The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-11-30
"WHISPERERS."
DIR. TaImage at the Brook
Ign Tabernacle Re-
Gently
The Scanpalmonger, Backbiter aud
Busybody Served Up on the Par
sons Hottest Gridiron-
Something Everybody
Might Read.


De Witt TaImage preached at the
Brooklyn tabernacle this morning on
the subject Of ''Whisperers.7 taking
for his text the twenty-ninth Ness Of
the LIST chapter Of Romans, IN which
the word occurs, He said:
Paul is calling the roll ofthe worlds
villainy and puts in the midst Of the
roll class Of persons, known in all
cities, in all neighborhoods, and in
all places as whisperers.
They are thus described because
they arc apt to speak under voice aud
in confidential mood and with hand
at the side Of mouth acting as fun
Eel so as TO hinder the precious infor-
nation from W pdering into the wrong
ear. They do not speak softly be-
cause they are lacking in lung force
or because they are are OvepowerOd
with the sririt of gentleness, but be-
cause they do not wish 80 be held re-
sponslble for defamation They are
mas cuIine and feminine, about equal
ly divided, with little tendency on
the side of those who are called the
chords of creation" They have been
heard at the window of every bank
cashier, in every counting room, in
all business circles AMI at The meet
ing Of orphan asylum managers. They
are the worst foes of society, are re-
sponsible for miserics illimitable, are
the scavengers of the world. driving
tn ir cart through every community.
and tor your execration and contempt
loathing, 1 hold them up this day be-
fore your eyes.
They are found everywhere. /
think they thrive best in a village Of
one or two thousand Inhabitants,
where everybody knows everybody,
but our large cities have u full share.
Thew are Of a prying disposition.
They look into the basement Windows
to see people at the morning AMI eve
ming meal. They can see as tan
through the key hole as other people
can see with the door wide open
They can ovcrhear conversation a
the other side Of the room. To then
the world is a whispering gallery
They put the worst construction upon
everything. A wife descending into
the street with eyes little dim Will
tears, the event is stimulation to the
bearer and sets the whisperer uI
in business for many weeks. Guess
that husband and wife don't live
happily together" Warrant yoy
the husband abuses her." "Outra
geous." "Shall go over and tell the
neighborp, for this thing has got tc
be stopped" "ShRll bring the mat
ter before the church" She rushe'
in out of bI cath, saying: Dent you
think, Mrs. All-ear, that our neIgh
Dor. poor thing, came out Of LEI
house this morning crying. Tina
brute of man has been abusing her
Isn't it awful! just ink Of having
our neighborhnod disturbed by such
goings on Well, have susI ected il
all along. 1 saw him down street the
other aftern6 on very gracious ano
polite. / thought then he might
better go home and pay attention to
his own family who were probably
at this time sitting up stairs crying
their eyes out. Now do persuade
your HI sband to go over and put an
end to this outsage. Dear me isn't il
awful"
Whisperernl The fact is that one
woman set on FIRE with a bad spirit
can keep a whole neighborhood abOiI
She does not have To be endowed with
any special brain. 1t is quite requi-
site thai she benot ncommoded Will
a large family. That would keel
her at home. Such must either be
single or have no children in ordel
that she may have time to attend t.
all the secret affairs of the neighbour
hood. Women with large families
seldom succeed as whisperers. 1
anything goes wrong she IS the frs
one to hear it. There seem telegraph
wires and telephones betwe cen he
ear and all the households of the town
For good, healthy news she has NJ
appetite but for the scraps and peel
ings that are thrown out from tn
scullcry into the back yard, she hs
great avidity. The only dav whel
she has no timedo 60 abroad is some
day when there is new divorce cas-
in the papers with three or tour de-
lIghtru! columns Of private letter
publ, That morning she has u,
time to read even her Bible. Sh
u ay sSunter out towards night jus
to get another paper te see If Their
are any more particulars Of the cas-,
to get hold of Sa tan uOes not have
to look very sharp after his evil do
n,inion IA that neIghburhood. He ha
let out to her the whole contract
have more respect for a poor Wal