Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-28
THEY'RE NOT ALL WISE.
Silent Mrn May Jorge {" the Front, but
They O!Irn Fail When ,'orrcd to speak.

" 80 HsN h''kN wv aft EfFhtt put
They 0.trn Pal When Norrcd to speak.
Tho silent man buil1rth better than
he knowctli. He acquires wealth, rep
utation aud The odor of sanctity. His
forte is keeping quiet. lie is the orig
inal Of the poet who said: ''Silence is
golden"
But Sir Boyle Roche. the author of
that famous Irish bull about the man
who put his foot in it every time he
opened his mouth, plainly outlived
the ultimate fate of the silent man.
For that is The invariable fate Of near
ly all the men whose entire reputation
rests on the rocky foundation Of 81
lence. Lucky he who has already
achieved a competence on the strength
4. of his silence.
In nine cases out Of ten he talks too
much when he talks at all. He gives
himself away. SO 10 speak. He makes
a braying donkey Of himself; his rep
utation vanislies into thin air. Every.
body says: II always knew he was a
foolr" Aud everybody goes compla.
Gently about his business, and the fate
Of the silent man is sealed. Nobody
can forgive him for once having made
fool of himself, because nobody can
forgive him for having made a fool Of
everybody else for many years.
And still the silent man waxeth fat
and prosperous. He is one of the
towers Of strength in any community.
When all the other men have had
their little say, more or less eloquently
and TO the point. the silent man alone
has not spoken. All eyes turn TO him
for r~efutation or confirmation of what
has been said. But il is not his cue To
speak. He has his reputation for SUI
perior wisdom 10 maintain, and hence
he keeps his mouth shut. And every
man about him thinks: What a super.
Tor man he is.
However, rs was remarked before,
there is generally "a day when he =
found out. To illustrate: Several years
ago a young nan went 10 the general
Office of of our leading railroad
companies in town. He was the bearer
of strong letters Of recommendation
from an old friend Of the manager in
a small rural town. The letters re
ferred especially heavy to the discre.
tion-"unuSlal for his years"-of the
young man, on his marvellous capac'
ity for keeping his mouth shut. The
manager, who had been on the look
out for just such a young man, at once
gave him a berth in his private Office.
lie prospered amazingly, for all that
vas required of him was TO exercis,
his natural housekeeping his mouth
shut. The manager swore by him.
Other men in the office caught the in
lection. Every clerk came TO lool
upon Mr.. Tytelipps-let US call hin
Tytelipps for short-as a phenomenon
as model young man. Everybody
marveled how this country bred young
man had acquired SO much wisdom
Thus Mr.. Tytelipps rose, step by step
and his salary with him. One day b,
was indicted into a high aud response
BILE position. commanding an almos
princely remuneration.
For a little while it was all right
He continued TO keep his mouth shut
But there was a turn in the tide. Al
q directors meeting some information
and suggestions bearing on the betteI
working Of the department whose
head Mr.. Tytelipps had shortly be
come. was called for. Mr.. Tytelipps' as
s~istant, a man who had grown gray il
the service Of the company and wht
knew all the ins and outs Of the de
partment TO a I Out who had the mis-
fortune TO once in awhile talk TO,
much), was sick at home. So Tyte
lipps himself had 10 respond. An,
when the questions had been fired a
him and the board was waiting 10 b.
enlightened, Tytelipps shook his hea.
sagely, coughed and henlmed an,
hawed. That didn't CO." lie had Il
do some talking. Then the director
unanimously came to the conclusion
that Tytolipps was n monumental as
and ought 10 be bounced. And III
was bounced not long after. At leas
he was reduced To the ranks. But h
couldn't stand this long. lie went
and when last heard from he was ped
ding matches or apples or something
Chicago Herald.