South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-12-26
Laughter as a Medicine.

A short time since two individuals were
lying in enc room very sick, one with brain
fever aud the other with an aggravated case
Of mumps. They were so low that watch.
ers were needed every night, and il was
thought doubtful il tho one with the fever
would recover. A gentleman was engaged
to watch over night, his duty being to wake
the nurse whenever it became neces.
sary to administer medicine 10 the course
Of the night both nurse and watcher fell
asleep. The man with the mump, lay
watching the clock, and found that il was
time TO give the fever pstien, bis potion
He was unable to speak aloud or move any
portion of his body except his arms, but
seising pillow he succeeded iu striking the
watcher in the face with it. Thus sudden
ly awakened, the watcher spraug from his
seat, falling to the floor aud awakening both
tho nurse aud the fever paticnt. The Incl.
dent struck the sick man as very ludicrous,
and they laughed heartily at il for fifteen
or twenty minutes. When the doctor came
in the morning he found bis patient to be
vastly improving he said he never saw so
sudden change for the better, aud now
both are up AID we'll. Who says laughter
is not the best of medicines ? And this
reminds the writer of another case A
gentleman was sufft ring from an liberation
OF tho throat, which at length became 90
swollen that his life was despaired Of His
household came TO his bedside to bid him
farewell. Each individual shook hands
with the dying man, aud then went away
weeping. Last Of all came q pet ape, and
shaking the mans hand went away also
with its hands over his eyes. 1t was so lu-
dicrous sight that the patient was forced
to laugh, and laughed so heartily that the
ulcer broke and his life was saved.
YOUNG MAN, YOU'RE WANTED "A
woman wants you don't forget her. No
matter if you are poor, don't wait to be
rich if you do, ten to one If you arc fit to
be married. Marry while you are young
and struggle up together. But mark,
young man, the woman don't want you il
she is to divide her affections with q cigar,
spittoon, or whiskcy jug. Neither does
she want you if you don't take care Of her
and the little afterthoughts which are pref.
ty sure to follow. Neither does sho want
you simply because you are q man, the de-
fnition of which is too apt to bean ami.
NAL that wears bifurcated garments on bis
lower limbs, quarter section of stove pipe
on his head, swears like q pirate, and ID
given to filthy practices generally. She
wants you for companion, for helpmate
she wants you to have learned to regulate
your appetite and passions in fact the i'm.
age of God, no. 10 the likeness of boast
If you are strong in good purpose, firm in
resistance of evil, pure in thought and &C.
ton as you require her to be, and without
which inward purity neither of you are e,
to be husband and wife; il you love virtue
aud abhor vice, if you are gentlemanly, for
bearing and kind, and not loud-talking
exacting and brutal, young man that wo-
man wants you that modest, fair, cheerful
right-looking, frank-spoken woman VIC
mean, who fills your idea of maiden and
wife. 1t is she that wants you, marry her
when you like, whether rich or poor; well
trust you both on the above conditions
without any further security.