The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
THE GOSSIP.
the Canyon Eeho Of Kendfick Is

1t has been SAID that one half the
neople in the world do not know
how the other half lives That !,
NAV be, but there are a few old !.
gOssips in Kendricb who. know
how everybody else in town lives.
what they are doing, and what they
are about to do. sgs- .ss8 @
Kendrick is not the only town in
Idaho blessed, Or cursed, with these
animated cyclopedias of current To-
cal events. Every community has
its quota of gossips and in ample
variety. There.isyour simple, in
nocent gossipe whoissinza state of
pathomaniacal anxiety until she
has ferreted out some little neigh-
borhood secret or !. uncovered a
sweet morsel Of scandal; and then
she falls into paroxysm Of amia-
bleagitation until the acquired infot-
nation is put into active circulation.
This quality of gossips, while max
ing a great deal Of mischief, IS
somewhat excusab1e and more en4
titled to pity than censure. She
may be regarded as a benevolent
Nuisance, who should be a1safed hv
the administration of an opiate that
would induce repose-eterna1 re-
pose. But there is unhappily a
breed of gossips, and it is a prolific
breed, which has no palate for tat
tie unless it be highly seasoned
with scandal; and this breed has a.
remarkable facility for supp1yirg.the
seasoning if perchance it be want,
ing in the original composition.
1t has been the habit of the male
man from remote ages to inveigh
against the female man because, as
by him alleged, she was the sole
conveyancer of gossip-and tattle and
scandal Of every degree. 1t were
we'll, indeed, if the indictment
against woman were a true
bill, because that would reduce the
number of scanda1mongers by,9at
least, IS per centun1, The great
gossipper of this, and we surmise
every other, age is the lord of crea-
ton. In the language of the i'm dc
S1ecle phrase maker, he is it. Wo-
men, under favorable. conditions,
are no doubt much given to a kind
Of loquacity, tinged with mischief,
which contributes nothing to their
moral, intellectual or spiritual de-
Velopment, and some of them have
agenius for giving a sa1acious tinge
to very innocent and commonplace
Incidents, but, upon the whole,
thelr most violent transgressions
are committed under the firm con-
Vlctlon that they are accomplishing
highly benefcent purpose. Of
Course there are exceptions, we
have few in mind at this moment
"a few spiteful,s detestab1e Great
tlres who are so overcome with ha-
treds and jea1ousies that they &c
oehberately about the business O.
earltying neighbors and friends
and blasting regulations in the
most merciless and devilish manner
Just like men. Such as these
should be. banished to Delaware
Wlere the whipping post and=cat o
nine tails remain as Fashionable
eorrectives. For the male gossip
Per there is not one extenuatinl
], word to be,said., He rarely. or nev
ef INDUCES in idle tale bearing 0
harmless tattle, but, on the othe
j. nsnd' is entirely given over to ma
ns! neious and vindictiye aspersion
/ WIN him scandalmonger
study and a profession which h
ssaulously strives to reduce TO- a
.Aact science. His. obloquies5 and i
Dsls are each and every one CAREFUL
e0nsldered and planned before the.
are are uttered. He designs them wit
9endish skill to accomplish ii
q greatest possible pain and. rtlit
ssiore your yergsi.I eyes, j with sofi
mlsln1aating = phrase of non comm
= tenor, he, proceeds to;i vivisee
your your most cherished friends an