The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-02-05
An English Crowd.

living profit over and above first cost, freight ano
incidentals."
An English Crowd.
A correspondent of the New York World, thus describes the
amusements of the crowds on the banks of the Thames on the
occasion of the recent race between the Oxford and Harvard
crews:
Some time before the race came off, / made my
way along the towing path as well as l could
through the swaying, surging crowds, for the
purpose Of taking Il look at the amusements they
were enjoying. There was a large crowd around
n man who stood before q circular table, the top OF
which revolved on a pivot. The surface was
painted and divided into four triangles by colored
lines. In each angle was painted the name of
some famous horse, such as 60 Formosa, - 60 Pre-
tender" % Blue Gown" and t' Lady Elizabeth. -
Ar Indicator, like the hand of an eight day-clock,
swung on a pivot in the centre of the circle. A
spectator being invited TO place ~sixpence on the
name of some favorite horse, the proprietor Of the
show gave the circle board a spin, and if the in
dicator stopped opposite the name of the horse
where he had placed the money, he gained a shil-
ling. The fellow who had this machine in opera
ton was a hard looking case, in a greasy, cut
away velvet coat, and had n piece of his nose
eaten away by some hideous disease. His oratory
was to the point and business like.
Down With yer slxpence make yer bets gen.
tlemen. My hindicator is sure as the clock of
st. Pauls and twice as valuable ha hacquisition.
l. uOn { care NeIDer III IS fOrIlOsy OF HeftenQlf
that yer bets yer bob hon. Yer make Hoxford or
yer make Award
Hi gives Ser a spin
Han let's yer vim;
vich is portray, and if We doesn't win. l gets the
tin vich is poetry agin, and is halsO a favrite
hexpression of the Chanselur of the Hexcheckever
ven he piles hon the blessed taxis has as made
me sell hall my property to havoid a bust hup.
Try yer luck agIn thank We sir. Formosy, sir,
sure to win or lose.''
Close by this amusing BLACKBOARD is the stand
of the root beer, ginger beer, and bitter beer
seller, who is crying out from behind his little
cart
"Valk hup and try this ere de-lee-shus bewer-
age beer, tupence Il bottle. If We don't like |
gives We yer money back and no arm done. The
Prinse Of Wales always buys is beer hof me ven e
isn't travelling, for the good of is 'ealth. Walk
hup and don't be ashamed the no-bil-e-tee and
gen-te-ree hall patronizes me. Ginger beer,
ginger beer, and may the best man win, as my
wife says, ven she sees two pickpockets Il fghtin
for a shillin."
"Trick-hat the loop, ring the nail, and We gets
three happens. Ring the nail and ye gets three
h'apens." An low much does We hinvest p
d" Wy honly ha~ h'apenny. A man Won two hundred
pun hof me last week and there e his just now
agoing to bet hit all on the Hoxford crew, and eff
we don't believe me just hax i'm 'isself,'' said a
seedy looking wretch, with a handful Of small
iron rings in his hand, directing his index finger
to some indistinct parsonage in the crowd, whom
no one present could recognize.
The number of apple, pear, gooseberry, plum,
pie, and ice-cream stands that line the path are
almost incalculable to think. Pies, square,
round, and triangular in shape, in all the varied
stages of decay, are for sale at Il penny a piece.
Tarts, cheese cakes, mutton pot pies, ham pies,
suet buildings, whelk, a sort of odorous shell-tish,
4 half penny a piece, green cages, and ssand-
yichcs " are shouted on every side of us. There
are all Kinds of palnRS in pr0QraGl Tharo is tho
ancient and honorable game of " cockshie - and
- cOcoa-nut." The latter is curious. Three
cocoa-nuts, followed out, are placed on the top of
as many sticks, which are stuck upright in the
ground, and the game, costing a penny, is to
knock off those cocoa-nuts at three strokes. when
you can claim three pence-providing, Of course,
that you knock off all three cocoa-nuts which, of
course, can only be done by the princely proprie-
tor himself after hard training. There is one
noisy fellow on a little hilIock, pockmarked and
ferret eyed, in a greasy WOODEN buster, who had
drawn Il large crowd around him by his peculiar
OratOry. This fellow is q gem, in his
way, of purest ray serene. lie is a merchant of
penny scarf and finger rings.
Now says he, elevating a scarf ring on one
finger and a wedding ring on another, in sight of
the wondering crowd, /" hif hi was to tell you
good people that these buutyJoOl rings wor pure
goOld, vot would you say? Wy you would say,
in the most hexitibel and hunmistakabel langvidge
has could come from your blessed traps, zee his a
harrant himposter. Could hi blame yer for hex
pressing yer ieelinks in sich langvidge? No. Hi
would say to my disturbed conscience, has was at
that very moment a tearing my hinsides to pieces,
you, William Bowsley, have foraker the good
karraktir has was 'anded down to yer by hances-
tors who 'ad their hown ~hestates, losses, and
kerridges, William Bowsley, you ave been han
harrant himposter, and deserves to be lung
Veil, does | tell We that these ere rings is goold?
on the contreery, | says they are brass. Veil,
r-a- h. 80 49, 49,, --l e - 49,
Ave hi a friend of brass? No, agin. Butt ave
n friend Of hart. | asks We to look at this ere
image OF Mr.. Gladsiun, rs is now hour blessed
Primer. WOs never anything SO buuty-fool?
Look ut the insinivatin smile on is sweet feetyures.
Ven l last dined with Mr.. GIadstun-ye needn't
laf, COS We knows, perhaps, the story in the Good
Book of the bad children 90 chaffed the old Profits
and was heat hup by bares-ven | last dined with
GladStun, hour blessed Primer, he says Bill
be calls me 'BIl' ven zee his friendly-sBill,
them pictures on them ere kam-e-o-s as you sells
is my likeness just like twins. Cos, Wy, said he,
maiden haunt reckignized them, and tainted
away ven she seed vun."
Passing along a few feet I am attracted by the
noise of a loud, rough voice that is shouting over
the thickly packed heads of another crowd
Step hup gentlemen and take Il look hat the
noble hart of Self-defence has his ~practised in the
Royal Tent. This way gentlemen honly tuppens.
Brfsket Bill and the 'Ackney Wick Cove is a goin;
to set too. Step hup.''
There is a large tent back from the path, COW
cred all over with representations Of halEnaked
boxers in the act of defending themselves, maui
ing or beating each other to pieces, and the
master pugilist stands on a high bench to attract
the crowd, while at the same time he can look
inside of the tent and direct the ceremonies by
time and announcing the names of the
Two wretehed, miserable looking
their features furrowed with want, their
eyes bleared with gin, and their general appear
lnce indicative of hard luck, cruel treatment and
filth, hold each a sheet of the tent in their hands,
and one of them holds out her hand to take the
two pence which is the price of admission. /
pass in to the tent and find twenty or thirty hard
cases circling around g Brisket Bill , and
9 Hackney Wick Cove who are stripped to
heir waists, their features inaamed with passion,