The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-12-21

are weary and heavy laden, and 1 will give you
rest" The subject was ably handled, and the idea
Of the necessity of rest to the human soul, as well az
the body, clearly elucidated and applied to all con-
ditions and classes. .JE Z1EE
THE CIRCUIT CoURr AT MAUI, commenced its sit
ting at Lahaina last week. We learn by the .Nsttie
Merrill, which arrived on Sunday, that Kaanaana,
the native who was indicted for arson, in setting fire
to Hebron IS plantation, was convicted. and sentenced
to nine years Imprisonment at hard labor. A num-
Der of other criminal cases were discontinued. One
native, who perhaps is a disciple of Brigham Young.
was convicted of having two wives at once.
A CHICKEN RANcH.-On the plains, just midway
between Honolulu and Waikiki, an enterprising,
smart individual-his name is Johnny Smart, by the
way-has established a " hennery.'' 1t often occurs
that a nice chicken is wanted in a case Of sickness,
and none can be had but the hslf-starved. lean and
scraggy specimens to be found at the corner of Fort
and Hotel Streets. The chickens that can be had Of
Smart, are grain-fed, and the eggs will be found
superior. -
Our RICE PRoDUcT1oN.-We hope soon to be able
to lay before our readers the statistics of the rice
production of the islands. which is very considcra-
bic. Mr.. John Defres, an old resident of Honolulu,
but who for a number of years past has been en-
gagged in the culture of rice at Lumahai. near Ha-
nalei, on the island of Kauai, informs US that he has
harvested, during the year past, 146 tons of rice,
and lost some 20 tons by storms and freshets. He
philosophically observed that the loss of the 20 tons
saved him the trouble of t~hreshing them. Mr..
Defries is a German, and is of that class of men We
need among us to develop the. resources of the
country. .a- - @
CHARIvAR1-On Thursday night, Of last week,
a wedding occurred, and the happy pair were sere-
naded in the old fashioned style. The band consisted
of several performers on empty kerosene cans, a
taro patch ~jewsharp, and various other instruments,
the names of which are positively unknown. Judg-
ing by the chatter kicked up, and the terrible howl
ing of the dogs, who skedaddled in every direction
some of them breaking their chains in frantic fear
the serenade must have been a most hideously I'M
musical affair. All sorts of the sounds of created
and uncreated beings were attempted to be initiated
by the serenadeTs. Says Pope, tfDi re
"silence We wolves, whilst Ralph to Cynthia howls,
Aud makes night hideOus, answer him We owls"
FAMILY JARs.-In the Police Court on Monday,
there was a case illustrating some of the peculiar
phases Of Hawaiian Ife-a n~ight-side view. A man
had a wife, rather q good-looking one. but by some
strange fancy. he took up with a Sc worser half, 2 in
the shape of an elderly hag-lke looking creature.
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dence, he installed the mistress of his affections in
her place. Subsequently, meeting his wife in the
street, he took her back home, thinking, probably,
(mistaken man y that the two could live together on
his divided affections under the same roof. The con-
sequence was a feminine set-to, in which the mistress
getting the better Of the wife, the latter made use of
her teeth, and severely bit the former on the hand.
Hence q sshaul-in , and an action for assault and
battery against the wife. The Court would not
sanction any such infractions of conjngal rights. and
discharged the case, with reprimand and advice.
SU1C1DE.-Last Saturday, a little after 8 p. NJ, n
man named Thomas Ryan, who kept a small grocery
store on the corner of Nuuanu and Merchant streets,
in a fit of mania a potu, cut his throat with a razor.
Mr.. Morris, who lives at Kalihi, was present at the
time, and in endeavoring to prevent Ryan from
accomplishing his purpose, got some severe cuts on
the hand. The throat was cut straight across,-a
horrid gash,-severing the wind-pipe. The man
was put into a hand-cart immediately on information
of the affair being brought to- Deputy Marshal
Dayton, and taken to the Queens Hospital, where
his self-inAicted wounds were sewed up by attending
physicians. lie then appeared to be apparently
calm, drank some liquid. and conversed a little, but
later, nOar 6 Il. .N. he was seized with another parox-
ysm of uncomfortable madness, and tearing the
~bandages from his throat, opened afresh the wound,
and in a few minutes expired. He was a native Of
Massachusetts,, about 45 years of age.
A TRIP TO KooLAU.-A few days ago, business
calling as to that pleasant side of our island. we
made a few notes, rs is our custom, of what was to
be heard and seen. We were fortunate in escaping
the rain, so frequent at this season, but found the
roads up the valley heavy and muddy, from previous
rains. The view from the top of the Pail, so mag
%nifcent, has been often described. We expected to
find the roads in KOolau worse than on this side,
but were surprised to find them hard and dry.
Whether they at Koolau had had the same extent of
favors from the pluvial gods as we of the. Kona side,
or whether it was owing to the drying effect of the
trade winds, we were unable to determine. We
visited the Court of the Police or District Justice,
and heard him decide a case. He gave his whole
attention TO the matter at issue, and no fault could
be found with his decision, evincing, as it did, q good
discernment and correct Judgment of evidence. We
have sometimes w~ondered-though there are un-
d~oubtedly exceptional cases-that the native magis-
trates get along as well as they do, considering how
little legal information they have outside of the
statutes these too, are often prolixly worded, as the
laws are mostly framed first in the English language
and then translated into the Hawaiian. Al the
adjournment of the Court, we were kindly invited to
dinner by the gentlemanly superintendent of the
Kaneohe Plantation. 1t is no small courtesy to be
asked TO dine in the country districts, for money will
not always procure one a good dinner where there
are no hotels or restaurants. In passing along, we
noticed that the cane looked wen. doubtless owing
not only to good cultivation, but to the recent showers.
Koolau is one Of the finest agricultural districts Of
the islands. -
MoNEx-Is said to be the root Of all evil whether
it is or not, we notice thai the inconvenience of hav-
ing a plethora of it. is only excelled by having none
at all. We were led to the consideration of this
subject, by an article, which appeared in the Gazette
of November Both, ultino, headed .swhatsis money.p'
1t is said to be the subject Of a paper read before the
Liverpool Chamber Of Commerce, and that the de-
auctions arrived at are somewhat at variance with
popular notiens, Sc. The article is very able as
regards the use of money, and how small an amount
might be made to subserve the use Of trade. Money
or coin was unknown in Hawaii nei till the advent
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