The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-11-04

. y. real state Of things Please conside'
little. The right kind Of o steamer
n.nared, would do more to unravei TIM
,.rcle than anything else. May the fnrie
one along swift
% ..go to grass" II any Of your savan'
=. ms a practical essay on grasses. it woult
Unable and infinitely more interesting thai
p.,.b Treaties in existence On Hawaii ne
"a sour grasses are fast taking possession o
rowing beyond doubt the fertility OF thu
- ,sanness of the beef, in a manner not Il
I'm Graziers are beginning to feel alarmed
.M;nr 70 do or say something to avert the
yIsm;tv. but there is no right understand
N-.,sr and no concert Of action. Astrean
,hs subject would be especially valuable
Stir ND the Swans. l do not presume tt
.sn show a very small empirical light only
:, fact. at the tail end Of pillow. wherever
- 7 notice it is followed by an abundan'
-, native grasses, better l suspect than
a-,or,ed. Do any of your readers know tina
= glowing is succeeded by a dense growth OF
F.I,;sed Knkae Puaa (say nothing of other
nal in highth and sweetness to Timothy
|, ,on, Fact-at least IN this hiio wherei nave
r-.,inr lands of Oahu, l fancy, are begin
- ,hs effects of long p~asturage. The own-
~..1,bv and it will be well for them to be
.m. Permit me to suggest an idea, 1t Will
- If il does no good, and costs but little
u,on. Get plows-steel are best-put the
ID law Paniolos at work Make hight har-
y. Lgster the better, then break in every mare
-.ncb. to 90 in the harness and harrow. Flow
- until every vestige of grass and weeds
10, sow wheat, oats, barley, corn or moth
-. sxeat. The result will be an improv-
|,nrs Of grasses, so sweet that all your lazy
animals will pay an everlasting visit to it
r...J ont. The worked steers and mares will
:, s;ze. strength, stamina ana value, ana
-. IN morals. in 4 measure equal to the
The GRAZING land will be redeemed and i'm
-sJ Try If and believe. 1t is not ALSO
necessary TO be in a hurry; one acre per week
>. 20 some in a long lifetime. Don't spare that
f,1 vouug mare, thinking her too nice to work,
r;u improve her or her progeny so much,
400 course. Let no bloekhead persuade
the contrary
b,-Joek and cattle thieves are kindred
and all the topic up here In fact the courts
,,ls else 10 do but to study how to acquit such
Or 70 punish them so lightly that they feel
Ives houored by the operation. 1 witnessed a
rapipularion on n cattle thief, the other day.
=. the most expert cattle thief in Hamakua,
an aware IS saying a good deal where there
many foreiguers,) was arraigned. The theft
Loyei. point blank, not n particle Of rebutting
nv. besides the culprit was fined there and
!, dollars for contempt of court, (another
f5r periury.) This is one side Two days sub
,vv The criminal mustered all his witnesses and
al vent on. No prosecutor or witness on the
mart Of the prosecution Still no attempt made
Id previous testimony the scoundrel relying
upon his good moral character and faithful
membership to mitigate the penalty. His
baracter was satisfactorily proved to the judge
| eons-ierates. the criminals witnesses them
~.sstfying that the two animals stolen were val
6Ay dollars. The sentence was to pay tacenty-
liars, no imprisonment, then suffering that
had lowly specimen of Hamakua society to re-
y his old haunts again.
| Editor. do you know anything Of Hamakua,
t. Talk OF Coventry, Texas, or even Ii
Sre places Of paradise compared with it lfyou
! character in Honolulu whose room is indis-
(e to the welfare Of the city, just Hamdkua
1t Is high time our statutes made a distinction
ia property ssoIsn that has legs to assist in car
itself away, and other property l will not
upon this point, l understand the honorable
er Of the Legislature from Hamakua feels a deep
b in the matter and will bring the subject be-
FAt body in a proper form. That he may sue
b accomplishing q suitable change in the stat
the devout wish of every person here not in
u in the peculiar trade
! letter IS getting to be as long as the tail of the
] By the way, what Astronomers say that
|uet's tail Is a reflection Of the sun through the
bus mass that e~nvelops the comet" Causing
ght shadow &C. 1 had been parading my
lOnical lore ever since that critfer made its ap-
pee, but gave a very different account Of its
Of course you are right, and feel considerably
! about il. Still | can't see now the sun can
q crooked shadow, or that the shadow direrges
)ands As it reeedes from the nucleus unless the
the smaller body. Further, if you take a very
light and place it in the presence Of a very
Eht, the latter viii cast n dark shadow instead
bright" one. The theory you advance sa-
pulpit astronomy, which may be likened unto
ek's, very ornamental to the trade, but rather
y to matter Of fact folks. HILO.
bier IL, 1853.