Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-09-29
Uncle Toms
Chat.
"sHE DEVILS.

their children. And some ia
theirs would command but the
mother interferes and the old
man has to back down and out.
Not long since a father under
took to correct his son for some
misdemeanor, and while he was
whipping the boy the mother
was beating the old man to per-
lection. Now, | never did ad-
vocate whipping woman, but if
one ever needed a whipping she
did. Some fathers it seems have
the "devil's sister, to contend
with when he tries to control the
family; and by close inspection
you'll find the devil has a great
many sisters scattered around
here and there. Of course he
has some sons, but a "she devil"
beats all devils-and they out
rank all others in the busy body
line about five to one. They
range from twelve years to as old
as beings generally get, and they
rarely ever reform like liar.
No one has ever lived long
enough to see a common liar re-
form. I've asked often but
never found a person who actual
! " knew of a real reformation of
a liar.
So in the busy body class they
NEEDLE all their lives in the
affairs of other folks. Like a
certain we'll known lawyer once
told me, they are very con-
spicious in church affairs, so
much so that he got up and left
the church and went home-hav-
ing reference direct to certain
woman who he knew to be a
busy body, making trouble be-
tween neighbors, tattling, telling
lies, disturbing the peace of
homes and destroying the peace
of the whole community. Then
to think she would dare to pose
as a christian was more than he
could understand. He never
said, but | guess he had felt the
| pangs of her hellishness.
| reckon nearly everybody
knows all hypocrits are in the
church as that is the most con-
genial place for them to get in
their devilish work. OF course
| good men and women would ra-
ther they were somewhere else.
But unfortunately when the sons
of God go up to worship the devil
goes too. He is the most regular
attender of all. Like an aged
man once told me he wanted tt
be q christian and not a hypo
critic like some he knew in the
church. | told him he could be
and not to pay any attention t.
them. Well, he says.if | go IL
the altar here they come and how
can | help myself. So he be
came a penitent where he wa
avoiding the altar.
Hypocrits and busy bodies are
terrible specimens to overcome
, by the christian world, but we've
| got them to fight all along thu
: line. They will invade you
, home, sowing all the perniciou
, seeds possible, trying to estfangl
the dearest of friends aud ever
criticise in the presence of you
children. How cruel some othe
parent is over his children ant
how he binds them down, an,
you sit and listen and so doe
your children. They drink i
down and apply it to you whel
| you undertake to make then
mind. | guess the boys and girl
who read this will say Uncle Ton
certainly knows what he is say
ing for we have heard just sue
talk many time. Why how of
ten have we heard some oil
snaggled toothed whelp CRITICS
ing parents for being too tight o.
their children. Taking thei
liberties from them. Oh, how
step mother catches it these day
from almost every quarter an
she is always rated as q perfec
beast if she even tries to max
the children mind. Everybod
knows what an unhappy life som
step mothers live. Here bus
bodies get in their finest wor
and they are generally very sue
cessful in destroying the peac'
of that home forever. Well
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