Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-07-08

I
him the other afternoon very smiling
and very gracious 20 some one who
smiles back. and thought then would
just 70 up 10 him and tell him he bad
better 60 home and sook after his wife
and family. who probably at that very
time we're upstairs crying their eyes
out. Oh. Mrs. Allear. do have your hus-
band 60 over and nut IN end 20 this
u0uoIes Irs SIMPLY outrageous tnnt
our neighborhood should be disturbed
In this way. Us awful"
The fact is that one man or woman
svt on FIRE of this heEish spirit will
keep n whole neighborhood a-boil. II
does not require any very great brain.
The chief requi-ition Is that the wom-
an have a small family or no family at
AL. because IL she have a large family
then she would have 20 stay at home
and look after them. tits very Smpsr-
tant that she be single or have no chill
dren at ali. and then she can attend TO
oil the secrets Of the neiChborhood all
tho time. A woman with a large fam
lily makes a very poor whispcrer.
lt rs astonishing how these whisper
ers gather mp everything They know
everything thot happens. There are tel
ephone and telegraph wires reaching
from thei ears 10 all the houses in the
neighborhood.. They have no taste for
healthy news. but for the Straps and
pcehngs thrown out Of the scullerv into
the beck yard they have great avidity.
On the day when there ~ a new scandal
In ths newspapers they have no time 10
GO abroad. On the day when there are
four or Eve columns % delightful pri-
vRtc letters published in a divorce case
she STAYS az home and reads and reads
and reads. No time for her Bible that
day, but toward night. perhaps. she
may find time 20 run out little while
and see whether there are any new dc
velopments
Satan does not have 20 keep a very
sharp lookout for his evil dominion in
that neighborhood lie has let oct 70
her the whole contract. She gets hus-
bands and wives into a quarrel and
brothers and sisters into antaronism.
and she disgusts the pastor with the
fock aud the fock with the pastor. and
she makes ncighbors who before were
kindly disposed toward each other over
suspicious and critical. 50 when one OF
the ncighbors passes by in a carriage
they hiss through their teeth and say:
"Ah. we could all keep carriages If we
never paia our debtsi"
When two or three whlspcrers Get to-
gether they stir caldron OF trouble.
which makes me think OF the three
witches of Macbeth" dancing around
boiling caldron in a dark cave:
Double double. ton and trouble,
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Flliet OF feuny snake
In the caldron hoi, and bake:
Eye OF newt ard toe OF frog.
Wool OF bRt and tongue OF Dog.
Adder's fork and blind worms sting,
Lizards lex and owlet'S wing
Fer charm or powerful trouble.
Like q hell both boil and bubble.
Double double. boil and trouble
Fire burn and calcron bubble.
Scale OF dragon tooth Of wolf.
witches mummy. nav and gulf
OF the ravin' salt sea shark:
Make the Cruel thick and stark:
Add thereto tigers chRudron
For the Ingredients OF our caldron
Double double. toll and trouble
Fire burn and saldroR bubble.
Cool II with q babbOon's blood
Then the charm is firm and good
l would only change Shakespeare in
this, that where he puts the word
witch" should put the word 'whis-
perer." All, what caldroni Did you
ever get a taste OF it2 have more re-
spect for the poor waif OF the street
that goes down under the gaSHght with
no home and no God-for she deceives
no one as TO what she is-than l have
for these hagS Of respectable society
who cover up their tiger claws with a
fine shawl and bolt the hell of their
heart with a diamond breastpin.
The work OF masculine whisperers is
chiefly seen in the embarrassment of
business. Now, l suppose there are
hundreds of men here who at some time
have been in business trouble. will
undertake 10 say that in nine cases out
OF ten II was the result OF some whisper
er's work. The whisperer uttered some
suspicion in regard TO your credit. You
sold your horse and carriage because
I you had no use for them. and the whis-
} perer said: "Sold his horse and car
riage because he had to sell them. The
I fact that be sold his horse and carriage
shows hA is going down in business"
One OF your friends gets embarrassed,
and you are - little involved with him.
( The whisperer says: II wonder n he
( can stand under all this pressure? I
think he is going down. think he will
have TO give up" You borrow money
out OF a bank, and the director whispers
outside about it, and after awhile the
suspicion gets fairly started. and il
leaps from one whisperer's lips TO an
other whispcrer's lips until all the peo-
pie you owe want their money and want
II right away, and the business circles
come around you like pack OF wolves.