Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-03-17
WhiSSling.

the fust whistler, but up tew now am
lust az much uncivilized on the subjek-
as / waz.
Il / kan tell who played on the first
Juice harp, and who beat the fust tin
pan. and kno the year that the harp
Nv thousand strings waz discovered in,
but when whissling was an infantiz az
hard for me tew say mi prayers in 10
dutch. "F
Whissling is wind Instrument, and
IL did by pucl<ring the mouth, and plow-
ing through the hole .','2
There aint no tune on the whole earth
but what kan be played on this instru-
ment, and that celebrated old tune.
Yankeedoodle, haz bin most whissled
few death. ,y'a6s aaj t3'Hc9 C' tas"'bgt
q Crate thinkers are not apt tew be
good whisslers in ifalSt, when a man
kant think, ov, nothing, then he begins
tew wlissell. "a = ''s c.5 20 81. s.
W We seldom seesa raskal who is a good
whistler; thare IL a CRATE deal ov honor
bright in q sharpc cwellpuckered whis-
sell. Hf IS tasY.sua ...a E4a.u.
Good whisslers are Citing skarse. IS
years ago they waz plenty, but the disine
tew git ritch, or tew hold otfiss, haz took
the pucl1er out .ov this honest and cheer
full amuzement. N d. 7eag a:. a....t... ..g
q. If had a boy who. couldn't whissell,
don't want to be, understood that
should feel at liberty tew give the boy
up for lost, but would much rather he
would kno how tewg whisseH filst, rate
than kno how tew play a second rate
game oy kards. hsvru r9seff... .H
| wouldn't force q boy ov mine tcw
whissell agin hiz natral inclinashun.
Wimmin, az a kind, or in lump, are
poor whisslers. don't kno howl found
this out, but i am glad ov il; it IL a good
deal like growing in q hen. o...t nix
Growing is an unlady like thing in
hen tew do. ,.-,t..y ,i,..4 t,-..,a ...,
| hav often heard hens tri tew Gro,
but never knu one, to do herself JUS
tiss. ,...t.,. .,.., -..,i .i... b.. ..g......,
A rooster kan krow well, and hen
kan kIuk well, and so i let each one Nv
them silk tew their trade. =. Fl.
Klucking il just az necessary in this
world as growing, espeshily if it Y well
did. .....+... ....t. ..
But i.want it well understood that i
am the last man on reckord who would
refuse woman chance to whissel If
she waz certain she had the right pucker
for it. ..f.-.,......f
[ never knu good whistler but what
had a good constitution. Whissling is
composed of pucker and these two ac-
com mplishments denote vigor.
Sum people alwus whissel WHARF there
IL danger-this they do to keep the rain
out ov them. When i was a boy al
ways konsidered whissling the next best
thing to landle to go down cellar with
in the mite time.
The best whisslers hav ever heard
hav BIN amung the negroes ii make this
remark with the highest respekt for the
accomplishments of the whites). hav
herd a south karoliny- darkey whissell
so natral that a mocking- bird would
drop worm out of his bill and talk
back to the niger ''''
/ don't want emmy better evidence ov
the general honesty thare IL in whis-
sell than the fackt that thare amt moth
ing which dog will answer quicker
than the whissell OF, his master, and
dogs are az good judges ov honesty az
emmy. critter that live.
It il hard work to phOol~ q dog once,
and it IL next to impossible to phool
him the sekonCl time -.-r .ft f.I
ain t.afraid to trust emmy man for a
small amount who il q good whistler.
Iwouldn't want to sell him q farm, on
credit, for l. should expekt to have to
take the farm back after a. while, and
remove the mortgage miself. 4a~..,...f
j You can't .whissell a mortgage oph
from q farm. ..t ,,j0.is.!. sfs.sg.r.-. .y.i
A fllst rate whistler IL like q mlddlIng-
sized fiddler, good forlnothing else, and.
tho whissling may, keep a man from git
ting lonesum, it won't keep him from
Citing ragged. --------
] never-knu a bee hunter but what
waz good whistler, and | don't knO ov
emmy bissiness on the breast ov the
earth that will make a man so lazy and
useless, without actually killing him, az
hunting bees in. the wilderness. = +
Hunting bees and writing second rate
verses are evidences ov sum genius, but
Gather of them, will unfit a man for, a
good square days work.--Josh Billings
IN Ncso FORK WeehW., -. .......- - .......r
--V----3- ID ssH ... 81. ..t3
EARTHQUAKES. An interesting COM
mnnication has recently appeared in the
Boston Journal, giving the. dates OF the
earthquakes that have occurred within
the last two years. The writer says that
of great and terribly destructive earth
ouakes only one each year have been
registered as happening from 1900 to
1865. Inl867 and 1868, oless than eleven
disastrous earthquakes, involving the
loss of one hundred thous and human
beings, are reported. In 1869 and 1870
twenty-five serious earthquakes occurred,
but were not attended with as destruc-
tive effects as those of the previous two
years. These facts, it is argued; show
that the earth has been passing through
a period of terrestrial phenomena more
remarkable than any which has been
witnessed by the present generation, and
that it is by no means certain that the
end of the earthquake term has been
reached The writer states that in the
absence of any well established theory
of the internal structure of the earth.
there is increasing evidence for regard
ing favorably the generally accepted
belief that the earth's interior is a fiery,
molten mass. This Latter theory, it is
argued, is the only one that fairly
accounts for all the varied phenomena
of earthquakes as felt on the earth's
surface. The opinion is also advocated
that the great shocks of 1867 and 1868
were caused by the breaking off of inn
mense masses of solid earth from the
inner crust, which, falling into the boil
ing lava below, agitated it into gigantic
throbbing and rolling waves that heaved
the outer crust with great throbs and
throes.