The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-04-09
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Cutting an Old Friend.

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Many years ago, the good ship Cleopatra arrived
in Baltimore, with a hundred Storage passengers
from, the Emerald Isle. Among the number were
two Young men from Tyrone. who had married just
on the eve of sailing, and had come with their puN-
om brides to seek their fortunes IN America Inc
latter had grown MP side by side from girlhood, ana
were intimate as sisters. The former were no less IN
innate and attached to each other.
The names of these adyenturers were ference
- Ii bSs wisa Margaret. and Andy 0'Shane
and his wife Biddy or Bridget. The nrst IaeA Oh
coming to America had been suggested oy Leary;
who was a Quick, intelligent young man' ana MAJ
conceived the notion that q fortune was to De inS'te Ia
the new country across the Atlantic. from which ever
and anon were coming the most inspiring inteii1gehoo
to the enterprising and ambitious. he hao peeh
during two or three years n gardeher rs Of - hod sor
SSon,e time acted rs w~aiting-maid. 0'Shane was q
draper's clerk; he had been better edoca,eo Ihah
| Leary, both rs regards school ma nome ga.
| and the same could be said OF brldget, III ee"laiiHS
| her with Margaret. Notwithstanding tins, the Young
men and their wives, as has been SAID. were hthnn.e
/ friends. and when the matter of gong 70 fAhetioS
was decided upon by Leary ana Magsy, " 81 - go
Biddy were not long in making up their MINUS ~ ~
with them. D. ,he
After settling for their passage and entering .he
vessel in which they were to san, therr J0n. - ~
consisted of but twenty soverelgns. ans va
the basis of their fortunes in the New World. ne"rs'
/ who was a great deal more laxative than JUS r n
had a great deal to say about what tney ouu - -
America. He proposed that they Should unite nen
ltlSItSlSu IA SSSAN ~
@Heavea knows, Andy he would sometimes say
81 that I'd divide me last crust with yes ohy u 10y.
And Moggy has the same teeiin 10 o"
sweet soul" a,,hts,,
and reserved, but equally warm hearted Ahoy VIZ"
renIv. that while he could lift o hand or earn q pen
nv. the friends of his early years should be as the
members of his own household,
With such feelings, and IN mutual w 49, eu
voune emiprants landed in Baltimore, where they
soon made the acquaintance Of some OF their own
countrymen, and gained n little inflammation ~ re-
gard to business and the prospect peore tnein'
Neither Of these were found to be very encouraging
Learv was the first who obtained employment; II was
in the capacity OF laborer in digging out eeitars aho
foundations for houses about being erected. ms
was several weeks after their arrival, ana Wheh tneir
faw sovereigns had become much fewer than when
they set their foot in a land OF strangers. it was
sometime after this before O'Shane got anythIhe -
do. and this was not until he had seen nearly ms iass
f,rtbinp. During the discouraGing period that
eIapsed between the finding of work by Leary ana
the getting of employment by O'Shane, not q Wofu
was said by the former, who had become very re-
served toward O'Shane, about dividing his last crust
? with him and Biddy.
A single sovereign remained Of the ten which made
|. ND the entire wealth Of O'Shane when he flnoed III
the United States, and his chances OF getting some
: thing to do seemed no better than at frst. inns SOW
ereign he determined to invest In sundry small wares
and try what hec0uld do in peddling them ABOUT IrOrh
r house to house. In this he was more SUCCESSFUL IMAM nc
expected; his profits were, from the HTs1' ene1sn -
maat his small expenses. and afterward to gradually
increase his stock in trade, which, from peahg ohty
the value of a sovereign at first, was, IN the course
Of q few months, worth many sovereigns.
The digging of cellars was hard work, mucn farU-
err than attending q gentleman's garden. ana beary,
as soon as he saw that O'Shane Was dong Wen al
neddline. became so much dissatisfied with his en-
nloyment. that he determined to giveit up, ana try
what he could do with the " pack He had nearly
FIVE soYereigns laid by. and was about investing these
under the advice Of his friend OfShane, IN goods
suitable for the trade of a paraPatetIc dealer, "hgl
- l., ,-as +olop cioE and law i'll several weeks. Is
EXPENSES and doctors bill, during this time, tool
away all of his little capital, and he was about re-
: turning with q soured spirit, to his SPADE ana mat
took. when o'Shane generously offered to loan mn
enough to make a fair start as pedIar. With CRATE
full feelings this kind tender was accepted
: The interest of the two young men being owl
more really united than they had yet been, and a
both were required to be much from home, a smal
house was taken between them, and their famiite
united in order to lessen expense. This arrange
ment continued for about a year ana a hai, duran
= which period Leary and O'Shane reaped o very tal
harvest on their labors. at, the end of this time
4 the former, having saved about three hundred dol
81 lars, laid by his pack, and opened a !" grocery an
LIQUOR store" About the same time a situation o
the South, with q very fair salary, was offered t
O'Shane, and accepted by him. At this point. tn
way by which the two friends were to travel in th
world, diverged. They parted with many SINGER
expressions Of friendship, and mutual pledges to al
each other in any future extremities, II the power
do so remained.
:. and economy in personal and family expenses, SUI
= cess in the grocery business was q thing certain. 81
years from the day Leary pat up his sign, he sold OF
:. his shop, and commenced the business of a who'll
A' sale dealer IN groceries and liquors, on Bowley
!. wharf. He was then worth some ten or fifteen tho'
. sand dollars, and deemed it but duo to his increase
'F importance as q m~erchaut, to assume q style of Ii
ing rather more. imposing. But even in gratifyir
his pride, Leafy was cautious not to put the ma
chance in jeopardy. 4 house at four hundred do
lars rent, and FIVE or six hundred dollars laid ont
parlor and some additional chamber furniture, co
cred the length and breadth of his extravaganza
this era of his history. During the whole of this p
Rod he had heard nothing OF O'Shane, except tn
on his arrival at Charleston, the place of his dest
nation, he had found all as had been represented
him, and that the situation he had accepted wou
=. enable him, if he kedt his health, to lay up some Ii
ry- tie.
The change-that had passed ever Terence Leary
ten years was quite remarkable. When he land
from the Cleopatra he was a fair specimen of
rough, healthy, coarse. young Irishman, and restai
ed this appearance until he got behind his ov
counter, at which time a gradual process of tran
formation commenced. The corduroy trousers GA
way to cassinet pants, the coarse roundabout to aol
l. tai ed coat, and the seal-skia cap to a black beavs
with a shining surface; the stout, well CREASED br
gans that had carried him many mile, over rou,
IKE roads as well as smooth ones, were thrown aside, al
boots, we'll blacked, worn in their stead; they were I
yth first BACKED boots that had ever covered his feet.
t+hiS new dress. Ispary- at first. scarcely knew himSe