The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-01-10

ed with each other, and in the woods, they
indulged to perfect surfeit. They roared
out with merry peal on peal Of spontaneous
Laughter they expressed II by hooting and
lhallooing when ordinary laughter became in
sufficient TO express the merriment they felt
at their own ridiculous situations and those
lot their mates and ever aftefwsrd tile bare
mention of the crow nest scene, occasioned
renewed and irresponsible laughter
Years after one of their number fell sick,
became so low that she could not speak, and
was about breathing her last
Our informant called to see her, gave his
name, and tried to make himself recognized,
but failed ill lre mentioned the crows nest,
at which she recognized him, and began to
laugh, and continued every little while re.
newing it from that time began to mend,
recovered, and still lives nemento Of the
laugh cure.
The very best application oflaughter is in
connection with intellect, as the best soul
stirring speech where some public folly or
wrong is held up to merited ridicule--the
location of Inirthfulness at the side of causal-
ity indicating their conjoint exercise.
But whether we laugh wisely or foolishlv
mt something or nothing; at ourselves or
others; let us ha-ha many times a day, and
laugh off many of those Ills and petty an
noyances at once, over which too many now
fret and cry. ~ ~.
The hi, hi, hi he, be, he la, la, ha ho,
llo, no mentioned in the above quotation
rs signs of character, are all true, but en-
body only the merest glimpse of those char
acieris,ics disclosed by different laughs.
Thus, continued laughter continuity, and APP
plicaSon; while short la, ha !! of only two
ejectichs, and the first the most forcible, sig.
mites good on thespirit," but without con-
secutiyeness. What such can do with a
rush, they will do frst-rate, vet will plod
over nothing. Wholesopled, spontaneous
persons laugh right out heartily and loudly,
while sccrctiye persons suppress their laugh
ter, and hypocrites change their counten-
ance into an unnlcaning leer. Warm feel
ing but reserved persons hold in for while,
then burst into a broad hearty laugh. Such
will be cold and stoical on first acquaintance
and towards uncongenials, yet warm and
devoted friends, when their affections, adhc-
sive or conjuga,, are once enlisted. DIc:im-
mating persons laugh at sense, or only when
something laugl.able is presented while the
ouuisSSiuihS EtuSu uuout 10 uiucl ~ WHAT
is a little laughablc, as at what is super!ative-
ly ridiculous.
Cast iron conservatives laugh little, and
then by rule; and proud aristocrats must
keep on a dignified, hard-faced look, while
true repdblican familiars laugh freely. Vain
persons laugh much, at least With their faces.
and at what they k;,ve said and done For
chile persons laugh "good and strong" while
tame ones laugh tamely. Some laugh main
ly with their faces, others with both face
and BODY. The former is better for health
than nothing, yet thousand times more
healthy is the latter.
The old fogy notion, that to laugh ou. loud
is decidedly vulgar, especially for female,
is simply ridiculous. It is on par with
breathing, thinking, and every natural func-
ton. True, there Is coarse, gross, sensual,
and an exceedingly vulgar laugh, yet its vul-
garity consists in the sensuasm Of the laugh
ter and its heartiness.