The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-14
l am sure Mrs. H. tried to do b,

speaking an unkind word to him, OIL
acting unkindly towards him in any
respect. In an hour after his re.
turn l saw Mr.. B. F. going over tc
see Mr.. H, and in less than fifteen
minutes Mr.. p. T. passed my win
dow escorting Mrs. H. towards hel
home, from the spring. This was
imprudent, owing to the situation
affairs were in; but / will do them
the justice to say l am sure they
meant no wrong and were not fully
aware that envy and jealousy had
combined to ruin their happiness,
''To the pure in mind all things are pure.'
Mr.. B. t. l verify believe, has an
evil eye. He is the meanest back.
biting meddler among us-a very
scavenger, and there is always 8
shudder at his approach. 1 soon
saw Mr.. III. leave Mr.. B. +. with Q
quick step, very red in the face, go
ing in the direction of where Mr.. p
F. stood with the Messrs. G. under
an old locust, and, without one
word of why or wherefore, gave a
terrible blow to Mr.. p. f. A bloody
fight ensued; it was like the rush OF
battles. Soon Mr.. HIS white vest
was covered with blood. They
were both brave and P. F. very ac-
tive, got the best of the fight.
Though witnessed by a score of
bystanders, not one attempted to
separate them, aud 1 noticed from
my window that the miserable
scoundrel who perhaps with his
meddling brought about the fight,
ran in when the assailants were
blinded with rage and gore, and
gave each several heavy licks.
Mr.. 81. has gone; no one can tell
where, not even his mate, leaving us
to quote the old couplet;
"Trifes light as air are to the jealous,
Combinations strong as proofs Of HolyWrit."
Mrs. II. is dropping, whether fro m
desertion, the evil gossip, or the dry
hot weather, no one can tell, as her
lips are silent,
Mrs. 2. f. has quit her home
and husband and spends. nearly
all her time IN the garden of our
nearest neighbor. She carries nei-
their books or sewing with her, and
goodness only knows how she pass
es her hours in her chosen isolation.
1 heard her voice few days since
while riding past the thick hedge,
but could not tell whether she was
in a hysterical laugh, or crying.
Well
''The grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'er fraught heart and bids il
break"
A little innocent attention paid and
received, the Wagging, meddlesome
tongues of few empty-headed
Mrs. Grundy's have sundered
hearts and wrecked homes and lives
before this, that might have had an
Eden here on earth.
Lest, dear, patient reader, you
may think that 1 am travelling in
the very footsteps 1 would canton
you to shun, .. g., retailing slander
and meddling in that which does
not concern me, / must tell you the
couples herein spoken of, are of my
family, and their future more or
less in my own hapds, and the
facts no secret in our "pent-up
utica" Allow me to introduce you
to them.
Mr.. Pea Fowl known by the SO
briquet of Jupiter, now strutting in
front of me on the lawn with his ar
yus-eyed feathers minus, and one
eye clawed out, is still showing his
great partialIty for Mrs. Holland, a
pure white turkey, known as ''Lady-
bird" While his mate, Mrs. p.
F.), familiarly known as "Juno,"
walks up and down the garden of
'ur nearest neighbor, ,lamenting, may
De, the death of her little birds, |
'r maybe the affections of her
Tain. neglectful liege-lord.
Mr.. Holland, a pure blooded large
White gobbler called Snowflake,
what misnomeri) the dell could
lot tell where he is, or what he is up
o. Possibly dead by the wayslde
rom his wounds received In the
ght with Jupiter. Now these
ouples, Jupiter and. Juno, Snow
axe and Lady-bird, were once
appy and contented; but slander
nth It's baneful effects has parted
hem, and no doubt the mischief
oving Mr.. B. T. (Bronze Turkey)1
Iessrs. g., (Guineas) with others
t like class have had much, very
luch, to do with this severance and
hrouding the once happy couples
1 gloom and distrust of each other.
And if moral can be deduced
rom it-this true story of the
)wls-to cause us to reflect, to form
ew resolutions when our tongues
re itching to deal out that ignoble,
responsible, short sentence 'they
Ey" [ to our own degradation) and
onquer that restless demon, Ia
Ieddlesome spiritl which brings
lin and misery in its wake; then /
N grateful and satisfied.
The Hills. EsTELLE VEHsE.
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