WHISTLING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 26, 16 January 1878, Page 3

WHISTLING.

An old farmer once said that he would not have a hired man on his farm who did not habitually' whistle. He always hired whistlers. He said he never knew a whistling labourer to find fault with his food, his bed, or complain of any little extra work he was asked to perform. Such a man was generally kind to children and to animals m his care. He would whistle a chilled lamb into warmth and life, and would bring m his hat full of eggs from the bam without breaking one of them. He found such a man was careful about closing gates, putting up bars, and seeing that nuts on his plough were all properly tightened before he took it intoithe fields :He never knew a whistling hired man to kick or, beat a cow, or drivelher on a run into the stable. He noticed that the sheep he fed m the 3'ard and shed gathered around him as he whistled without fear. He never had employed a whistler who was not thoughtful and economical. It looks as if there was something m this: "a mail that hath no music m his soul" certainly cannot whistle much, and so may be "fit for treasons-, stratagems, and spoils:" A whistling man can learn tunes, and loves music, and has a glad contented heart as a rule j for no man whistles when- he is angry, cross, or surly. "Itis better to- whistle than whine."