Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-06-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE G. @. AND ITS VICTIMS.
BY RAMBLER.

Every village has its G.. G, or Gossip
Club, warranted to destroy the reputation
and standing of any man, woman or child on
short notice and exceedingly reasonable
terms. Indeed, SO very liberal are these
Clubs, that as rule, they are amply repaid
for any trouble by the exquisite pleasure de-
rived from the very act itself, of throwing
dirt at their neighbors. 1t is to be regretted,
but it is nevertheless true, that the ruling
spirits in these clubs are generally of the
feminine gender, and of uncertain age
Their ways nre dark, and they revel in tricks
that are exceedingly vain. Posted conspic-
uously on the internal arrangement, mis-
named "the heart" Of each member, are the
following highly charitable
RULES.
Speak good OF no one.
Never eStepuate.
Always exaggerate.
Repeat all the bad you hear, with sddi>
! tions.
Always give helping kick to the man
who has started down hill.
Spare no one-neither the maiden in her
unsullied robe of chastity the wife shel>
tered beneath the rooi-tree of her husbands
home the widow unsheltered and unpro>
tected ; the yonth, because of the fervor of
ness of his infrmities.
Make homes desoate.
Dig up the sins of the dead, with which,
to disgrace the living.
Attack all who vary so much as hairs
breadth from the straight line of rectittde !;
all young men are the special objects of ten.
| der solicitude and care. All reformed men
ure shrc TO go back to the old 0Gy. Aiuoays
| help them to do so.
Excuse no one.
Never forget the past wickedness or fail
iDgs Of any one. and be sure to keep tho COM
munity fully alive to them.
| Remember, Away, our motto: External
| vigilance is the price of scandal" aud verify
ye have your reward. Your works are
around you. Stabbed in the dark, by your
veuomed tongues, hearts arc slowly, but
surely bleeding to death. In many homes,
once happy and cheerful, mothers weep for
broken hearted daughters, fathers mourn for
the ruined and blasted lives of theit sons.
wives reach out their hungry arms for lost
husbands, and husbands nurse their fancied
wrongs.
The pale faces of broken hearted women,
| the bloated faces of vagabond men stare at
| you, and their bloodless lips cry ont against
| you.
Iuo eOoSIp O'uO
and its victims shall meet, face TO face,
before the "Judge of all the esrth," when
the ears 80 deaf now to all cries for mercy,
shall be open to the voise of justice
the eyes now so blind to suffering, shall see
their hideous work in all its deVilish deform>
ity.
Reputation is what man says of us; char
acter is what God knows of us and so the
slandered ones shall bide their time, trusting
to God to right all, bravely holding up their
heads, nervIug their hearts, ever working,
yet waiting ever, for the coming of that day
when all secrets shall be revealed. No tears
fall on earth but that ascend 10 heaven, and
no stifed groan but that reaches the ear OF
God. Ofall the feathered songstets that fall,
day by day, wounded bleeding and dying
on the green earth. not one of them is for
gotten of God. Take courage then, live
down the lying tongues, lean hard upon the
arm of God.