The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-31
Some Peculiar Pcople.

The lugubrious man. He is happy
only when he is miserable. But then,
he is almost always miserable Come
what may, he can find something
troublesome i'm it. When the rain laws
the annoying dust for ether people il
makes miserable mud for him, and
when the sunshine dries the vrxng mud
for others II makes tormonting dust for
him. In his life every silver lining has
its cloud If by amy chance there comes
time when there is nothing to mourn
for he sends out his imagination TO find
something. If TIE weather is Just rs he
wishes it TO be he sets himself TO think
ing on what it will be next August and
works himself into what is vulrarlv
called a sweat. In one way or another
he is in sweat most of the time. When
he has no troubles of his own he shoul-
dcrs some of those which his ncichbors
ought to have. He mOurns to see Jones
eating hard-boilcd eggs year after year
IN utter unconSciousncSS that he is ru-
ining his digestion. 1t gricvcs him to
know that Smith keeps right on riding
bicycle after he has been warned time
and again OF the dreadful consequences
OF Il "hcadcr"; and ii tears his very soul
TO see Robinson persist in wearing a
plug hat without an airholc in it. when
1t has been demonstrated so very clear
ly that this sort of thing has been known
to produce badness. The uuubrious
man is not pleasing person TO have
around, but after all he serves a pur-
pose. If he abSorbs all the sadness of
his ncighborhood he leaves the rest of
the people comparatively free to enjoy
themselves as they go.
The funny man. He isn't funny, but
that is not his fault. He tries hard
enough He seems to think the aim OF
all proper life is to make people laugh
at him; and sometimes he accomplishps
this. Most of the people, however,
laugh At him when he is not around.
You will find him wherever there is a
crowd. No m tier what the object of
the assc:nblagc may be, he is there with
his joke. He sits at the barbcr-shop
awaiting his turn and tells the barber
to be careful not to dull his razor on his
friends check. This being Joke he
laughs at it. How would anybody know
it was funny if nobody laughed at it?
Presently his turn comes and he tells
the barber that he will make no charge
for letting him hone his razor on his
check. Nobody laughs, and he ven
lures the explanatory remark that Il
razor may BE- honcd on his adamantinc
check. Still nobody laughs--that is
nobody but himself, and that is sub
stantially nobody. If you don't find
him in the barbcr-shop look out for him
in the railroad car. When tho brake
man announces that "this train will not
stop between Riverside and Downcr's
Grove the funny man shouts: "Who
said it woud?" This makes him laugh
all over, but the brakeman and the other
passengers look tired, and travcl-worn,
and sorry they didn't get of at the last
station. The funny man is also ep.
dcmic ut social gatherings. He likes
social gatherings, because there people
have to laugh ut his remarks whether
they want to or not. 1t is one Of the
drawbacks OF u social gathering that
everybody has TO pretend to enjoy every
thing about it, even to the funny man.
1t the funny man and the lugubrious
man could be tied together by The heels
and flung over clothcs-linc society
would try very hard to accept the situa-
ton philosophically and with due resig-
nation Chicago NcWS