Smyrna times., 1884-08-06
FOr the Smllr.nn Tlmo,
The Whistle RInws

A Philadelphia man in Smyrna sud
9ehly shot OIL the query" What time
DO your whistles blow here ANYWAY ?''
| NOW, that may be u reasonable inter
rogatoryi in the the mind Of a green citv
man, but to a native or a resident ~
this burgh it has tone of prepostrros-
/ lty about 1t that is calculated to nro
/ woke smile-Or anything else What
time do our whistles blow? TndeaJ :
lhaJ man came from a town whore
Sley are subject to regulation. or a
IaW' OF a custom requiring whistles 10
scream at ~ and o'clock, and thev
are IN such tOrlOrn condition of hon.
uaSe IN the chains Of law, law which
they imagine they are morally reouired
70 oDey, that they will persist in helm,
PerGlhaciously particular and wbjstIin@
aC me stated minute every dav in the
week. whatever sectional or Iorai
IaW Ii,l may be in this line matters not
"heh II comes to whistles we beIia,,o
III cehtrallZatian, and the constitute,
oI lhe United States gives to CO.,
man the right Of life, liberty &c o,I
llDefty, that liberty for which onr nrn' ,'
gGhltors fought, bled and died ibot
lI1erty Tor which we have toiled and
Whlstled- that liberty, sir, gives ne , tba
prerogatlve of setting off our wbistIag
WI. whenever we are ready, whenever ~"
UnlhK It's time to 20 to work or ia ami,
whenever we don't forget it. i''
In the whistle campaign we mann,
conSclentlously accept the princinIoy
embodied in the party platfor,o , Iiuo
can we consistently endorse tLa aotiu iiol
taken by the regular convention 0tlUn WyI
~ i'oC aulnlre and cannot sanction tbo |
sIiohS ana stated whistling policy sns-
Ga'IIGo by our previous Constituent.
III snort we whistle for revenue onI,,
c'I. ,tuu we Ieel called upon to Withdraw
i!olii our adherence to Il party who nor.
a'9' III continuing to be 50 particuldrI,
,'c'i9c IN the matter of bl0winu WINS
''c9 ana ringing bells ut an abs1IutlI,.
exact moment. Hence we annon,I,.yy
'h"I smyrna IS not committed toa,,,.
we can not consent toaJnrt
my candid date, but shall cL,;n, H.
'S'aDIiahed and -honorcd nriviIe,,,
u WhlStlIng at amy convenient sr,so1
J.. IL Ihe night If we choose. or NOT ~ III
we prefer it. ''0' "U All
we understand that the same cit,
'ouh9 man hcrentofore referrcd -
'I'led That he desired to ascnrtoi,, tl'>
'ofrcct time in order to rroIIIata hi.
Natch: lie went into watch moi.al;9
lofe down town and was nolitoI,,
ormed that the correct tin,o '.I-
- "a minutes OF twelve. He went
.,C''l'' ,,5 Il corner and up another street
,a 'i'' nIulltI at another jewelers. and
ho '' '',n"LGu rnon WIN the Information that
ny precise time was tweutv-,,y,
lI"u'eS OF twelve. lie stepprd bacl,
we or three doors to the nosf-onio',
u" was SHOWN the clock behind tLo
Genes which demurcly announced ni,,o
iIhuIes OF twelve. He went .,crnt.
ne street to another clock hons a,,I il
"9 favored with the assertion tL,t - il
a9 thirteen minutes of twelve D.
- puzzled he took pencil NM d,u,,,
y I"ur numbers, struck nm ,vnr.,,,., :,
-loWed little for lost time ..t ~
aIch al fourteen and ouc-baIf NH,
~ ~ 20 tWeIVe and thought pcrhal, he
'' '"e stranded time. In a moment n,
ltaIH whistle scream triumnbant. Ii
= !, " nat that whistle for = Lo 10
lidIy asked. Twelve o'cInnl- :, NY +,
-e reply After walking arounj =
.u'''e, reading a column in a Iail,' "D
'per and starting for dinner be '"i.S ,,a. :
eeied with the cxultant yeu ' -
lother whistle. With pallor on b;l u. y
untenance and fire in his eve he av7 -,9 u
umed once more. "Wbv Is tb"t
llstie :? Twelve O'Clock sir" r't;
Kelley and Tammanv." he shoutaj IN, ne
N-.W,h-what day is today ?" "Fri, 10
y, was the reply. Wen bv the l''
ear Seventy-tifth meridian. does FIJI jul
y come the same day every week in -
!. : twelve o'clock town - - ,
Now we don't mind these rellec-
l's' we propose 10 whistle ahead ".
u ! care for mcridians, we are jnjr- 4
h"ent boltcrs twelve O'Clock mnst =
>' care Of itself; we whistle when p
choose, and if it doesn't happen to 3
rec with every travellers notions n
are not responsible. p ST