Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-05-01


critical business entertain the grandees in presence
of ladies' for the wine began to do its work, they
would gradually become amato IN their remarks than
was either agreeable safe.
At page 26s may be found the description Of the
manner OF preparing the chief Polyneslan drink,
the aWa with their shampoolng, games, exerci-
ses, &c. 1t seems that, being dainty-loving ma
ton, they have funereal custom which makes it
particularly meritorous towards ones deceased
friend or lord, to sacrifice to his memory that which
they value above all other personal possessions
because making them all (wealh, health, &c. avail
abe-their teeth. What country it will be for
dentists, when it shall grow rich enough to stand
their charges
Another remarkable custom among the Hawaians, which,
however, is not likely take it, to last long IN these more en-
ghtened times is their mode, evidently Asatc in its origin,
Of expressing grief for the death OF superior The mode in
question is 10 knock with mae as many front teeth as
the rank of the deceased may demand or perhaps the mourn
ers remaining stock may warrant 10 TINS most oppressive
poll tax chiefs and oil alike subject and
cordngy of the chiefs Of acquainances including
friend kekuanaoa herself bore in their mouths negative
marks of having less extensively paid the penalty OF
fashion most perhaps of the vacant lots IN the case OF the
older Chiefs having been intended to commemorate the death
Of Kamehameha In the good old days OF polygamy, the
royal gaardsmen had hard time OF It In this respect for the
deaths Of queens and princess and prncesses were COM
soon TO dsquaiy the poor fellows for mourning any
moe and to send them FORTH no longer fit for service
toothess into the world Some time ago had of these
mutlated veterans the Columbia, who as the honor
fully aoned to him for the loss, used 10 boast of having sac
feed his teeth in the service of renowned conqueror
Kamehameha the Great Sometimes though not often,
loyal people knocked out their well as their teeth
This part Of the business however, occasionally managed
in such way TO compound matters between the mourner
and the deceased highly advantageous to the former
Kalumoku William Pitt, for instance exclaimed the
death Of his wife that he had lost eye and henceo
ward distinguished Once Blind while, the death Of
Kamehameha this Hawaiian Ulysses having discarded his
NV of im TlIire Ind
for the rest Of his hfe." E.
AS, however, our readers may from some of the
preceding extracts, have contracted an appetite, we
will conclude, by way of tidbi with the following
account of a sort of athletic combat of eating in
Siberia:
"In highly important particular the Yaku may safely
challenge all the rest Of the world They the best
the face of the EARTH Having heard great deal
this subject than could bring myself to believe, resolved to
test the thing by the evidence Of my Having
procured couple of fellows, who had tolerable reputation
this way, from village about twenty distant had
dinner prepared for them of two pools Of beef boiled and
pood of butter melted being thirty pounds avordupos Of
the former and eighteen of the latter for each of the OF
the solids the performers had their respective shares placed
before hem while the liquor in common, with adle for
drinking OF the operatives the old and the other
young The former if he had been training himself into
nothing but stomach from head to heel had his skin hungry
hanging in loose folds his gaun bones while the latter,
who showed external SYMPTOMS Of extraordinary capacity,
Of disposition At starting the young fellow shot ahead
if he distance his friend, while the old man, wag
gshly making his wrinkles flap again upon him. said His
teeth sharp, but continued he crossing himself with
the help of my saint shall be up with him yet After
good dose the beef they their threats for the second
heat of the by swallowing each about pint Of
their heavy the end of hour they had got through
half of their welcome toll my senior guest having by this
time shaken nearly his last reef Their eyes
ing from their heads and their somachs projecting like
brace of kete-drums What the gentlemen TO do with
the remaining half of their allowance One moey of the
question might have been easily answered for the BUTTER
apparently in its purity making outlet of every pore
hut the solids could escape gbly from the premises
the problem of slowing away eighteen pounds of beef in
vessel already full to OVERLOOKING, puzzled all my knowledge,
such was of practical mathematics Feeling that, what
might be the with my guests had myself had quite
enough of the feast left Cossack and Mcintyre to
that there should be foul play in getting rid of the meat
and drink and returning about hours afterwards,
while the guttons themselves acty confirmed the testimony
by walowing PROSTATE the earth relieving me, the
time from all of wrong in the by thanking
for my beray and kissing the ground everentaly for my
sake After such surfets the vctors remain for three four
days in of stupor neither eating drinking and
meanwhile they rolled about somewhat after the
of the tunee Of the Sandwich Islands, with view
the promoting Of digestion, operation which the sppeness
of their surface renders peculiarly difficult Two of these
gormandzers for the bride and another for the bridegroom
form part of the entertainments at every native wedding