Nuhou, Volume I, Number 10, 28 March 1873 — Slander [ARTICLE]

Slander

Is tbc twin sister of gossip ; and they bave onlj this difference in cbaraeter, that one goes for you generally, and the other partieularly. They thrive in these latitudes; it ie healthj in these «miling Bummer isles for these thrifty twins. Sister Slander.is.ever" busy cutting up. She got an extra training and inepiration in these radiant from the chiidren of the soil t whoee thoughts words are as naked as their bodies, when tbey repose. As tliey in their state of nature knew of but one reason why man and woman should walk alone, they always gave and still! give that reason. even if a great grand-sire shou!d j walk alone with a great grand-daughter ; and so j īt has been that many of other lands eoming here, | who have gone to and fro with these ehildren of| the soil, have had their souls soi!ed with them! alike, and have eome to think and speak Hke' them ; and henee the work of slander has ever bcen thtifty sinee the eonsideration of eharaeter eamo with eivilization into these isles. Better the days of nukednes«s when tl;ey knew not character, than sueh a eutting up of character; as we have in our daye. They theii at least ap-| pre§iated the eharacter of a strong back, a sure| hand, and a keēn eye;/but now it is the cunning, j fawrting, lying ,tongue alone that figlits, and | inaims and wins. And the tongue that is loudest . to elamor unto heaven, inay be the keenest to eut you Upon carth; and as the heavcnly„ livery is large in whieh the devil is served, you- simple robwl one of thv earfch, find it hard to defend yourself aga"inst those who are elothed in professional cloth. 4 They, who are of this eloth iu this land, cirltivate the native imagination by a ready repetition of its fertile creations; and if any native imagīnatīon is more ferti!e than aiiother,' in thinking evil it is otten tunes the one that ls the readiest and ipost fluent to multlply words unio a threne of graee, * T)o we deride religibn? No. We !>oyeve in its consolationn, I>u't- there is none wliere the tongue eannot be still about a neighbore* nanie.' Nune—none--sueh a tu!ker is a moeker, and aercat\uv of ht'll. lle who eutert:unB the£C twirtj S!ander aud Uossij\ ean have no truej Hiomaeh tbr the st>ciety of the !ieuvenlv makl? llelfguu\, They who e her. hn e elio^eothor tnn * iu\r\\y iii i IV.uui\ \r.; n t \

!of ever 6uiiimL-r, au<\ evt-r grccn ni-et litttd tu | cherish this gentle 6oci'ety ; or aie tropic luxury j and quiet heBfc iifcted for suake«? Knakee in the! j gra»« —hbw tliiek they are in tbese Wand pasture;:.' I Hiss-g-g-g, Be careful how you gtep. These mi!d ' j and smiling forms in our maDgo gi'oves ave toadē' { and snakbs. |