The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-12
THE MUSIC OF A LAUGH.

| Speaking of laughter: when awoman's
laugh is musical, it is the sweetest thing
in the world when heard, the MARBLE of
birds and brooks, and the tinkle of harps
are unattended. ad1 Il aga2sdA aa =
1t is an accomplishment that cannot be
learned-that art of laughing well; gift
of Nature, bestowed upon her favor ties.
s Somebody confesses to having been
fascinated by one Of the fairest faces the
sun ever kissed blush on, and pair of
eyes that almost ''took the BREATH" For
a long time. he played the poor publican
and worshipped her afar of, when one
day, that he Immediately indicated iinhis
calendar with I" a white mark" he sue
ceeded in getting within two chairs of her
at dinner. His soul lay at the threshold
of one of his ears, to hear what should
first fall from those divine lips. Blessed
would those words be, and remembered
forever He had not long to wait, for
the words came, and all too soon for ro-
nance. Aud what in the nanlo Of Web
ster's Unabridged, do you suppose. they
were :" by lingo" His castle in the
air came down by the tllrret and the
angel that swore n by Jingo' dweIt IN
nothing Of his building. II
The owner Of one of the sweetest faces
we ever saw, whose lips, it seemed to us,
should always part in music, as Memnon's
did at sunrise, had a laugh, like the rat
thing of unanointed machinery. 1t was
much as if a distant saw mill should pause
in its irving of trees, and fall laughing
with the sort of mouth that such a set Of
teeth would be likely to fill; and she was
always laughing, and as she was wont,
innocently to say, sit hurt her to laugh"
Everybody sympathized with her, for it
hurt everybody to hear her.
! There is word of character in the
laugh; quality that shows, as it were,
the grain Of the soul, whether it BIO of
coarse or delicate texture. Leather
Stockings" quiet, inIy, and yet hearty
merriment, it does one good to see; it ia
the sort Of laugh to be enjoyed. Some
people keep their hearts SO tucked away
out of all sight and hearing, that laughter
explodes above them, much as a ships
gun at sea, above the groves of red coral,
having nothing in the world to do with
themsat all. a3 91w6 q ri Or q e9a
h A great, honest laugh from great,
honest man, is rs pleasant to hear as a
chime of bells on holiday, but deliver
us from q litter. We do not wonder it
serves as name for one of. the ineanest
weeds that grows. And there is n whole
family of them-giggles, chuckles and
grins-in which plethoric water spouts,
mean men, and humorous hycnas indulge.
80 How much heartiness there is in the
{" ha, ChaY that wakens the echoes; how
the jolly huntsman's 9"ho, hop rings
through the good, green wood; che, he"
is roguish explosion, and thu, hui
winds up that great diapson Of a laugh,
we sometimes hear, when pair Of strong
lungs goes through the merry gamut with
a." ha haZllo ho-hu hu," until the five
yocals and the breath are exhausted to-
gether. sga5d ID con sB5 s9se3~ fe eoleg
An honest, human laugh is always
made Of the very best material-pure
vowels. When, YOU hear. man who
laughs consonents-who objects o series
of SIS at you, between the sharp edges of
his teeth, look out for him. >
When q man laughs, he always laughs
in English, no matter what dialect Of Babel
his mother may have taught him. 1t is
an universal language, common once to
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