The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-28


There was n very large congregation Of boat-bOys
who gave the 'ei-o-'a-Quaint divine a rapt attention
whilst seated in their stern sheets and resting ON
their oars.
He FRS, passed around the hat for a contribution
for the spread Of the gossip in this town. aud he r-
eeived several pieces VI confidential whispers against
q rising man. some notes expressing regrcis about
Princes genealogy.
Aud he took his text from the last chapter Of the
gossip according to Luka-" And there was a certain
husbandman who had no wife, who planted a Geld la
a royal domain, and there came an enemy by night
who sowed tares in this princcly hnshandman' I field
Now brethren there are n grca, variety Of iares;
First there are the tarss in n mans trousers,
which the least mended are the soonest ended.
Second, there are the fares Of an Irishman for his
sweetheart. which are the quickest dried up by n
drop OF whiskey.
But the tares beloved brethren | have now TO speak
OF. are tares in a Princes pedigree, scratches in his
scutoheon, holes in his heraldry, la2ses in his lineage.
rents in his royalty and tatters in his title.
The object of these tares was 20 tsre the Prince 10
pieces, 10 aout his fair fame, 60 blaeken his blue
blood, TO harLss his heart. aud sad TO say, 10 prove
that he had no grandfather.
oh, my beloved hearers, this Was too much, too
much. put IA for q six-pence. Il is well to say. and
the scriptures Of man in snndry places proveth IL,
that no child, even a competitor for royal Donors,
knoweth its own father;-but to rob Il. or any one
during these Christmas times Of a grand father. is too
much, too much tare for the Princely heir. There
that suggests another clause-thAt Il is forbidden Ivy
Santa Claus.
scattered the tares, at the street corners OF the hus-
bandman's held.n
Aud now my beloved hearers / come TO a eonsid-
Grafton Of the second point Of my diseourse-Who
Was 1t some BACK demon Of the Satanic press
or was IL the - responsible governmental goblin
NO my beloved hearers, IL was a much bigger
devil.
Was it AuId nick, or old Abei am not able to
say.
Or was 1t the chamberley OF The royal yard y No
that is too strong "A story.
Or was IL David who got jesse. who willeth n
temple for the T~emplars, and now hangcth his harp
upon the willowsg
L cannot make an anadayit. Or wasI Whitney,
nay not IA whit although some one swore, Il was
there in front of his store. Or Was II Joncsl Not
robust Peter but W. CT didn't see.
Or say. my Puritan brethren. was IL q prelate
"A bishop in lawn or n bishop ever ready 10
pawn? Upon my word, / shall not speak now
but as a child of Africa would say, what | knows
is berry nice"
No please, it is none OF these IT Is taller game.
and better known TO fame II Is the greaser with
the legislative lie IL is the ruling genius with the
cajoling smile it is the very dickens, and what
not,-the devil to pay and no pitch hot.
And now lastly, beloved hearers, what was the
eject of this taring around why, that the enemy
of Kanakas souls tore his own trowsers, and barred
his base designs. lie bears himself boldly In
front, and makes the naked assertion, Il al nothc
tnat taketn the rag on tue bush - but another man,
he with the terminal horn, who scattered tareB from
dewy eve till the misty morn.
oh brethren how shall we decide. Who tried TO
kill cock robin Who strove TO prick in the rear
our Prince so dearl Who told such n lie on our true
royal scionl Who said in fact that he was no better
than he should ber And who swore, may ] may I,
be id if he is n KamehamehaH
1t is not for this humble servant Of the Lord
Harry TO say, as this is a chance for the Chancellor
to display. his courtly erudition and determine who
sowed the tares by the power Of The ermine.
And lastly | would say unto you beloved brethren,
and you incorruptible representatives Of the people.
look well after the adversary and get him to band In
his checks before you allow him to ride rough shod
over your peoples choice. We say moreover, seek
We first the Kingdom Of William, and oil things else
shall be added unto you.-Let us bray.