The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-04-23

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cry oDc who hugivs knows how 10
laugh ia the highest scnsc. .Aa ira.
dating elniFc Is dnr; s'n9lI s0ngh,
that glanccs upon the f,ee like me
.-, teorcc coms aud g0ue in the SUM, In
stant. is better tl,3u nothing. But
hughing, like peeiry. music, inyen-
stiioRs orat,ry. is given In its higher
fornpsto bat Few
We h1N'o relative, lady, who l.
giitedie high degree with the genius
81 oflaughIng. One should see her When
an cNFfisiIr story lights Up the inner
soul. 3 Only the other night three Of
p us sat together One told an anec-
dote, that startled another, till like
pigeons in wood, they poured out
Z Ina tiocks. Soon all were In paroxy.
SINS. There was no boistorous roar
Ing. Each oIn performed with
refinement, but All were " clean
gone" The eldest has continuous
roll that goes on without check till
the breath Is gone, and the lungs
fairly run down; but. gathering q
long breath, he dashes down the same
long roll again. But soon the mus
cles ache; with hands ablomiually
placed, aud weaving from side 10 side,
his eyes streaming with tears, he at
length gains enough coutrel to escape
from that eddy which had been
whirling him hclplessly around
Another one laughs by series of
short explosive fusilades, recurring
rapidly and continuing inwhat seems
the lady aforesaid begins Ia a gentle
way, as if controlling every move.
ment. So have / seen gay rider,
ambling at FIRST, thcn moving OF at
trot, breaking into gallop, and then
carried of at dashing speed in
real run away. 1t does ones heart
g1odlike a medicine 10 see AMI hear
such charming performances
hearty, so natural, SO gently furious.
so possessed with demon oflanghter
that will not he cast out. You shall
see the beginning Of the laugh carried
we'll along till the excess OF il seems
TO disturb her modcs,y. She cpvcrs
her face with a newspaper. and some
would think that she was resting
But, look! No sound. Only "a jelly
like trembling Of the whole odyi
On--on--iill in desperation she runs
from the room. All, there is good
honest heartiness in such an ex-
periencc, and an ovcrplus of pleasure /;
the highest pleasure reaches the edge
of pam.
Ii is impossible TO discriminate be.
tween the wit that produces only
pleasure of thought, AMI that which
produces pleasure of laughter. 4
very simple incident narrated strikes
the palpitating nerve Of laughter, to
the surprise of every one. Some
things end their power by once telling.
Others arc never-failing. Even to
think of them sets one off. We wake
up nights, and happening to think of
good thing, bring down censurc Oh
our heal for untimcly outbursts of
laughter. q when all honest and sober
people should be asleep -
One peculiarly of laughter il, that
it RACES fearfully when YOU feel in
your soul that ii is wicked. 1t is I" in
meeting" that the danger is the most
alarming. Oh, there are some things
tiLt GA, sh)u Id never think of in
church Resistance would be vain.
All that conld be done would be to
stulT ones mouth with handkerchief,
and smother all sounds.
No man can explain to another why
he laughs. There is nothing more
absurd than to ask man what there
is funny in q story Stories, like
percussion bombs, must explode when
they strike, OF they are good for noth-
Ing. Stories that don't go of are
poor stock.
There Is one story which We never
think of without ripple, and never
tell without rush of laughter. In
deed, We are shaking now ; but very
likely our readers will see nothing in
1t. a good deacon had the bad habit
of making very long family prayers.
His wife was hard of hearing. One
morning, for some reason, he prayed
short, and then went to the barn to
milk. On returning, he found his
wife still lineeling, with closed eyes.
lie stepped up behind her, and
shouted g Ames :" whereat she very
quietly rose and went about her work.
Hou don't laugh ? Well, the spark
Is there, but your powder is not good.