The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-10-23
WRESTLING AND wHIsTLERs.
Some Reasons why Men and Even Wo-
men whistle.

WRESTLING AND wHISTLERS.
Some Reasons Why Men and Even We
men whistle.
1t is an accomplishment which proves
very useful in a variety of emeI gencies.
Many a young man going home from see
ing his girl and plodding over a lonely
country road would have been scared to
death only that he had whistled up his
courage: otherwise he would rave been look
ing about for ghosts and highwaymen and
got frightened by the sound of every fall
ing leaf or perambulating cat. The whistle
prevents him from hearing mysterious
sounds and his attention being AIKEN up
with trying to follow the tune and work
ing his eyebrows in unison, will have no
time to look about for what might be lying
in wait for him. And before he knows it,
he will arrive at the paternal domicile and
have to study about getting into the housc
without awakening his father.
Many a man and a great many more
ladies have been prevented from commit
ting the sin of profanity because they whist
ieo "hei ties Po""oeo 'leir iofeiisef
instead of the tack with which they were
attempting to fasten the carpet toward the
evening of a strengthening day.
Men whistle when they are happy and
'iies "iis'ie wien 'hey are sau. "neh
you see a carpenter or a house painter push
ing the plane or slapping OF the paint and
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choose a dismal air hut he will whistle a
lively time. = h~ornnipe or a NEGRO minstrel
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dra W fears from all listeners Sometimes
a man -accomplishes tho same result when
he is cheerful and tryino 10 whistle real
GOOD
Whom a man is studvino some complex
problem. WONDERING how he can live at the
rate Of 80 GOO \ wear ON 7 $500 income or
sometime Of that sort. if he has not cot
something to smoke he will whistle. He
will walk m and down tbe room or the
and tbrnsting his hands as earast II elbows
into his nants nockets and whistle
whistle softly
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waddle. He always walked with his
hands behind him and his Inns nnrsed into
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he would roll along the quiet streets OF the
town where he passed his peaceful life.
ever with tho whistle inst sbout To emerge
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When he was very young. his sehoolmates.
h;s swoatbaar RI and Iater his wife and the
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nelghbors, children and grandchildren, at
the early stages of their acquaintance with