The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-08-19

Mr.. Whitehead was chosen ~foreplan, and stands
six feet eight inches in height. The judge as
signed the jury the assembly chamber for their
deliberations, being evidently afraid 20 trust them
in an upper room in consequence o the weakness
of the beams. Er1
"Hallo, there, capting!'' said a brother Jona-
than to a captain of a canal packet on the Erie
Canal, - what do you charge tof PASSAGE"
"Three cents per mile and boarded" said the
captain.
..Waal, I guess III take passage capting, seein
as how I'm kinder gin out walking so far"
Accordingly he got or. boardasth the steward was
ringing for dinner. jonathan sat down and be-
gan demolishing the ''fxings, . 10 the utter con-
sternation of the captain, until be had cleared the
tables of all that was eatable, when he got up and
went on deck picking his teeth very comfortably.
"How far is it, capting, from here to where |
got on board?'
"Nearly one and a half miles, +. said the cap
tain.
"Let's see,' said Jonathan, . that would be
just four and a half cents but never mind, cap
ting, I won be small; here's five cents, which
pays my fare TO here IL guess IN go ashore NOW;
L m kinder rested eout-"
Three of the dirtiest, most ragged little scamps
in New York city entered one of the magnificent
counter, one said 81 want a cents worth of
rock candy "Get out! you ragamufins! we
don't sell a cents worth of rock candy" Slow
ly and sadly they fled out of the store. On the
sidewalk a consultation took place. They re-en-
tered the door. mister. do yog sell three cents
worth of rock candy?' YES" 'sWeH,, we
amt got EN-" and the procession moved out
again.
A gentleman too much addicted to liquor has
just found a new use for balloons, as he thus ex-
planned on arriving home very - light"
"Don' sa'er word 81 Lze-{hieA dom SAFER
word! I'm goin' to buy a b'loon Gfc) bloom"
"What on earth are you gOingFS buy a bal
loon for, Mr.. Furguson?"
'Iu tell yon (hic) Lie. Ysesthey We eos,
somany (hic) got s'many rum shops long Main
street, a teller can't get home (hic) without get
tin drunk. l can get away with . hloon ihie)
you know. You can come 20 the store an blow
it up (hic), an then you womb have TO blow me
up!'
The bark Cataipo, which arrived at New Bed
ford, took a sperm whale on the Callao ground,
imbedded in whose body was an iron which had
been thrown into the animal nine years before
fromathe bow boat of ship Niger, OF New Bedford.
The whale was Ca ptHred not far from the locality
where he escaped from the Myers boat.
The whaling feet of Edgartowu, Mass. is now
reduced to five vessels. Ten years ago the feet
about twenty vessels. By the sale of
the brig Mercy Tdylor, of Tisbnry, the last
whaler owned there is disposed of. The whaling
business of Martha's Vineyard is also on the de-
cline.
The Post Office Department at Washington has
set the example of giving ladies the same pay as
male clerks when they perform the same work as
the latter. Four ladies have lately been appoint
ed f~irst-elass clerks, with the pay of that grade.
1t is reported that Richard Fl. Dana will be. if
he has not already been, rendered the Office of
United States arbitrator, TO meet with the other
at Geneva under the treaty OF Wash