The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-06

albeit unused To- the mcltin mood, hev distilled
npthin bar tears for twelve hours. y Piller hez
fallen, In the mectin house there l. 4 vacant
pew. and . chair at Bascom's i without a setter.
Last mite at precisely at nine p. NJ. Elder AgIvI-
LICK G,vrT departed This life, aged G3 years and
some odd months.
weep 81 | write. The Elder WIZ snuff out
jest u the flowers NV spring wuz eunin-jest ez
the weather wuz Il gittin warm enough 10 20
baretu"tcd-jcst when 1t wuzn't nesaary 10 bother
abOut getting fire wood or be concerned about
feeding the stOck-icst, III fact. when men begin
% enter upon six months of enjoyment. Why
WIZ he taken? Exc ansers. The WAYS NV Provi-
dence II inskroOtahlc.
Elder GAvITT wuz a native nv North karliny.
witch Staff he left in the blush NV early manhOSl.
Jist after lac wuZ married. Wat he left North
karliny for. | never wuz able To- ascertain lcrcise-
", but | hey understood that ii wuz suthin ia
connection win a smOke-house and the hams witch
did hang therein. He wuz in a Wing naberhood
his naber, the proprietor of the smokc-hOuse
wuZ aN mG-ther wuZ sum ham mist-thc riHds
WIZ found in his p0sscssion-Whig Intolerance
and lecrsekOo-hen. Upon sich site evidence he
wuz adJudgcd guilty NV theft, and ignominiously
rid on a rile, and ordered 10 leave the country in
twenty-totIr hours, witch ne did. driftin nat rally
To kentucky. Thank Heaven for sich outTagcs,
But for sich, Kentucky wood hey bin a Republic
can Staff, or wood hev remained unsettled to this
day.
Elder GAvITT wuz alluz a Democrat NV the
strictcst sect. He voted for JACKSON, and reglerly
for every Democratic candidate sence. He didn't
read very much indeed. ef | remember right, he
coodent do 1t ut all. and wuz consckcntly, stediust
in the faith. lie wuzn't shook about. and driven
hIther and yOn 10y every wind. but remained thru
life last in the groove into wich he he'd bin orr
gcneliy sot. His politikle cIeel wuz made up NV
this one idee, to-wit Ilatrid NV Moo England
becoz Moo England hatid whiskey. wIch he COO
dent git along without, and slavery, NV which he
he'd Il hundred niggers. He votid agin Moo Eng
land all his life regicrly, ard Ell many times on
each ciplkSIcu la 81 he Good Nyith,ut risk
My acquaintance with the deccest comInenst
about three years ago. Ii wuz ut his house |
stopt ON my advent into these parts. Their wuz
no heed Wv formal MISUNDERSTANDING wuz
already IL bond atween us witch nit our souls
together His eve, ez it lit onto my nose. lighted
up with Il smile, and ez | gazcd on hizzcn | felt
that he WIZ indeed a man and Il brother. He
took Inc in-hc sheltered Ine-hc gave me whereof
To eat and 10 drink and to make merry, and with
him | tarried till 1 WIZ rcglerly installed ez rastcr
NV the Church, and thereby reglerly pcrvidcd for.
The cause NV the Elders death wuz Il broken
heart. He wuz Il ardent Coniedrit, and maniully
bore up under the reyerscs NV the war. His
courage was mistaken doorin the repeated sue
ccs-es NV the Federal armies, and even when
emancipation deprived him NV his slaves, he still
he'd faith that, eycnchooally, all wood be well.
. We may be bcetcn now wuZ his constant
remark. but the Northern Dimocrisy are all
right, and thro them we'll yet conkcr - Conf
din in EN-, blecvin in EN-, he held out brave up To
the passage NV the Military Reconsideration
Bill.
| then saw a change steel inscn-ibly over NV
venerable friend. His head bowed with suplrcst
grief-his bosom throbbed with tine elnoslIen that
WIZ strugglin for u%ttrantc. lie wood come over
TO my Oifis i've or six times Il day. and ask me to
read him that passage NV the law giyin the mig
ger the ballot. L wood do il, when, without sayin
II word. he wood reel off with tears fiuwin down
his wasted checks, 10 BAsCoM's. wood foller
him, to see that no harm came to him. The old
man wuz So broken that he'd pay for his own lik-
kcr, and mine too, without noticin. Fclrin To
awaken unpleasant emoshcns in his mind, | never
mcnsilcnd the latter circumstance.
