The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-05-18
Our Hno Letter.
HILo, April BIRD, 1872

To he Elfor of The Pacific CDg,HerciGI AdUerfiser
DEAR STR.-Yesterday II. p NJ. steam corvette
Seoul rounded Makahanaloa point. and steaming
lesurey past the plantations, came quietly TO anchor
in the bay. Solomon confessed that among the fe"
things which puzzled him a " ship in the midst
of the sea- 1 wonder how he would have stood a
modern steamer gliding towards her port with no
apparent forces st workT 1t is grand when come
to think Of il. To-day poor John Bull Is in guam
dairy by reason that he can't find any beer. No
wonder the poor fellows who went from mothers
milk TO that national second course and sequence,
malt and hops, which so develops the lustyhood Of
every Britisher, feel terribly taken aback and
miss stays when for the first time liberty they
encounter such inconcevable absurdity as no
beeT9 And naturally enough they stare aghast at
such rnons,rous conceit and ask with angry impa-
thence what sort Of (sanguinOus) place have they
got into2 "a stupid moment motonless - they
stand-then hating life, depart 1t true that any
(bleached foregn) household, not fearing eecle-
siastcal courts that other inqusiton peculiar to
these ATTITUDES which have known to exist, wherein
the little incidents OF your private life, the nature Of
your appetites and indulgences, the state Of your
bowels and all other Of your domestic econ
omy are recorded with Boswellian minueness for the
benefit Of your friends at home and your censors
here,-I say that the householder may have his
private barrel Of Bass or ATsop home and relish
his luncheon n healthy man should. Moreover
the higher rank Of official visitors to be pretty
we'll informed when duty brings them to our abste-
1nious city where the eorkscrew ia in vogue, and
I don't remember yet having seen one Of them since
Judge Lee (who went to early gravel who didn't
lift HE tumbIer with nice hand and give the ap-
proving smack of gratitude. 1t is otherwise with
the stranger. for unless happily thoughtful
friend premonishes him, he must submit to the emas
euIation consequent on watering hiss cheese and
drowning his olives. How he forget it ! Ii
happened to the Duke of Edinburg that cold water
b. dinner trapped him,-the only melancholy hour he
passed in Hilo, but he endorsed it like hero and
taking Capt Cuttle's advice, made note Of ii. 1t
will be a royal tradition in that family hereafter.
Why, his own mother (GOd bless her y wouldn't
have served street sweeper so !! No!
Rob n Digger Of his aeorns, a Russian Of his
grease a Spaniard of his Garlic, Fijian of his
min, Paddy of his pipe, ScOtchman of his fiddle,
Kanaka Of his Constitution but, if you care to be
friendly with John Bull don't - rob the poor OF
his beerr'
There should be moral to all this TRADE, eh
Well then,-mght not decent boarding houses think
YOU be safely entrusted to supply their customers
With wine and ale If the Minister Of the Interior
would choose DcneNOlent moment Itucct IT.
I'll give him the credit OF believing that he don't
want TO mouopOze everybody's comfort, and let him
take the Golden Rule for his guide and stretch
point II arouid Kill much oSOlshaO.
The Hlo roads have been more than usually dis
cusscd lately by the people, and it is generally
derstoo that their shall make strong
effort on their behalf IL is frequently remarked
that II carriages could tra7el to the Volcano many
Calfornians and others who have hitherto been de-
terred from coming here, by the reports they have
heard of bad roads and wretched accommodations,
would be induced to come For there parties al
ready among US who would start good hotel in
Hio with livery stable, &c. and connect, if possible,
with the Volcano House, that the trip, which ut
present is rather ariuOus undertaking for ladies
and iuvalids would be made pleasurable throughout
such contamination is devOutly TO be wished, and
4 think there would be objection to calling the
completed work FsrdiHGpd's Cdhss1rdy or the Doc
tors Prescription, or any other name 20 remind
posterity OF It's obligations Then the HilO-Hamakua
road 1 inclined TO think that the Department
hts disposition towards amendment hut who OF all
men constitute themselves stumbling blocks to thwar
an honest and practical repentance Who but the
Genius Of the Ring and his '' pardner,'' knowing
much Of roads and Civil Engineering of National
Navig.tion THEY must needs be critical and sug-
gestive most ignorant Of what they are most
sured.' aud proposing schemes whose abSurdity Is
simply laug able. Why can't the shoemaker stick
90 his last and the tailor his goose And it is TO
the Legislature and conscientious Minister of the
Interior. backeI by Engineering Capacity untram-
meled by pettifoEging that placable people pray
Let Il hGUs TOads."
APROPOs OF THE GENIUS
II YOU pinch a cur by 'he ear he will whine and
cry ! thorough bred will not give tongue
Your Indian savage is pure blood and stands fire in
eontemptuOus silence
IL was an unfortunate mistake that you made
anent Cruelty TO Animals, - but it mistake
only to be atoned in one way-by gsHiiemsH. Was it
\ mark Of btTih and good breeding when the Offended
One lost his balance in your Office and called you and
your friends lIrs! Is that the haut ton of Foreign
Relations as known to Taleyrind, Meiternich, Pal
Iuers,on Charles of Malmesbnry, wasn't il rather
the cry Of the-crcssedg Suppose you leave it to
discerning public whist traditions pages tell not
the planting of its parent tree
Nothing tangible yet has confirmed the general
surmise AS to the personality Of worthy Govern
cas- successor but doubtless the Ministry (thougk
irresponsible and strong IN wrong) want all the votes
they can get, and there is q for the mode in
which such results sometimes obtained, called
pitchfoTkiRg. DO you recognize 1t
Great capacity fancy will not be required OF the
new incumbent Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and fcresee that the Governor elect will be amably
anenable to a certain style Of reason. Meanwhile,
we may troHder at nothing. but remember that
-Hhilst-.
Some are born great
And achieve greatness,
Some have greatness thrust upon ihem,r
And so long as the latter don't get caPszed in the