Graham guardian., 1905-10-27
A LECTURE ON TATTLERS

| lchap L, ~ speaking OF THESE
creatures, he sizes them up in this
way; Full of envy, murder and
debate, conceit, malignity--whisl
perers." Paul, educated man that
he was, and inspired of God, had
to stop a moment TO think of a
word strong enough, and yet re
spectacle enough, to go thunder
ing down the ages describing and
naming The tattler.
oWhisperersp 1t was not
enough that they we're envious,
murders, dcceitful and malicious,
but they were such cowardIy
assassins OF character that they
whispered" their poison into the
ears of others. They keep whole
communities in commotion.
They whisper" They speak
softly and cautiously. WbyY Be-
cause they want to escape the con-
sequences Of their defamation
their murder of character and theft
of reputation. They will unhitch
the plow or leave the dishes and
hurry away to spread their newly
imbibed poison.
Talk about rum, war, pestilence
and famine! These vile scavengers
are worse than all combined. They
are the greatest foes to society
They spread their poison in your
homes, darken the lives of the in
nocent and steal away your happi-
ness.
The iatiler can do very large
business on very small capital,
A wife in tears, word spoken in
a loud tone by the husband, or a
frown by eitner is enough to keep
their Shiny tongues going for a
week, while thoughtless indis-
creation of an innocent young girl
is sweet morsel for them to roll
about 10 their mouths for months.
I"Now don't mention it. dear; or if
you do, don't tell who told you"
Cowardsl What have they done
but told all they knew about it,
and a good deal moreH What
have they done but condemnd
themselves by asking you not to
do the very thing they have done?
Hear them talkl
81 saw Mrs. Brown stop ON the
street the other day and speak
with Mr.. Jones. / do wonder
what they were talking about. /
listened with all my ears, but they
talked so low and were so far
away, 1 could not distinguish what
they said, Isn't it just awful? III
her husband only knew how she
was carrying on there would be
trouble in the family. Some one
ought to 60 and tell him, He
ought to know it. | saw Mr..
Jones smile, and you know what
that means. Just look out for
scandal, there, dear, but don't say
a word about who told you. was
standing at the window, and could
not help seeing them. And they
are not the only ones in the town
that's acting scandalously. 1t was
only last Sunday that | saw Sadie
Meeks riding in buggy with that
Will Beutly, and it just getting
dark, too. They had been out in
the country somewhere. It's just
awful the way some girls act now
a DAYS, But don't mention my
name, dear, for l don't want to
have any trouble"
Oh, the towards, thieves, as.
sassinsl
They know everything that
happens in neighborhood, and
ten thousand things that don't
happen.
The devil has but little to do in
a neighborhood, that has moder
ate supply of tattlers. Frequently
he let's out the whole contract to
one woman, and when he does she
never fails to fill it.
She can stir up more strife and
arrangement than all the courts
and churches can settle. She
makes trouble between husbands
and wives and sows the seed for u
good crop Of divorces. She can
scatter more hell than the "Aame-
tailed" foxes of Phillistia did fire.
The tattler has no taste forl