Litchfield enquirer., 1832-12-06

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wheie they are produced, whereas music
al tones will be heard at great distance.
Thus, if wa; approach within a milo or two
ola town or village in which a fair is held,
we may hear very family the clamor Of the
multitude, but most distinctly the organs
and other musical Instruments which are
played for their amusement. Ifa Cremo-
ma violin, a real Amati, be played by the
side OF modern fiddler, the latter will
sound MUCH the louder ofthe two but the
sweet bFilliantstane of the Amati will be
heard at distance to which the other cam
not reach. Doctor Young, on the au-s
,horitv of Derham, states, that, at Gibral-
tar. the HUMAN voice was heard at the dis
lance Of ten miles. II is a we'll known
fact, that the human voice may be heard
at greater distance than that OF any other
animal. Thus, when the rottagcr in the
woods, or in AN open plain, wishes to call
her husband, who is working at distance,
she does not shout, but pitches her voice to
musical key, which she knows from ab-
it, and by that means reachesf,s ear. The
loudest roar of he largest lion could not
penetrate so far. This property pf mu-
steal sound in the human voice., says the
author, is strikingly shown in the catbe-
drals abroad. Here the mass is entirely
performed in musical sounds, and becomes
audible to every devotee, however placed
in The remotcst part of the church; where
as. If the same service had been read, the
sounds would not have travelled beyond
the precincts ofthe choir Those orators
who are heard in large assemblies most
distinctly, and at the greatest DISTANCE. are
those who, by modulating the voice, render
il most musical. Loud speakers are Sell
don, heard TO advantage. Burke's voice
il said to have been sort Of lofty cry,
which tended, as much as the formality Of
his discourses ii the House of Commons,
TO send the members 10 their dinner. Chat
hams lowest whisper was distinctly beard,
his middle tones were sweet, RICH and
beautifully varied,' says wri,er. describ-
ing the orator., when he raised his voice 10
its highest pitch, the house was completely
filed with the volume of sound; and the
effect was awful, except when he wished
Ito cheer and animate; and then he had
spiri, stirring notes, which were perfectly
Irresistible. The terrible, however, was
his peculiar, power. Then, the whole
house sunk before, him; still he was digni-
| fed, and wonderful as was his eloqnence,
! it was attended with this important effect.
that it possessed every one with convic-
! zion that there was something in him finer
even than his words that the man was
infinitely greater than the orator Itr
| s'rF 'sf
The Physiology Of Laughtcr.--Any
Young gentleman who can laugh 1T will, is
certain Of d. favorable reception in society
particularly when the weather IS muggy.
Laughter is. therefore, q social virtue. y
4 prudent accomplishments usopen letter Of
4 introduction. It's not necessary TO DC
4 funny in order to be able to laugh. Some
! men laugh like potatoes. without knowing
j il, Their faces are scnlptured cachina
tons. The permanent grin, however
/ pals upon the eye. and az last begins g
wear out ones joculariiy,, and 10 look as
solemn and bideous as the dismal sphynx.
Laughing is good by virtue of its sudden
| ness. II is in its unexpected appeals to
the nerves that its power chiefly lies. Ii
does thoughtful person good to be taken
by surprise, and to be tickled into q hearty
laugh against his will. It makes him feel
as no would after having been electrified.
Ii awakens him, forces his blood 20 circu-
late, makes bin, open his eyes, look about
him, and talk. The greatest mystery Of
laughter is its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IL Set
one or two going, and the whole circle, al
tho they know not why, fail into The vein.
You laugh at laughter, andslaugh the more
because you know the less ofwhai you are
laughing at. Much potency is there in this
association Of IDEAS Awkward, things
make. one laugh; if the mind happen to be
directed into different channel AT the mo-
ment, and the awkwardness comes npon
you suddenly. There is nothing laugha-
Bile in seeing man thrown frcni his horse !;
vet If he be pitched into the mud, and his
| hat rolls OF into the kennel, and his heels
are thrown up into tho air, like tho heels
Of The bpdiless nondescript on the MaRx
halfpennies, you cannot neIp laughing
| There il, no grace in such an accident to
1 make It agreeable to the imagination, and
Ia save IL from .ridicnle. From peculiar
constructions Of the sensitive membranes,
some people laugh more than others, and
young people laugt, the most because they
have fewer Drawbacks upon the fancy
Things as they are, II We learned TO ana
/ lyze them, are not objects for laughter /;
but until, we grow familiar with realities,
\ we laugh at them as if they were merely
ideal, and set up for our amusement. 10