Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-27

the musical pucker. 1ne SOLITARY nlll
watchers Of Scotland have produced pro-
verbal whistlers which even the poets
have deigned to notice, and in the long
watches of the night poor Jack has amused
himself by the shrill enunciation Of the
Fishers Hornpipe.n Shakespeare says,
"The seaman's whistle is whisper in a
gale of wind" Sometimes whistling sup
plies the place Of thought, for Dryden
says:
He trudged along unknown what he sought.
And whistled as he went for want of thought"
This mode of expression has not infre-
quently served to stay the courage of many
little bosom:
"The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,
Whistling along to bear his courage up"
Or as Dryden again has it:
"Whistling to keep myself from being afraid" :"
A sturdy whistle well off the lungs has
kept many a 'iabberwock" from leaving
the graveyard to attack the lonely passer-
by. Some names are credited with having
created fame by their whistling. Cowley
speaks of the foolish whistling of a
name," and Pope exclaims:
"Or, ravish'd with the whistling of a name,
See Cromwell, damned to everlasting fame"
Indiscriminate and sudSs whistling is
used to express anything rage, wonder or
surprise. The whistle, too, serves as a
warning, call or command. "Whistle,
and I'll come tye, my lad," says the girl
in the old-fashioned ballad This must
have been favorite method of attracting
the attention of the fair sex, for we find in
Beaumont and Fletcher's "Wit Without
Money" similar assurance. Our school
readers all contained the solemn parable
of poor Richard about paying too dear for
ones whistle, and Goldsmith tells US of
the man who
"Cast off his friends as hunter his pack,
For he knew when he pleased he could whistle
them back"
The wetting of whistles is an entirely
different thing, and is not confined to men
alone, for we have the evidence of Chau-
Ger that $50 was hire jolly whistle wei
wette." The old proverb warns us that
"whistling girls and Growing hens
Always come to some bad ends"
But we prefer to think that
"Whistling girls and good fat sheep
Are che very best things farmer can keep"
Some whistlers have attained great
proficiency. have known them to take
part in entertainments, even with orches-
tral accompaniments, and whistle "The
Carnival of Venice" 1.-THE Mocking Bird"
or "Old Folks at Home" They give so
many variations that the original COM
posers wouldn't know their own works.
A NOVEL PROPOSAL.
People in some parts of the West do not
believe in wasting too much time in court
ships The other day man is said to
have gone to a small town to see about some
lumber. As he was waiting at the hotel
for a buggy to be brought around, a
buxom-looking woman rode up on horse
back with a grist of wheat behind her.
She looked the stranger all over, slid out
of the saddle, brushed the creases out of
her calico dress, and then walked up to
him and asked:
"Widower or married %
"Widower, ma'am."
"Over ASP"
'Only 49,"
"Worth anything to speak of?'
"About $4,000"
"Good What dye think of me ?'
"You'll pass"
"I'm SO, healthy as abear, worth $12, 1000
and want husband. My husband pegged
out five years ago. Refer you to the Post
master as to my character. What dye
say"
'It's purity sudden, ma'am."
swell, yes. Can you give me an answer
n-two hours?" ~ tzzn
twill"
"Very we'll. Don't miss good thing
because you're bashful." He went back in
two hours, and she soon rode up from the
mill and queried:
"Well? ?"
"Pll marry you," he replied.
Good. Preacher right across the way"
They walked over and were married,
and are now doing the country on bridal
tour. NELLIE B. WARD.