The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-06-17
Commercial Advertiser.
California Revi.ssrs.-Ne. g.


han in large Eastern cities. Clrtmen are not con-
tent drive a moderate walk. but are everywhere
seen rushing by at full speed, whether loaded or
empty; express wagons dash along at a 2:4O rate,
while omnibus drivers appear less inclined to draw
oafhs from their testy passengers by crowding
'ore inside"-all arg. mpelled with the hasty idea
Vt " time Is moneys
HE EONSrBUssEs-of which there several lines
"a great convenience, and generally well pat
mined The fare for the distance they (about
Tree mes) is ten cents and persons residing in the
iburbs are enabled to live a moderate in
ne than when located in the heart of the city, In
1T is quite probable that these omnibus lines, by
wing citizens to live Of town. and yet enjoy all
advantages of proximity, have been exerting a
ter influence in reducing the formerly exhorbtant
than is generally supposed
IoRsEs--One will be surprised at the number of
ie horses be seen in San Francisco most of which
ave been imported across the plains from different
parts of the Easp States, and very few of the finest
native stock. Whey generally valued highly
"A good draugh. and carriage horse being worth
from five hundred dollars, though ordinary
animals be had much cheaper. In purchasinga
horse IL always makes difference in the price
asked paid. whether the is anxious to sell;
and the real value of horse is generally what his
Of our fancy sporting gentlemen, who pride them
selves the ordinary animals they posses-,agId be
well repaid by a visit San Francisco and would be
les inclined afterwards to brag of their unri-
vailed stock Why, ordinary horses in that
city, numbered by scores, vastly superior any
thing could show; while many of the
carriage horses not surpassed, in sze color and
symmetry of proportions, by any animals in the Fast
ern cities Efforts being made mproySSE
native stock by the introduction of stallions
from the East, and are said to be sefy successful
CHEAP JoHs.-Not the least noticeable among the
Institutions OF the city the facetious ss Cheap
john establishments Long Wharf or Commercial
street, where nightly amusements furnished fJr
the benefit of the itiDerant mining population who
patronze them pretty Hherally. They date back to
about 1852, and some of them conducted with so
much knasery aud tact to be a of consider
able profit to the proprietors Cheating is said to be
an essential element in Cheap Johns character.
There may be n dozen more cf theni all of which
aspire be considered the '.origina concern They
are nothing more nor less than auction jew shops
where every description of articles wanted by miners
are worked off BY reversed plan of auctioneering
Every mode of attracting strangers is resortei to- and
in one shop Is pantomimic show, which keeps
the crowd in laughter; in others drums and 6ddles
keep up excitement; while on the opposite side of
the street the salesmen in turn form an orchestra,
and treat brother Jonathan to impromptu concert
The great object make the shop during the eve
ming noisy "a possible and keep n crowd together
in which they quite successful. The mode which
Cheap John takes effect his sales is original and
he generally succeeds In making trade without loss.
Here, gentlemen, is case of twelve pairs of calf
boots which you have for hundred dollars for
the lot, or ten dollars for pair You have
pair for nine dollars;yes, gentlemen for eight dol
lars; only want dollars; and will take six:
I will let you have il at cost for five dollars; or if
you hayen't got that, will let you have it for
fouysllars. Don't all speak Mt for three dol
and fifty cen . for three dollars / shall
acrice these fine boots for only dollars and three
quarters, dollars and fifty cents; don't wish
to bid. gentlemen, but will give you two dol
81 twenty-five cents for the boots; yes, will
w them away for only two dolars;'' and some
raggng miner in want of the article, steps forward
nd deposits his fec Of two dollars in which he may
Ellowed by several others, who take part all Of
lot Every article, from jewsharp to full suit
Of ci5s s pot up in the way. and the sale is
effected by - svstem Of auctioneering. interlarded
with any amount o.--;s- humor, and oaths Good
.argains, it is said, ;. made, the articles of
fereI being the cheapest rchased at auction.
7F'"~~t-~7
IS very careful to keep the price foods a
little above and charges.
SABBATH LAw.-AIthough there has6bs,. Freat
improvement in the respect shown the CHS Aan
Sabbsttrin san Francisco the state Of thing ~
isting in former years, yet even now a very lar
proportion, perhaps third, of the retail stores,
and all the liquor shop, kept open that day.
Many store-keepers, particularly grocers, express
themselves opposed to doing business the Sabbath,
but that they obliged to do in order to
protect their interests aud retain their CUSTOM
ers. Wholesale stores, general thing, closed
On this day. law has been passed by the Calfor-
MIA Legislature its last session, compelling the
closing Of all places Of business Sunday, except
ing only market stalls and liquor stores, and places
which custom requires to be kept open The
law goes into effect during the summer, and
will no doubt exert a beneficial influence
public morals vast amount of liquors must
be consumed in San Francisco, to give even
ordinary support to the six hundred shops engaged
in the sale of them Yet notwithstanding this.
Of drunkenness seldom witnessed in the streets
there although the police records show that they do
occur; and in this respect San Francisco furnish
a lesson to Honolulu moral sister port
Labaina, whose dockets, in the shipping at
least made up chiefly of inebrinse
CHURcHE-In her church architecture. San Fran
cisco shows a most decided Improvement the
coth-lined, clapboarled known such in
ls49- Churches every regarded as an index
Of the intelligence and liberality of the citizens And
~adging from the specimens to be seen now in San
nncsco, she is far behind her sister cities in
East Her population generally, will be
~ church going people, for it partakes more
ing, restless, pleasure-seeking nature. than in
e.. he same size in the older States. 1t could
.h;.ay 'sherwise with population drawn together
" gold mania. from every conceivable
,.~~ :" globe Some Of her church edi6ces
din. 'u'idags. and though generally of smaller
sb.;- ~. ina met with in Eastern cities, in
Amo, and )pish but little inferior to the latter