The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-14
PLAIN ASD FANCY
( AND JOB PRINTING.
our EIuo Letter.

HfLO, August 20. 1877.
To tSe Ed,0r of ne Pacific Commercial AdgerfissT
DEAE SIR in one Of Dumas novels this cOuver-
satIon Occurs: " Plauehet. baye idea" 'Ah
siri You were always famous for thatl" just
now, also bad idea. bat have lost IL. aud il
very good idea too. intended expressly for
this letter and your paper. ] was always famous
for losing things. aud some Of my pOst-Iity take
after me- that's why We are short OF towels. Ny
late idea skipped away from - / sat down here
like Josh Billings hea. and when put roy thumb
him. be- ism tlersi
Mr. Samuel Grlb6 Friend and Flour Factor OF
Cloumel. Ireland. known to everybody save one,
forg5t his nazasf The delivery clerk. fresh
from the General Post Office ST. Martins le
Grnnd didnt know BIN. and very naturally en-
Mr. G., hast thee any for mer' Give me your
sir. and I'll see," said the clerk. Mr.. GTubb
nOuplussed such a thing had never happened
90 him before Why. be well known in
ClOnmel a. the town clock aHd hsd been Mayor OF
the city All the systematic arrangements Of his
methOdical brain were knocked into confusion. He
looked reprOachinliy st the young man from Lon
don aud turned away. WIKI both hands clasped
behind him be- walked musingly down the street in
his brown suit and in browner study. He bad
called every morning, Sunday excepted, for 80
years at that same Post Ohics for his letters and
snow. for the FIRST time, TO be asked for his name
But at hand /" Good morning. Mr.
Grubb," the lively salutaiiOn Of a brother Cit
bound n similar errand. q" Grubb! Grubb
that's IL that's IL - and our much relieved friend
wheeled round and hurried back to the Post Office,
smiling aud secure, with victory perched on the
tip Of his tongue. leaving the other wondering II he
had not gone demented-
All my stories are true, so whilst my hand is in
and falling the lost thought (wbere by the way do lost
thoughts 20 Are we accountable for them , will
venture % tell you another, suggested say.
the occasion, and at least interesting de-
bate on lunch motion The Quakers, or more
courteOusly, the Society Of Friends, wait for the
% inward light TO preach by. (See BaTleys
Apology And capital preaching they get some
times from the ladies. any body will say who
ever heard Elizabeth Fry or Mary Dudley. Some
fwrf... uF
all, hence their select meetings" and sometimes,
be il Teverently spoken. the light is-slippeTy. Ii
was reverend and much loved minister OF that
Society who rose from his seat In the front gallery
that - First day morning" after hours silence,
and placing his hand the rail fronting the meet
ing, looked calmly around and waited IL was a
signal for attraction, and the silence deepened He
stood long minutes there and made sign The
silence grew oppressive until expectancy and embar
became painful 10 all out earnest friend
who still stood with doWncast eyes and placid mien,
motionless. only his lips seen 20 trembe- Now
you or would have felt they say. in )" consider
able Of a FIX about that time in his place, but his
temperate blood did trouble his pulses unusually,
whilst hrs age, experiences, faith beyond all, and
what q queer acquaintsnee Of ours calls Standing
in the Community" (which IS precisely what he Was
doing.) sufficiently assured him against any aHk-
wardness OF that sort He simply tgaitsd until the
truth became fully revealed 90 him, and then, lifting
his eyes submssively to the meeting he said softly,
I" Dear friends. the lutte had is goas from me-
and very quietly sat down
a man might possibly be a genius-(ora bOre)-
IL his best IDEAS hadn't inconvenieut habit Of step
ping away from him. I have listened 10 the
tortuous speecniyng and labyrnthne oratory OF the
great e. c. until il has been forced upon that the
threads Of his discourse had snapped asunder, and
that be drifting helplessly about in wretched
entangement Of phrases with most unscientifc aP
Pianees, casting his graphing irons at random into
unknown depths, hoping. but seldom succeeding to
hook his broken cable. His vocation is not his
legs, nor. from the samples have seen, does he
shine as a writer That he might have been made
something useful Of by udieOus nursing, is possible
dare say he would have passed meliocrity in n
peldler's cart
Our chief events since my last letter First
outbreak at the crater Of Mokuawe0weO on the
summit Of Mauna Lea, which seems to be on large
scale. but il has been cloudy and the view so OBJ
structed that / defer any account Of II for the
present.
The other event is the opening Of q circulating
library. Mr.. Pinkham is the hero who dares and
commands the enterprise. and being also talented
boot and shoe maker, Che may thank me for this
advertisement gratis in any graceful way he may
select, though dancing pumps are not suitable for
HlO.l he compounds his deyo.-s to Samuel Crispin
and the BeIles-Iettres books and boots Oxford ties
aud Cambridge editions, French enamel by Dumas, /
Sand s CO., aud British bend, by DR.. johnson and
Dem Swift, yellow covered fancy goods for the light
minded aud silky in calf for the other
and so Air. Piukham improves understandings, ]
ard secures our sOles But some paterfamilias Of
Of the lO type object fiction, and forbid the story
books The Vicar Of Wakefield must give candy |
happy valley. Sinbld the sailor, would be driven |
from his door, though he carried Roc's egg in his
pocket full Of diamonds. Bunyan's pilgrim might
gain admission for having conquered Pope ald Pagan,
but Jack the Gant Killer, Blue Beard, Cinderella and
the poor Babes IN the wood must al stand out in the
cold, Robinson Crusoe is unreliable, and in dark
corner il has been whispered that William Shake
spyare knew not grace =
Our Assessor has commenced work, and by q
pleasing coincidence he happens to have been n
member Of the legislature Just returned in time 10
take the books I wonder If any similar tortuitous
circumstances welcomed the Of other Honora-
bles TO their homes,
IL Is rumored (among the children) that are 10
have girls boarding school, or perhaps young
ladies' seminary, subsidized by the Government 4.
Very good news, If true For although
stone wall. do a prison
Nor iron bars a cage"
either for cats or maidens in this country they may
be made very eectual protection for the latter. Il
Is the uuguarded moments - that looking
AprOPOs Of schools, drOll little drama in humble
life pllyei here the other day. A pair Of
thOughtsss sucking doves found their affinity for
eIch other during play hours, and had /" gazed on
each other with tender delight with such practical
effect that the result - Whereupon, /
after due indignation high and patriarchal officers
Of the schools demanded marriage Of the precious
pair, &" tsnt mieux. tant pis. which, willy nilly-
the suIky bridegroom submitted to, and ineon-
tinently shipped of TO Labainaluna, (whence 50
many worthless have graduated) there 10 cogitate
over the moral sciences and BY and bye 70 return,
duly ticketed, % teach other " young 'eas" What
becomes Of che bride mocked with a husband"
is yet developed
Although my frst subject is missing (and very
good onej you must own that have given you an
item two Yours truly,