The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-08-08
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LAUGHTER.

laugh is musical, it is the sweetest thing in
the world; when heard, the warble of birds
and brooks, and the tinkle Of harps are un-
attended. %
1t is an accomplishment that cannot be
learned-that art of laughing well; q gift Of
nature, bestowed upon her ayorites.
Somebody confesses to having been fasci.
mated by one of the fairest faces the sun
ever kissed . blushed on, and pair of eyes
that almost sstook the BREATH" For a long
time, he played the poor Publican and wor-
shipped her afar of, when one day, that he
Immediately indicated in his calendar with a
sswhite mark' he succeeded 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 remem-
bered forever! He had not long to wait,
for the words came, and all too soon for ro-
nance. And what in the name Of Web
ster's Unabridged do you suppose they were?
"By jingo!" His castle in the air came
down by Ike turret, and the angle that swore
'sby jingo," dwelt in nothing Of his building.
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 laugh, like the rattliug
Of unanointed machinery. 1t was much as
if distant saw-mill should pause in its RI
wing 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 laugh
ing, and as she was wont, innocently to say,
SIT hurt her to laugh" Every body sym
pathized with her, for it hurt everybody to
hear her. s.f ass'5557 ~
This is world Of character in the laugh;
a quality that shows, as it were, the grai,,
Of the soul, whether it be of coarse or deli
cate texture. ssLeather Stocking's'' qiiet,
inly and yet hearty merriment, it does one
good to see; il IS the sort Of laugh to be
enjoyed. Some people keep their hearts SO
tucked away out Of 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
them at all.
A great, honest laugh from great, honest
man, is as pleasant to hear as chime Of
bells on holydsJ, but deliver US from q
litter. We do not wonder it serves as a
name Tor one of the meanest weeds that
grows. And there is whole family Of them
-giggles, thuckles and grins-in which
plethoric water spouts, mean men and hu-
morous hyenas indulge. -s 7s @s#
How much heartiness there is in the ssha
ha'' that wakens the echoes; how the jolly
huntsman's s'ho ho'' rings through the good
green wood; she he'' is roguish explosion,
and sshu hu'' winds up the great diapason
Of laugh we sometimes hear, when pair
Of strong lungs goes through the merry ga
NUT with s'ha ha-ho ho--hu hu," until
the FIVE vocals and the breath are exhausted
together. s @
An honest, human laugh, is always made
Of the very best material-pure vowels.-
When you hear man who laughs cos,so-
na'sts, look out for him; who elects series
OF SIS at you, between the sharp edges Of
his teeth. | za~3 ~
When man laughs, he always laughs in
English, no matter what dialect Of Bable his
mother may have taught him. 1t is a uni
versal language, common at once to Moses
and to ''Mose. - Chicago Journal.