Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-09-05
TERMS OF ADVERTISE Ns:
A Rare patriRsony,

A young man of Nuremberg who had M" Tor,
tune, requested a lawyer, a friend of his. to rec
ommend him to a family where he was daily
visitor, ard where there was handsome daurh
ter, who was to have large fortune. The law
yer did not exactly know; but he would inquire.
The next time he saw his young friend, he
asked him if he had any property at ALL
No. replied he.
WELL said the lawyer, 'wouldvou suffer any
one to cut off your nose, if he would give you
twenty thousand dollars for il?
| (What an idea y
| Not 70. the worldr
It's Well replied the lawyer; Il had rea-
son for asking
The next time he saw the girls father he
said: 4 have inquired about the vounr mans
circumstances. He has, indeed, no ready mo-
ney, but he has jewel for which, to my knowl-
edge, he has been offered and refused twenty
thousand dollars"
This induced the old father to consent to the
marriage, which accordingly took place though
II - sa'd that N the sequel he often shook his
head when he thought OF the jewell
LArGHrER.-Oh, glorious laughter! Thou
man-lorlng spirit that doSt for time take til,
burden from The weary back that dost lay salve
to the feet cut by fntS and shards; that takess
bl"od-hak'ng melancholy by tie nose, and max.
est gria IN spite of itself that all sorrows of the
past doubt of the future, contoundest in the low
the present, that makcst man truly philoSophic.
conquerer OF himself and care What was t,lk-
ed OF as the golden chain of Jove, was no,lins
but succession Of laughs a chromatic scale Of
merriment that reaches from earth to olympus
Ii Is not true Prometheus stole the fire, but the
laughter OF the gods to defy our clay. and in tho
abundance OF our merriment to make US reason
aoie creatures. Have you ever considered what
man would be. destitute of the enobing faculty Of
laughter Laughter is to the face of man what
synoyia-I thing ara.omi>ts call it's 10 the
Joints; it oils, lubrcatcs and make the human
countenancc divine. Without it, onr faces would
have ridges, hyena-kc; and iniquilies of our
hearts, with no sweet antidote TO work upon them
would have made the face OF the best among
us horfld, husky thing, with two swollen hun
cry, cruel lights at the top--for foreheads would
have then gone ont of fashon-and cavern
Gus hole below tho nose. Think of n babe with
out laughter which is his first intelligence.
The creature shows the divinity of its organs
and end, By smiling upon us. Yes, smiles are
It's first talk with the world-smile the first an
swer that it understands. And then, as. world
Iy wisdom comes upon the little thing, it crows,
1t chuckles, it grins and shakes in its nurses arms,
or, IN "aggsh humor, playing boo-peep with tho
breast, it reveals its destiny, declares to him with
ears to hear the heirloom of Immortality Let
materalists blaspheme as gngerly and acutely
as they will, they must end in confusion and
laughter. Man may take triumphant stand
upon his broad grins; for he looks around tho
world and his innermost soul, tickled with the
knowledge, tells him that he Of all creatures
laughs. Imagine if You can, laughabe fish
Let man, then, send Out a loud ha ha ! ha
through the universe and be reverently grateful
for the riyilege.-DouglaSS Jerold.