Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-06-14
UNRULY TONGUES.

A gentleman who had been living
in Europe for long time on his re-
turn was present at one of President
Arthur's receptions, and recognized
an old acquaintance in one of the
most beautiful women in the room.
"Mrs. Blank" he said to friend,
sis no doubt leader in your society.
She has beauty, high position and
great wealth, and more wit than
many women can claim"
"That is true. But, nevertheless,
she Is probably the most unpopular
woman in Washington"
"Why so?"
:'She is busybody. People are
charmed with her the first time they
meet her, are alarmed the second,
and the third time they fly from her
as if she had the plague"
The fate of the tattler who retains
ugly gossip has been the same in all
ages, no matter what her rank or
race. One of the proudest women
in history was Cicely, Duchess of
York, the mother of Edward ". of
England. So supreme was her beau
ty and her power that she built a
throne-room in her castle at Fother-
ingay. and maintained the state of
queen. But her disposition to inter-
fere In the affairs of others gave her
the soubriquet of "Meddling Cis'
while she lived; and the taint has
clung to her name through all the
ages that have passed since then.
Miriam, the sister of Moses, al
though her sisterly love and magnifi
cent song of triumph have come
down to US through three thousand
years, still bears the disgrace of hav-
ing been an ill-tempered gossip for
which offence she was sternly driven
without the camp.
Every circle of society, every
school, has its busybody-some wo-
man or young girl, often bright, pref
ty, and attractive, who buzzes here
and there, prying into the private af-
fairs of every one, and carrying mis-
chief and trouble wherever she goes.
The latest theory with regard to
the dissemination of certain virulent
diseases is that the poison is carried
by lies,-the seemingly innocent,
friendless flies, who penetrate into
the most secret recesses of the house
hold. Be this as it may, it is certain
that there is a human fly, who carries
the germ of moral disease into every
house. She is more to be pitied than
are her victims for no matter what
her merits, she is always friendless
in the world feared but never loved
TAKING HIS TURN.-Working in the
same shop were two machinists, one
an old man and the other young
one. The younger one took off his
apron and started out of the door.
"Going to get drink, Jim?" asked
the elder.
eyes"
"Go ahead. | used to do the same
thing when was young. When ]
was first married, there was gin
mill next door to the shop where
worked, land spent fifty and seventy
! five cents day in it out of the dol
lar and half | earned. Well, ONT
morning | went into the butcher shoE
and who should come in but the mar
that kept the liquor shop. Give MI
five OF six pounds of steak, said he
, He got it and went out. l sneake(
up to the butcher and looked to SEE
what money had left. what dc
you want?' said the butcher. sGlve
me ten cents worth of liver was M,
order 1t was all | could pay for
Now you go and get your drink
You'll eat liver, but the man tina
sells you the stuff will have his porter
house steak. The man behind the bal
q eats porter -house-the man in from
o eats liver. | have not touched tht
stuff for thirty years. and I'm eating
porter house myself." ;"