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Snapping at a Scold

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 7, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 28, No. 10.

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Snapping at a Scold

Snapping at a Scold.—A good woman had a bad neighbor who used to visit her for the purpose of getting up a quarrel. To get rid of her she resorted to a novel method. When the first hard word dropped from the scold’s lips she looked hard at the fire, snapped the tongs, and made no reply. The scold poured out a volley of abuse. The good woman snapped the tongs again. Another volley. Another snap. “Won’t you speak?” said the scold. Snap. “Do speak or I shall burst,” said the scold, and away she went, cured by the silent snapping of the tongs.
Moral.—It takes two talkers to make a quarrel.