Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-07-14
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UNCLE TOMS LETTER.

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What grand thing il would be if
some peoples tongues were cut out of
their heads, and their imaginations an
initiated
This may seem to be q very severe
mode of punishment suggested, but
did you know the tongue of scandal
has caused as much pain and misery to
the human family as any other one
thing ever did. Unfortunately the
pain and sorrow thus caused always
falls on the innocent, and rarely ever
hurts the guilty. A poor, innocent
girl is often talked about and lied on.
most especially if she has no father or
brother to protect her.
Scandal mongers are the vipers of
society. They can never see anything
good in anybody. They glory in the
traducing of character and reputation.
Nothing escapes their imaginary eye.
Every community has them in more or
less numbers They are great at sup
posing and guessing at things. They
care but little about the truth of
thing, unless it be of that nature that
will degrade and destroy.
No man or woman, boy or girl, is
safe from such wretches. Time and
distance. age or anything else, is not
safe from their vituperation. There is
no evil under the sun that outranks
the vile and vicious tongue of some
men and women. Undoubtedly such
people are of their father, the devil,
and his works they will do. They con-
coct and disseminate lies. both by
wholesale and retail, always careful
to throw in double measure. I've liv-
ed long time but I've never seen one
of these demons in human form ever
reform or go out of the lying, tale
bearing business, and Judge Key told
me one time that he never knew liar
to quit lying. asked him the ques-
ton if he ever did and he said, no.
SO ask yourselves the same question
and answer it to the best of your
knowledge. Did your Ask the Oldest
men you know whose word will be ia
ken in any court and note their ans
wers Nothing but death or paraly-
sis ever stopped lying, tale-tattling
tongue. There is no other crime
known but what men can and do quit.
except the one I am talking about.
We've laws against all other crimes
~. hut ny-im
worst of all, has very light punish
ment, when it ought to be a capital
crime to lie on your neighbors, and
tell scandalous tales on them. We
talk of other evils and preach against
other sins, but this one is the worst of
all. Truth is by far the better. No
man or woman, boy or girl, in all this
land relishes the thought or idea of be-
ing talked about. We don't like it. 1t
hurts our feelings, and when we hear
how some loose tongued old snaggle-
tooth bag has run over the communi-
ty and preached our funerals, it stirs
up our Irish and makes our blood tin
gle, and when we bring the tattler to
time, they lie and say they heard 80
and so, but can't give the authors
name, and thus they dodge out, ready
to tattle again on some one else. Some
folks affect to not care and say while
they are talking about me they are let
ting some one else alone. Well, |
care, and SO do others.
All liars and tattlers need coat of
tar and feathers we'll rubbed on. if
nothing more. Talking about your
neighbors is all out of order. / have