The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-05-03
He is Most Free From Danger Who
Even When Safe is on His Guard

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We should keep over in mind that
mankind has both o material and n
spiritual nature, and that different peo-
ole seem to be made of different and al
most opposite qualities; some two-thirds
mental and one third animal, others but
one-third mental and two thirds animal,
between which are all intermediate
grades. If you attempt to treat all these
alike you will certainly fail.
The mind, I would say, belongs to the
legitimate domain Of therapeutics a. we'll
az the body, and the moral and mental
manaeemement of the man in the body
Is often more difficult than the physical
puzzle, for
THE human brain contains ten thous-
and cells,
In each some active fancy dwells."
We should be on our guard against q
thousand snares and pitfalls which lie
hidden in our paths. We u be par
ticular careful in repeating and believ-
ing things that we hear our neighbors
have said about us, especially ii there is
any doubt as to whether what we hear
is true or not. If no certain 1T is true,
we should not believe it, let alone re-
peat it, for we should remember the sin
of omission is not so great as the sin of
commission. There are few Yicinities,
| am sorry to say, that is entirely free
from the person known as the gossip
err" and / want to say that there has
been more communities divided, more
churches gone down, more schools torn
up, more characters destroyed, more
regulations blightec and more family
friendship broken by the ''gossipper"
than all other causes combined. Sup
pose Sallie Jones ia n tattler; she will
say that she heard Jim Smith tell Pete
Douglas that Eliza Briggs to Miss SO and
so, that she heard Bob Copenhavor sa!
that Mr.. 30 and 80 had been telling tales
on him. And so it goes. We all know
our minds are prone to exagerate and
We should be careful what we exagerate
on. We need to be wise as serpents and
as harmless as doves, for much caution
does no harm.
If possible we should avoid entangle-
ment with the mischief maker, the tat
Ter, and the malicious liar; and remem-
Der our enemy has sharp eyes and acute
ears, these key-hole and back.window
scandsl-mongers and lying snake in the
grass, and may also wait in ambush for
you; trying to make much out of little
or some thing out of nothing, 'for much
broth is often made of little meat" and
we should be very strict in dealing with
all such people. We should all make it
a rule to accord persons credit for well
meant deeds, eve though they be valu-
less in themselves, cultivate the habit
of being fair and reasonable. Such peo-
pie as the self-absorbed hypochondiacs,
who live is seas of difficulty and oceans
of trouble amid an endless midnight of
gloom should be classed with the hys-
terical and slightly insane. Such people
say many things that they are not re-
sponsible for, for their ignorance is
shown by the very fact that they do not
know they are ignorant, who will with
a double meaning in every word make
meddling inquiries, examine and cross
question you. give their opinion and
tell you that you said so and 30.
Just let me say in closing, if the peo-
pie of this and other communities will
not be 30 hidebound and prejudiced,
and let each ones opinion be regarded
as a self secret, things will then run
smoother than they r. at present.
But let us all be rue and energetic, low
ing and sympathetic, and remember
that neither malice nor envy can do you
much harm unless your own imprudence
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