The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-26
THE JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
wHIsSLING.

wHIssLING.
1 hev spent great deal of sarching,
and sum money, few find ont who was
the fust whistler, but up few now am
Jest ez much uncivilized on the subiekt
az waz.
I kan tell who played ON the flst juice
harp, and who beat the fust tin pan, and
i kno the year that the harp of a thous-
and strings waz discovered in, but when
whissling waz IN infant il az hard for
me tew say az mi prayers in 10 dutch.
Whissling IL wind instrument, and liz
did by puckring up the mouth. and blow
ing through the hole.
There amt no tune on the whole earth
but what kan be played on this instlu-
ment, and that celebrated old tune, Yam
keedOodle, haz been almost whisseled tew
death.
Crate thinkers are not apt tew be good
whissclers; in fakt when u man kant
think Ov nothing, then he begins to whis-
sell.
We seldom see rascal who is a good
whistler: tlare IL great deal of honor
bright in sharp, well puckercl whissell.
Cool wllisslers are getting skarse II
years ago they waz plenty, but the desire
tew git ritch, or tcw hold offiss, haz took
the puckcr out of this honest and cheer
.ul abatement.
If i had boy who couldn't wllissell, j
don't want to be understood That s.,oul..
:ccl at liberty tew give the boy up 70.
iost, but would much rather he woul..
kno how tew wllisscll filst rate than knu
how tew play seckond ra;c game OF
kar,ls.
wouldn't force boy of mine tew whis-
sell agin his natr;,l inclinasL,ln.
Winmin az Il kind, or III the lump, are
poor whissciers. don't kno Low found
this out, but i am glad of it, it is IL good
deal growing i'll II hen.
Growing liz an unlaly like thing in
hen few Ito.
hav often heard hens tri few crow,
but never knew ono to do herself JUS
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A rooster kan krow well and a hen kan
klvk well, and say let each one ov them
stick tew thare trade.
Klucking IL just az necessary in this
world az Growing, especially if it IL well
did.
But want it well understood that am
the last man OH reckord who would re-
fuse u woman chance to whissell if she
waz sartain she had the right puckor for
| it.
never knu good whistler but what
had good constitution. Whisslins IL
composed of quicker and wind, and these
accomplishments denote v;gor.
Sum people alwus whissel where there
IL danger they do to keep the frsid
out ov them. When waz boy al
ways considered whissling the next best
thing to candle to go down celler with
in the mite time.
The best whisslers have ever heard
hav bin among the negroesG make this
remark with the highest respckt to the
accomplishments ov the whites) hav
herd south karolinay darkey whissell
SO naerul that mocking-bird would
drop worm out ov his bill and talk to
the niger.
don't want emmy better evidence ov
the general honesty thare liz in whisscll
ov his master, and dogs are az good
judges ov honesty az emmy kritter that
lives.
1t IL hard work too phool dog once,
and it IL next to impossible too phool him
the sekond time.
amt afraid to trust emmy man for
small amount who IL good whistler.
wouldn't want to sell him farm on
credit, for should expekt to have to
take the farm back awhile, and remove
the mortgage myself.
You cant whissell a mortgage oph
farm.
A ftlst rate whistler is mitldling sized
fiddler, good for nothing else, and the
whissling may keep man from Citing