Things grew worse with him. When Mr.. RAN
DALI wrote me to consulate the ni@gers eZ WADE
HAMPTON wuz Il doin it, the old father in Demo
crisy obeyed without Il murmur. Dcmocrisy wuz
his first idea, and he Obeyod her behcsts. tho twuz
consoomin his very sole. lie shook hands with
niggers Mt my rckcst, tho the touch wuZ ez red
hot iron-hc took two ofcm into his pew, tho his
promoxity to EN- set him IA shakin like the ager,
and he votid to change the name and objects NV
the lnstitoOt, tho the convulsive wOrkins NV his
face showed wat the struggle cost him.
Day by day the Elder faded. The iron entered
his sole. and it WIZ cOrrodin corrOdin, corrodin,
and catin him up 10y degrees. lie walked the
streets Iistlcssly, his ewes suiiooscd with tccrs.
and his lips movin ez efmutterin suthin to hissclf.
! become concerned for him, and 50 did the en-
tire crkle. Bascom figured up his akkount mt
his bar and went to the records To see whether
his farm WIZ un~cncumbcred, and sich NV the
IehDt u y ItHt MINI SIldl rillhN " ,lipuI T
gittin en-.
Last Sunday the pitcher went to the well for
the last time. | he'd four niseers in his pew,
upon whom he looked vacantly but sed notlin.
After seryis | stopped him.. Elder seq |. in
a whisper, . 1T wood hcv a good cfcck eff 700
Good kiss them little niger girls"
Parson. sed he, trcmblin like Il leaf, {. is it
abslootly necessary ?"
alt is SEE |, firmly, ga dooty evry Dino
KRAFT owes to his party, in this crisis, to kiss ez
NANNY uirrcr children cZ pOsSiblc.'
\ strange expression lit up the old mans coun-
tenarce. In a hrnzied manner he kissed all
there wuZ III the church. and, cz eff insane. COM ,
lncnst on the adult feInails NV that persuasion.
it'll difficulty we restrained him, but brcakin
loose from US he startid down the street n runnin |
down and kissin every Niger child his eye restid
ON. Finally nc sunk to the erth eggsaustid, and
we bore him to his house and put him to bed. .
From that bed ne never ariz. He wuz a goner.
We he'd to give him his likker in a spoon, and |
never knowed Il kentuckian to recover who wuz y,
past drinkin out wv Il bottle. ,
Slowly his strength wasted. Yesterday he ,
rallied and asked for me, eZ the candle NV life
flickercl ieehly i'll the socket. ,
PcriesSer sed he with an effort, I. is Ken
lucky To rool the niger or the niggcrs To rool =,
kentucky. Has the Dimocrisy swalered the q.
niger or the Niger swallcred the Dimocrisy ," .,
And all WIZ Ger, He fell back Il piece NV ,
clay which never Good rally To the poles agin.
Ba+oom and | turned aside and wept. Sed
Bascum. - he'd lac lived two year more | wood
hcv he'd his farm {
mot any, sed | Dustin into tecrs. - wood
hcv he'd il to endow the Institoot." l
:. In that event it wood evenchOoally hcv bin !,
mine.'' glspcd Bascon, relapsin into Il fresh
sIaasm NV grief. :
We buried him Yesterday. 1t wuz the big I
grst funeral ever kn0wd at the Corners. Ii wuz q
a tetchin site. Standin around his bier, WIZ his {
four children by his first wife, and his six chill !
drcn by his second wife. and twelve or fifteen I
other children NV all colors from that NV Il new .
S,jjIa nm =, dark mnlaSeS who insisted upnn l