The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-02-13
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Sketehes hu 2heelinks.'
NO. z.


requested of him the favor to continue the nara
tive of his inter-island voyage and adventures
Mr.. +. graeiously asseuted:
recollect, he said, that previously TO my inyol
-ntary reclinc on the bosom Of gentle Morpheus
gave you an impressive history of my becoming
passenger de JaaO on board of the packet. As
l stated to you before, the foreign passengers
consisted Of a gentleman very red in the face and
rather weak in his knee joints, and another
rather heavy mustachioed gentleman and his lady
but, my boy, if you wish me to do justice to
this subject allow ms TO stimulate my powers of
p~oetical language and mistaken ideas by a gener-
Gus smile and a toast 10 the ladies individually
and generally May their shadows never be
smaller, their dresses never be shorter, and their
smiles Tin taking up the square bottle, p. found
IL empty. With a crest-fallen look and an i'm
pr.Isive ejaculation of grief. he set it DOWN.
Never mind, my boy, / crumble from necessity
and this hard blow of disappointment. Be it
sufficient for you to know that the lady was tall
in stature, thin, very thin in waist or whatever
you call the place where the heart of lovely wo-
man beats, that she was gifted with an extensive
crinoline, and wore a magnificent dress of muslin
sprinkled all over with flowers called 80 forget me
not" at two dollars 4 yard. How poetical :
How beautiful! III handed Mr.. P. a tumbler of
water. He reeove,ed.)
There were be.dcs those, Is females, g males,
and 2 infants OF pappooses, on board. who were
all descended from the old aboriginal inhabitants,
but were every one willing to renew their oath
% allegiance In French as soon as called upon.
Besides those, there were nine dogs Of all sizes,
species and classes, FORMULATING between every
body $ legs or softly reclining in the arms of some
fair or ancient female, who with loving looks
nursed and fondled the dear creature. How
beautiful to observe this pleasant trait of charac-
ter. How sentimental What a great proof of
the Z" love divine for the dumb brute, of that
high state of civilization at which this people has
arrived since the introduction Of letters, If you
add to this number of passengers eight mariners
with their wives, (anglice rahines) who. as a
proof of their deep devotion and conjugal faith.
always insist on sharing with the betrothed of
their hearts the dangers of the sea, poi, raw-fsh
and death itself, you will readily understand that
the packet was in 4 rather crowded condition.
IL appears to me, my boy, that in regard to
humanity, free trade and sailors rights, this
world of ours stands prominently above all
other countries. How much more humane, how
grateful to the feelings of the tossed mariner
would it be, and especially to those who visit cold
climates and need warming, if owners and mas
tiers of vessels would permit them to take their
wives, their families and that most faithful friend
of the human race, their dogs, with them upon
their tedious voyages
If congress possesses not that sense of COM
mon justice TO enact laws in behalf Of such
humanity, societies should be formed in every
seaport under the name and title of {" Sailors
Female Comfort Societies" Proud as | am upon
the many philanthropic suggestions and the i'm
mense benefits which the world has derived from
them, this idea, my boy, born in this individual
brain OF mine, puts the capstone on that proud
column which p~osterity will erect TO the memory
of 'Pheelinks." Yes, sir, (and Mr.. p. struck
his breast bone with doubled fists. 1t sounded
hollow.) Yes, sir, 1 see in Imagination already
the long procession of bold mariners arrayed in
their best trousers. presenting meme. sir-with
q skipjack on Il trencher in token of their CRATE
full esteem, and | must confess that | cannot
forcibly enough express my admiration for the
good sense that in this country prevails in regard
10 the rights of the coast-faring mariners. per-
hitting them to enjoy the sweetest joys of
humanity, the joys of homo on the briny deep,
to occupy the best and most eligible places on
board, to be the dominant party as far as COM
is concerned, disregarding the absurd pre-
tensions and unreasonable claims or convenience
Of passengers that have no more claims ON the
or to convenience and comfort ihan a
paltry sum of money, called passage money.
All hail to those n~oble-minded and great-souled
'~hipowners, agents. and masters of the Hawaiian
,Oast service, who possess such generous feelings
or the welfare and comfort of their crews while
: tossed upon the pillows of the raging canawl,''
Is Cooper sings so beautifully
The passengers, as it happened, met all as per-
strangers and self-introduction. were OF
course entered upon from necessity and in view
# being thrown together for a voyage of more
II less duration upon the " stormy main" The
Gentleman of the red face and weak limbs intro
Iucei himself Immediately as Mr.. Timothy Sings,
nd in attempting to make a very polite bow,
md under the influence of a promiscuous motion
4 his legs, he, or rather myself, had the misfor-
une that one of his feet came down with a heavy
hump upon my corns, while his lighted segar
anne so near the lady's nose. that she suddenly
rev hack her head and saluted her caro- MIC
nth q tremendous 80 litter under the chin.
Is the only standing place on board was near the !
abin door, comprising a place of three feet by
<, l had every opportunity for close observa-
on, and l cannot recollect a single instance of
lutual introductions under such rather painful
and extraordinary expressions, as
y as features NAV speak. As soon as the pain .
III suffering of my lacerated corns permitted me
,eech l introduced myself. Happy TO make