Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-01

VI INTO NnaNihEN ltit i've NlliAtn avg Af' NAk -
'ol in convenient dishes mot TIM l'~iil keep vel
rss a oAsslI CINCINNATI
healthy news. hut FOR the scraps aud
prclings thrown out of the scullery into
the back yard they have great avidity.
On the day when there i i new scandal
in the newspapers they have IA" time Ia
go abroad. ON til" day when there are
four or five columns "f delightful private
letters published il, divorce case she
stays at home and reads and reads and
reads. NJ time for her Bible that day.
hut toward night. perhaps. She may find
time {" run ont Little willie and see
whether there are any new developments.
Satan does not have tn keep y very
sharp lookout for his evil dominion in
that ncighhoi hood. He has 1T ont "a her
the whole contract She gets husbands
and wives into quarrel aud brothers
and sisters into antagnnism. AMI She Ills
gusts the pastor with the flock and the
flock with the pastor. and She makes
ncighhors who before were kindly dis
posed toward each other "verSuSpiciou>
and critical. 50 when one of the ncishhorS
passes by in carriage they hiss through
their teeth and say. "Ah. We could all
keep carriages il we never paid our
debts
When two ar three whi>pcrcr> get To
gcihcr. they stir Il caldrnn 81 trouble.
which makes me think 81 the three witch
es of Macbeth" dancing around u boil
ing caldron in dark cave:
Double double toll and trouble.
Fire burn and cadron bubble.
Fillet ~ icnns snake
In the cadron boil aud hake;
Eve - newt and to. ~ frog.
M"o . hat and tongue & dog.
Adde'S forA and blind worms sting.
Lizards leg and "wlets wing
For charm - powerful trouble.
Like hell both hoil aud iuhhle.
Double. double toll aud trouble.
Fire burn aud ealdrun hubble.
scale Of dragon. tooth - wolf
Witches mummy, and gulf
of the ratin'd salt sca SHAH
Mako the Cruel thick and stark:
Adj thereto a tigers chaudrnn
For ir .ngrrseuis of ON ,ildron.
Double double. toll and trouble
Fire burn and caldron bubble.
Cool IL with a balloons blood.
Then the charm is firm aud good
would only change Shakespeare in
this. that where he puts the word witch
| should put the word "whi>I,Icr Nh.
what caldron, bid You ever get taste
of IL: have more respect for the poor
waif Of the street that gn,.~ down under
the gaslight with no home aud No Cod
for she decciv.S n" one to what She is
than ! have for these hays of r,spccia-
bic society who cover M their tiger claws
with fine shawl and bolt the hell II
their heart with u diamond lrcaSfpin.
The Masculine Whispcrers.
The work Of masculine whi>l,ercrs i
chiefly seen ia the embarrassment Of
business. Now. suppose thcr. arr hun
drcdS Of men here wh" III some time have
been in business trouble. | will under
take To- say that in nine eases ont Of ten
il was the result ~ some whspcrcr' :
work. The whispercr uttered some Sus-
picion in regard I" Your credit. You
sold vour horse and carriage because Won
had me- Use for them. and the whSpcrer
said: Sold his horse and carriage be
cause he had Ia sell them. The fact that
he sold his horse and carriage shows he
is going down in business
1 One ~ your friends gets embarrassed.
and YOU are LITTLE involved with him.
The whiSpcrrr says Il wonder il he can
stand under all this pressure: think he
is going down. | think ~" will aaVc to
give up. You borrow mooney uuf If q
hank. and the director whispers outside
about IL. and after awhile the suspicion
gets fairly started. aud IL leaps from an.
whiSpcrcr'> lips &" anoth"r whiSp~rcr' -
lips until all Tia" people ynu nwr want
their money AMI want IL right away. and
the business circles come around ynu like
a pack If wolves. and. th"urh yuu had
assets -four times more than were nccc>-
sary {" meet your liabilities. crash went
everything. Nhisprrcrs, Oh. how much
business mcE HAY" suffered
Sometimes in The circles of clcrgymrn
We discuss why il is that great many
merchants ID not Z" "a church ! will
tell YOU why they i" not 20 To- church.
by the tim" saturday night ,."ui"s they
are worn ont with the aun"yanc'> IT
business life. They have had enough
meanr.>S prartie,l upon them to set
their Who'd" n~rv"ii~ system . witch
think Among the worst "f ih, whis
prrcr~ ar. those VII" gather up al the
harsh things that have h,s.u said about
you and hrins them &" y"u al The
I things said against N"u. nr against Your
I family or against your >iNl.. 81 business.
They gather them all mp. aud they hiring
them tn YOU: they bring them 4" YOU in
the very worst shape they bring them Ia
you without any nf the cNtcnuatins cir
cum>iancrs. and after they have made
your feelings all raw. very raw. they tak.
this brine. this turpcntiuc. this aqua
forts. and rnh il in with a course towel
and rub il in until il sinks Ia the bone.
I They max" you the pnrusltion ia which
they thrust all the sharp things they
have ever heard about you. Now don I
bring me into the Scrapc. Now. don't
tell anybody todd YOU. lat il bc he.
tween you and me. Don't involve IA. IN
II Al all. They agsravatc YOU To- The
point ~ profanity. aud then they wen
der YOU cannot sin: psalm tunes. They
turn you nn - spit hrf"rc u hot tire aud
wonder why y"u are not absorbed in
gratitude to thrm because they turn You
on = spit P",l,lcr> 81 night shade, rsl
dlers Of Canada thistle, rc,ldlcrs Of nuN
vomica Sometimes They get you IN y
corner where y"u cannot very we'll cS
cape without being rude. aud then they
tell you all about this one and an about
that one aud all about the other one and
they talk talk. talk. talk. talk. ;alk
After awhile They 20 away. leaving IN,
place looking like a harnyard after III,
foxes and thu wcaSels have been nr"und
der an eve. aud there a crop. How they
do make the feathers ny
Destroying Good Names.
Rather than the defamation Of good
names it seems 10 me il would be- almost
rs honorable and useful il ynu just took a
box Of matches in your pocket and a
razor in your hand and go through the
streets and see how many houses YOU can
burn down and how many threats won
can cut. That i not much worS,. bust
ness. The destruction 81 . mans name
* worse than the destruction 81 his life.
A woman came in confessional to y priest
and told him that she had been SANDER
ing her ncighbors The priest promised
her ahS"luiian on cunaition ~ her per
! forming pcnancr. H.. gave her Il this
I tie top and said. You can take that this
/ tie and scatter the seeds an over the
field" She went and did 50 aud came
back. ''\nw." said the priest gather M
! all those seeds " She said Il can't. 80
"Ah." he said. 4 know y"u can't Nci
Their can you gather NJ the evil words You
U spoke about your neish,nrs' MI good
men aud all good women have sometimes
had 'letrnct"rs after them John W.
I ley's wife whispered about him whisper
ed all over England kept un whispering
! 81 a