The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-12-03
ESTABLISHED 1865.
About SneeZinr.

| SneeZing, and the manner in which
/ the sneeZe is sneezed. is an interesting
study Itself. No two people sneeze ex-
actly alike, A two months study of this
spasmodic practice has fully demonstrate
ed the fact that there is as much indi-
viduality in tie sneeze of the average
man or woman as there is in the laugh,
the conversation, the walk or the hand
writing. Some men and women sneeze
as though the effort caused them intense
pain, while others appear to enjoy the
titillating sensation in their nostrils and
enter into the spirit of the act with plea
sure depicted upon every lineament Of
their features.
The little boarding school miss trips
jauntily along the street, and in turning
to note if she is attracting due attention
happens to inadvertently look at the
sun. In moment h:r nostrils begin to
tickle, and burying her face in the folds
OF the ncatest OF cambric handkerchiefs,
she contracts her shoulders and gives
Inference to the dantiest "skick-skick-
skick" imaginable.
The fat woman with the basket upon
her arm-tne one you can always meet
with in the market house-halts sudden
Iy upon the street, bows her head rever-
emily, remains so-for few moments In
wild expectation, and then, straighten-
ing up little, inhales the air until she
swels up like balloon, then "ah-h-h,
schoooooo ah-h-h-schoooo ah-ah-ah-
skitchtschooo oh, my AID wabbles
along wiping her indamed nose on her
apron.
The draper little clerk walks briskly
along the street wondering if his new
clothes fit him as he hopes they do, and
when the unfailing symptoms tell him
that he must sneeze he turns his head
over his shoulder and without Stacking
his pace gives vent to several short,
sharp 'swoosh" and flies along as if
nothing had happened.
= The tall, canaverous man, whose every
look indicates the presence Of cons"mp-
ton, stops short on the sidewalk, ner-
yously runs his hands into half a dozen
pockets before he can find his handker-
chief, throws his head backward until
his nose points at the City Hall clock
and electrifes all within hearing with a
spasmodic 'switchoo- -witchoo-witchoo-
o-o-o-o-wi wi-witcho-o-o-o -o-darnthe-
luck p then gives his peaked nasal oagan
a swipe or two and moves painfully
along.
Two neat little daughters of fashion
trip along the avenue confdipg to each
other their bits Of choieeseandal when
one OF them says: s,ssss
go, dearsdennie, Z D2ieye am goinf
20 sneeze 5.ss--...e,l1 sgs sss
'hss on the street, Can't you hold It,
20, I-l-must. Indeed-T-sck-
indeed I Can't -hel-schick-
help it. I mu-sck-must-ah-
scheetl -ah-ah-oh dear! oh-h-h
-ah-scheet ah-chick- -ah-oh !Jen-
ME ah-ah- -schloo-oo-oot- HOOP
m-poop-em-ah- -schloot!
Aud then she wipes her pearly nose
and trips along with tears in her eyes
and tells Jennie it's just too awfully aw-
full for any use and she does hope no.
body saw her.
The sedate matron goes about her
sneezing in manner of-fact way: She
simply stoops, bows her head and gives
utterance to a few well developed
stachoo's" and moves along, not caring
continental who was observing her.
The nervous man stops while a look
of pain crosses his face, draws two or
three long breaths to hurry the thing
along, then doubles himself as if endeaV-
orins to shoulder the heaviest portion
of his body, twists his face out OF all
semblence OF a human being and snots
out his Observation-Disclosures
ah-hoo-whah-ho lord" And leaves ths
spot wearing a look Of the most discon-
solate pain. =.
It does one good to see the Jolly fat
man sneeze. He throws back his mas
sive shoulders, opens his ca7ernous
mouth to its fullest capacity shuts both
eyes and fairly raises the dead with his
"ah-sAooooo! ah-cHoooool ah-SHCOO-
OOO! whoop! woose-ah-schoooo wagh-
hooo-1ohyscAoooo! Lordy, but that was
good "un!''
There are thousand and one other
styles of accomplishing sneezing, and it
will repay any one to note the vaaety
and style of the various sneezers to be
met with daily upon the street.