The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-06

AZ JNr1oEip G,N0sE-Nantn,kcl has always
been famous Tor its specimens OF the genus homo.
aud from its oceau-bound shores some OF the smart
ct blubbcr hunters and Yankee ~pcddlerS hail.
But Martha's Vineyard must claim "a share Of her
fame. These two little Islands ought 10 have been
erected into State when the glorious old thir-
teen" Joined in union for better or worse Al
least all their good people think 80. Many stories
are told of eccentric Nantucket and Vineyard
Islanders. who. though generally u little astern OF
the rest of Yankecdom in current news and htera-
mrc. for want Of q telegraph. are by 10 means de
fcieut in keen originality. ~ the following Will
illustrate:
There is living on Nar,ha's Vineyard, Massachusetts,. m old
mau who has never been OF the island. and the extent Of his
knowleige is bounded by the confines Of his home lie has
never hearl the din Of battle. nor seen any soldiers, he cousit-
ered il q hoax. lie is utterly unable 10 read. and is is1orantto
the last degree. An excellent story is told Of his drst and only
day ~ school He vas quite q lad when a lady eAme 10 1e
in turn and in:e,rogated As TO his former studies OF eorTse he
i1,i re ne Sm5 ~ ,Ta SIlTSi saTv a Hai : Of tie rest
~ sI Ll H"lIs IS fssT M - - - ~I - ~, -, he
blackboard the letter A, told him what it was and wished him
then inquired He suffered >
"H-h-how DO you know lis Az
The teacher replied that when she was q girl she had been TO
school TO an old gentleman who told her 80.
The boy eyed the a FOR i moment and then asked "H-h-how
This was almost a sumner. but the teacher suddenly recolect-
"a 1N "S Ln"H "- Ni 'at "Hth = HS * A"H w." N-
to a lady who taught him that it was a.
-! me Roy eyed the letter = little longer when n e burst L
The teacher could not get over this obstacle. and the poor boy
was sent home - incorrigole.
y NEW LOCALITY FOR CorroN-GE
are on Hawaii extensive tracts Of small broken
lava. called by the natives "a, and which appear
to = stranger to be totally unfit for man or beast
in fact, the most desolate and uninviting region i'm
aginable. In some places this "a is intermiNed
with soil, and the natives cultivate in it very fine
sweet potatoes, where one would think it impOssi-
bic for anything TO grow. Anative, living in Kona
Hawaii. last spring planted four acres OF Sea Island
cotton on this lava "a, and in the last trip of the
schooner Emeiae brought to Honolulu some of the
finest and whitcst cotton we have ever seen. u sam
pie of which can be examined at our office. II it is
a fact that such cotton can be produced On the APP
parently worthless lava tracts of Hawaii, with no
labor but that of gathering the crop. the day may
come when hundreds, If not thousands, OF acres,
now lying waste there, will be cultivated. This
native states that it requires no cultivation. after
the seeds are planted, in fact it is impossible to
cultivate it. and when the bolls ripen they fall on
to the clean lava stones, thus keeping the cotton
from dirt. which in many other places is very
troublesome and lessons the value of il. The truth
is. our farmers don't know yet what our waste land
is capable OF producing. rs a few years ago no one
that the finest sugar estates in the king
dom would be located about Wailuku. This at
has been considered almost worthless. and can be
purchased for fifty cents or 50 an acre. We hope
to see this experiment more thoroughly tested dur
ing the present year, and state the above for the
benefit Of foreigners who may wish to try it.
Costly PAINTINGs.-To show our readers the
liberality of wealthy men towards painters. we
state that Mr.. McIienry zone of the party of
wealthy English capitalists who have been recently
travelling through the United Statcs) has purchased
picture of the Rocky Mountains for
S25, 600. The picture is on exhibition at Boston,
but will be taken to England. Mr.. McHenry is
by birth an American. and the principal owner of
he Jersey City Iron Works. but lives in England.
long ago, it was stated that Mr.. Vanderbilt
paid the same artist $4,000 for his large picture
Df Yosemite Valley and Falls, which we had the
good fortune to see last summer at the Academy
Of Design in New York. lis frame is about seven
BY ten feet in size, and it is a painting which
one can never weary OF looking at. The price
paid in both Instances l. an enormous premium to
Encourage art. -
EEC~IIIs MAJESTY THE KING visited the L. :. war
steamer Lancaster on Wednesday. and was receiv-
ID by Admiral Pierson and his officers with II
'oyal salute on his arrival and departure, and with
he yards manned. His Majesty expressed himself
highly gratifed with his visit, and with the atten-
ions of the officers.
- The weather, for the past day or two, has
thickening for a storm, which is more likely
D be from the south, as the lightning has been fire.
Iuent in that quarter.
- The Steamer leaves on Monday next as
Usual. but on the following week. will lay up. re-
inning her regular trip on the 22d.
-" The auction of furniture. &c, at ROsebank.
axes place to-day.
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