The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-08
Plain Talk,
ea I'1ain subjects.
BY. A. PLAN Char.


GossIPs.
Oh, how people lovs 10 talk about
their neighbors. Nlne.tenth- had
rather have q Juicy chunk OF gossip
than a colIcky watermelon In mid
summer, and, without regard 10 sex,
II can safely be said that Q new bit
OF social news, that no one has right
70 knew but yourself, 10 mere gladly
received than . Avc-clowBsd circus.
Albany IL no backslIdeF In this 70.
spsct. Lovely as our city Is, II has
enough genuine old go,sIpers Ia II 70
run q New Eaglsnd factory. Fer
Imagination they cannot be exeelled,
IIr eavesdroppIng they have no su.
perlor, although we presume equals,
for all places are alike In such
matters, that is, II they have not At
tained a certain population. In The
last month and 0 few days there
have been seven marriages In this
city. The gossip about those seven
marrlage,,I II place D IN volumes, would
suTpass the FAndects, aud for lies and
chlmerIcal parrstIves lsaye Don Quix-
ots In the shade. Ba. they can
stand IL now, toI they are past the
RubIcon, aud Mr.. and Miss Gossip
have turned their attention TO green
or fields. New, look Out. We have
already heard Of young lady with
several diImond Elngs, who u en-.
gagged to thrse or four young men,
no doubt about II at all, and the mar.
riagss are going 10 take place In Sep
tember, October and November. Ner
Is there q shadow Of a doubt absut
thls for Miss Victim had a tuck lat
out In her dress only last wesk, ,andla
few days ago bought ten yards OF
cotton cloth and a foot md a-half Of
ribbon. sabe ?
And then there IL Mr.. Slim, Who
has taken TO fixing himself up In such
q fastldio0s style, when. everybo dy
knows tha. until now he never cared
q picayune whether he looked like
sturdy granger or Pine Street law
yer. lie evidently means business,
for Miss WaggIe-her, ,Ioasns saw him
hanging over the gate with Misc
Plump, and the very next day she
was observed TO hide her hand when
u friend cal,e on her. Significant,
thaf!
Asd so II goes. bat We would as
oAn believe that q whale had drank
sup the Pacific Ocean rs half OF this
trash. There Is no 5ottom to II. We
won't willingly believe half the ugly
stories told about cur neighboEs, old
and young. We are goIIs TO think
well of everybody as long Is we have
q cent In our pocket at the same
time, mind you, we propose to keep
hold OF that cent as long as our mus
cles main tlrm. Tha, story about .
certain young man helping himself
10 another's mans property Is all
fol-de-ral he Is as honest as the day
Is long. Nevertheless think will
lock my thing, up o. nights. You
can't make me believe that my neigh
bor, Grim, beat his wife with q
broom the other night and threw 3
basket of potatoes At her head. Why,
only few Sabbaths ago saw him
put shining half on the plate, and
he never refuses to pay his debts.
At the same time, I am human, and
when meet him with anything In
his hand I almost voluntarily shy TO
ono side. But Of course that story
was all a lie, and just invented by
some one who heard GrInl's cat and
dog fighting to talk about.
You can generally tell gvssipper
at double range, but as you are "a.
miliar with their llkene@es, / will
not attempt to portray their features
For my part I had rather be fiy IN
the web of a spider or q cat with q
dog at my heels, than TO have q full.
bIooded gossiper In my iNot-tracks,
It is no pleasant thing q DO pictured
as riding Windmill % climbiag Y
ladder feet tirst when you never
thought Of either.
So 10 not gcsslp. II you have
anything you know tn be true tell Il
If you are inclined, but, for the sake
precious Hresldes, tangible aAd ar
ticinated, 60 not inveat matter fol
the sake Of having something to tall
about. Some people will believe II.
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