at being afforded some slight
ground for saying that you and she had
a terrible Catand- dog life, and that it
woold not surprise him if there were an
application for a judicial separation
Before long. Let young Smith hand
Miss Robbins a plate OF bread and
butter or \ cup of tea and he is on the
YeR oioo at once; while. If that gallant
gentleman goes SO far as to inquire of
Che lady, in seemingly confidential
manner, whether she is warm or cool
or what not, his state immediately be
comes one of not little excitement, and
he Is afterward acutely on the alert to
detect the further acts of cnormity into
which those who are the objects of his
dlsintercsted scrutiny may be led If
thcy will but slightly detach themselves
from the main body of the company they
may happen to be in, and appear as if
they are a triile interested in each other,
b's raptures and jocosity rise to an indie.
scribab!e pitch, Right willing he squares
ihc circle of his acquaintance. and in,
putrcs Of them, after he has gayly poked
shcir ribs, whether they have noticed
this, that and the other his queries be-
1lng accompanied by series of suggestive
Winks. significant gestures and enter.
tanning grimaccs. lie seems to deem it
his duty to report all that he sees to PEG
pie whom he meets long after the oc-
curTcnCes related have grown old. and it
Is s. curious thing that the oftener his re
ports are retailed the more ford they
become, until, al last, one might be en-
cUSed for thinking that they had no con
uectlon, remote or otherwise, with the
affair they related. When matters have
reached this amusing state, blab number
Two, in thc form of one of those good
natured friends OF whom the world is so
full, steps in and docs his best to make
matters worse, The unhappy young man
is informed of great deal that has been
said by blah number one and other peo-
pie also, OF a great deal that has not
been said He IS told in roundabout
fashion that he is thought TO be a fool o,
villain, as the case may be; further
that the impression is that he is making
an ass Of himself OF being made an ass O