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TATTLERS.--This species of mortals
are more or less, an ANNOYANCE to domestic
happiness in most parts of the world. They
often go on with impunity from one tattling
story to another, until scandal and defama-
ton constitute principal part of their EN-
ioyment. Instances of the balcful effects of
this kind of gossipping are at every ones
door, and very few escape the malicious sar-
casms of the tattler. Unfortunately we have
no statute laws to punish them, but such as
arc become obsolete. In former times in
deed, in England "the ducking stool" was
held in tcrrorum over such offenders, but
now, the venom OF the human tongue is left
to the cognizance of the civil law, which sell
dom reaches the car OF the real offender.
Hence poor inoHensve man, is oftcn pun
ished for the indiscretion of the tongue of
his dearly beloved helpmate.


! Catharine of Russia, though her private
life afforded her an ample field for the exer-
else of this passion; yet she was not proof
against its effect, however true the futile
might have been. She perhaps concluded
that it was no business of the tattlers to in
terfcrc, and she determined to punish their
otiicousness.


a young Russian lady of the first rank in
/ Petersburg, married the Count NJ. who had
! formerly been favourite Of the Empress. 1t
seems that her curiosity wormcd many Sc
crets from her husband respecting his init
macy at court, and that she .attied them tc
! her female friends, who sentthcm as grcai
secrsts, through the City of MOSCOW, where
she resided.


Not long after, just as tn, lady and hel
| husband were rcsigning Themselves to sleep
they were alarmed by knocking at then
chamber door, which the husband unbolted
when stout police officer eitered, with u
large rod i'll one hand, and tie imperial or
der in the other. The Count was ordered tc
20 on the further side of the bol, and to make
no disturbance, as in the ne;t room there
were several brethren Of this summary min
istcr of justice in waiting. .hc lady was
then ordered to descend from the bed just as
she was, and lay herself uponthc lloor-the
officer then tied her hands and feet, and
gave her a severe whipping When he had
finished this discipline, he loocd her, raised
her up, and said, "ths is tie punishment
which the Empress inflicts upon tattlers
and for the next olfense you 80 to Siberia
The. story soon buz1cd about, md wherever
the 'attlc of the young lady had gone, it &C


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