Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-01
Being Called q Liar.

connections. writes to know if Il per-
son should knock another down for
calling him liar, or what he should
do. He saysit seems to be customary
to look upon fellow as Il coward if he
allows anybody to call him liar, and
does not resent it, and yet if a person
takes up every such statement, he is
liable TO have n black eye half the
time, and he asks advice about it. The
most notorious liars are the most Scnsi-
tive about being called liars, and they
will.iight or shoot quicker for being
Ncallcd Il liar than they would ut being
accused Of murder Take Il man, for
instance, who wants to sell horse
that is unSound in every particular He
will tell you that the horse is sound rs
Il dollar. not pimplc on him, never
sick a day, and he is good in any spot
or place, any lady can drive him, and
he will lie about that horse all day, and
knows he lies, and knows that every
body knowShc is a liar. And yet if
you were to call that man liar to his
face, his "honor' would be at stake,
and he would tighta once. Though
man may have been proved in court to
be Il Swindler, Il thief, murderer and
highway robbcr, and while he will
converse on any crime he may have
committed, and rather glory in being
a bad man, if he should make Il state
mcnt and YOU should doubt it. and call
him Il liar, he would be wild at once,
and knock YOU down. and walk on yOu
1t beats all what sCnsityCncsS there
is about being called a liar. II has
been said by some great man, "all men
are liars, ' but it is probable that state
mcnt is oycr-drawn. 1t is doubtful if
statistics would show that more than
! nincty-ninc men out of hundred are
liars, and vet the nincty-nnc liars
would fight It once ON being called liars,
while if the truthful man should be
called u liar he would feel hurt,
and would 20 10 work to convince the
person who called him such of his cr-
/ ror, in Il respectful sort Of way. bv ar
gumcnt and demonstration. While it
may be custom to fight ut once, on
being called Il liar. Tho SU would ad-
wise Young men 10 gradually break
! themselves of the habit, both of lying
and fighting. \ man or boy is not
necessarily u coward because he does
not engage in brawl at being called Il
liar If Il man callsy YOU liar. and YOU
are a liar, it does not help the matter
for YOU to thmp him. and be arrested
for disordcrly conduct. Your fight
will not convince him that You are not
u liar. and everybody who hears of the
row will say you are Il bully as we'll
No gentleman will call man liar,
and ii a man is loaicr YOU can af-
ford to ignore him. and 20 about your
business, and you should never rccog-
nc2c him until he apologies. which he
will do, nine times in ten when he
finds he has made Il fool of himself,
and that YOU are respected more for
quietly rclraining from Furnishing him
than he is for being bully. Those
who are the most apt to call people
liars are usually the worst towards in
the world They think by using such
language they can convince people
that they are brave. Take one of
these fellows, and he does not call you
out alone and call You liar. rs Il
business statement, hut he gets you in
Il crowd where he knows he has four
friends to your one. and he knows that
if worst comes to worst. his crowd can
whip your crowd. He talks loud. and
wants to convince people that he is
r brave, but generally j. weak
; minded coward. If Young man
selects respectable company. treats
everybody well, is kind To high and
low, rich and poor. just the same. goes
out of his way, if occasion offers. to do
Il kindness, speaks well Of all. or saws
nothing, and never, knowingly. does
any injury TO any person, he can 90
through life and never be called Il
/ liar. and never have occasion to
fight. He can 50 conduct himself
, that if a person should call him Il
, liar he would not get time to fight.
for every friend he had would know
, the charge to be false. and they would
insist that the person making the
charge would take ii back and apollo.
| giHc, il would seem such n monStrou,
, injustice To the friends But if Z
Young fellow is u liar. and talks toe
much with his mouth, and is constant
ly saying things about people bchint
their backs That are not so, and
he is selfish and mean, and woulC
, not do kindly act, except he could
make point by it, and have every
, body know it, if he is Il liar. and ;
, mean one, who cares nothing for tb,
+, anguish and hcartachcs he ma,
! cause by his lies. he is liable to b,
, called liar any time. and maybe i
II is best for such person, to resent it,
and fight, for they will occasionally
be maulcd, and it will eventually dc
= them good, and learn them Il lesson
= -Rcch'S SIN.