The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-03
TaImagc on Slander.

Take the best man in the world aud
put a detective on his track and watch
hin, for ten years, seeing where he goes
and how long he stays, and when he
! comes and all he does, with desire to
| destroy him and you can make him APP
pear despicable. But if it is wrong to
despoil mans good name, how much
worse TO damage a womans reputation
That style of Infamous work is going on
from century To century and always by
whispers. One whisper starts su-pi.
cinn. The next whisper tells the
whisper a. an established fact. And
many woman as honorable AZ your
mother or your wife has been whis
pered out OF all kindly associations
and whispered into the grave. Now,
there are people who say there is no hell
scd despoilcr OF wOman's good name,
collection and have one built. There is
what Il time they will have when all the
SANDERS get together to rchcarse things
down there. What an everlasting ear.
nival Of mud II it were not for their
insHHsrab!o surroundings they would
enjoy the new opportunity in that realm
Of the Oucast. All the bad being there,
what rich and rare tc!d for exploration
by whispers. On earth they had often to
believe people in order IL destroy them,
but now they can say all the bad thing.
possible about their neighbOrs and still
speak the truth. Jubilee OF whispcrcr.! I!
Grand gala day of back bitcrs Semi.
heaven for scandal mongers. Only
stopping long enough to ask ut the iron
gate some new conner from the earth
what is the last gossip from brooklyn.
Now, how are you to help quell the
great iniquity? First. by refusing to lis
ten or believe anything against anybody
until 1t is positively proved. by all law
OF courts and all common ,lccency. let
every one be supposed innocent till he
ar she is proved guilty. | do not recon-
meme my way to you, but will tell you
what | always say when | hear or see
anything defamatory OF anybody y
guess that is lie,' The only person |. .t
is worse than tbs :rhispcreF IS the person
who without protest accepts and believes
the whispers. The trouble is you hold
the sack while they fill il; the receiver
of stolen goods il just as bad rs the thief.
An ancient author said that those who
uttered slander and those who believed
II ought to be hanged, one by the tongue,
the other by the car. When you hear
anything about your ncighbors do n.. ~
about asking questions concerning the
charge made and 30 spread it. Don't
bemean yourself by becoming inspector
OF warts and supervisor of fcnrbuncles and
commissioner of cutters and the holder
of skates at dog fight. Allow no defa.
nation at your broakfa fast. dinner or tea
table. Teach your children not to speak
i'll of Others. Show them the difference
between bee and wasp, the one gather.
ing honey and the other thrusting a
sting. | have heard ofA household where
they carefully kept what is called a
Islander book and everything that is
said in the way of detraction is as careful.
ly recorded ~ any ledger is kept. For
the first new weeks there were many
entries, now very seldom il anything
written in that book. Mount Taurus il
great place for eagles, and crunes fly
ing along there cacklc so loudly that the
eagles know they are coming and pounce
upon them to their destruction. But il
IL said that the old cranes have found
this out and that they take a stone in
their mouth before they start 80 that it
il impossible for them to cacklc, and thus
they fly i'm Anfety. he wise az those old
cranes. Don't cacklc. Take courage if
You are naltreated of whispers, because
such creatures sOon run themselves out.
They come to be understood as we'll in a
community rs though some one had
chnlked on their uverconts or shuwls.
Here comes whisPerer, make room for
the lcper.'