The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-17
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TATTLERS.

"Oh! could there in this world be
found
Some little spot of happy ground,
Where village pleasures might go
round,
Without the village tatting
How doubly blest that spot would he.
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery
Of fgossip's endless pratingw
Every community is cursed by
a class of people who make it
their business to attend to every.
body's business but their own.
Such people are the meanest spec
linens of depraved humanity that
an all wise Providence permits
to exist upon this green earth.
1t is we'll known that almost
every person is some times dis
posed to speak evil of others;
and tattling is a sin from which
few can claim to be entirely ex-
empt. But the object of this
article is to call attention to that
distinct class of tattlers who
make tale bearing the constant
business of their lives. Fortu-
nately we have but few such in
this community, but no commun.
ity is entirely free from them.
They pry into the private affairs
of every family in the neighbor-
hood, they know the exact state
of ones neighbours feelings to.
wards another; they understand
every body's faults, and no little
bluDder or misdemeanOr ever es-
capes their vigilsnt watchfulness.
They are particularly we'll posted
on everything connected with
cOurtship and matrimony; know
who are going to marry, and can
guess the exact time when the
golden knot will be tied. They
watch every movement of parties
suspected of matrimonial inten-
tiOns, and if there is the slig htest
chance to create disturbance,
excite jealousy, or "break up"
a match, they take immediate
advantage of it and do all in
their power to keep people in a
constant state of vexstion. They
glide quietly from gentleman to
lady, from mother to daughter.
from father to son, and into the
ears of all they pour their dark.
bitter whisperings of SANDER aud
abuse. and at the same time pre-
tend to be the most sincere friend
of those hey talk to. Their black
and nauseOus pills of malicious
slander are sugar coated with
smiles and honeyed words of
friendship.
Tattlers are confined to no par
ticular class of society. They
belong to all classes, and operate
in all. We find them among the
rich and the poor-"upper ten"
and the clover Millions" in the
church and out of it. They are
people who have no higher ambi-
tion than to be we'll informed In
regard to other peoples private
business, to retail scandal to
their nelghbors, and exult in
hendish triumph over the wound
ed feelings and bruised hearts
of their Innocent victims. Our
contempt for such graceless Great
ures knows no bounds. and we
can find no words in which to TX
press its infamy. What punish
ment they deserve we cannot
know, but God knows, and as
true as His eternal justice reigns,
they will receive a retribution
proportioned to the magnitude
of their offeDses against the laws
of God and the interests of hu-
manity.
IA tattler felt serpent by his side.
What followed from the bite?
The serpent died"
PARENTAL EXAMPLE.
There is food for thought in
the story that is told OF a young
lad, who for the first time ac
cOmpanied his father to a public
dinner. The waiter asked him:
"W hat will you take to drinkgu
Hesitating for moment he re-
piled: "l'll take what father
takes" The answer reached his
fathers ears. and instantly the
full responsibility of his position
flashed upon him. In a moment
his decision was m de. and in
tones tremulous with emotion.
and to the astonishment of those
who knew him, he said: waiter,
I'll take water.n
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You will not pass through this
world but once. Any good thing
that you can do, or any kindness
that you can show to any fellow
being, do it now. Do not defer
or neglect it for you will not pass
this way again.
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JUDICIOUS PRAISE.
No heart is insensible to words