The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-21
A BACHELOR, AND WHY.

\ bANItSt.plts All VIII
The King-elect is a bachelor. He
has been engaged several times to
Victoria Kamamalu, q sister OF the
late King. This lady died about
five years ago. 1t was more the
late Kings desire TO have "l'rince
Bill" marry his sister than it was
the formers wish to espouse Nicto-
ria 1t was hoped that such an al
lance would better perpetuate the
KameEameha dynasty. \ Nictona
was anxious to capture the hand
some bachelor, who was her junior
several years, and did not allow
Concealnent, like the worm 1.-THE mud,
Feed upon her 'damaged' cheek,
l}ut laid siege TO his heart by every
art, device and Establishment known
to the female mind. The gallant
prince, though not leciprocatlng this
ardent attachment, was still willing,
for state reasons, to unite with her
in the bonds Of matrimony. The
preparations for the royal nuptials
were all complete on more than one
occasion. A liberal
TRoUSSEAU
Was imported from Paris, the date
was fixed, the marriage feast spread
and everybody was ready for the
wedding except the bridegroom,
"Prince Bill" unhappily, got glori-
ously drunk on the day fixed for
the alliance. Instead Of going on
his HONEYMOON he went on
A TERRIBLE SPREE,
And was transported to his home
on a wheelbaraow, to the intense
chagrin,of his alliance and the NOR
tifcation and disgust of all the
chiefs and MOBILES Of the little king
dom. Another day was fixed for
tile marriage, with the same dlsas-
trous conclusion. 1t is said that af
ter this the Princess became too
partial herself to the flowing bowl
and drowned her vexation in royal
''tauglefoo,' seldom enjoying a So
Der period. Mutual friends still,
however, endeavored to bring about
the union Of T.unalilo and kamama-
III, and might have succeeded had
it been possibleto to get either Of them
sober enough to stand before the al
tar. When "BilI" was sober it
turned out that "Vic' was drunk,
and when "Nic" was sober "Bilp'
was drunk. Finally the attempt to
unite the two branches Of the family
was abandoned, and the poor Prin-
cess, 50 the unhappy romance runs,
drank herself into a premature
grave. The young King is there
fore yet single, and will add that he
is said to be particularly sweet
on American ladies.
"a RoTAL TEMPERANCE LECTURE.
This unhappy propensity of La
palilo to drink is his only falling.
He does not imbibe in the native
beverage, 0ca, which is a strong
compound, worse than Jersey light
ming and several degrees stronger
than Mustang lmiment. lie tayors
American Bourbon, and Invariably
takes it straight, filling his tum-
bier mp like q veteran topper. His
royal blenders" are periodical, tax
ing place about once a month and
continuing generally about ten days.
On the first Of the month Lunalilo
draws his allowance from his estate,
which is very extensive. It is then
that his carouSals begin. There is
nothing selfish about the man, and
his immediate friends are always In
vited to join him in drinking each
others good health. 1t is related
Of Lmalilo that some years ago. On
account Of hiseytravagant and prof
ligate habits, he was placed under
watchful guardianship and only
permitted to expend a limited
amount of his income. An island
tradition also has it that as far back
us 1854 he went on q big spree with
Kamehameha III, which resulted in
the death of that monarch.
ROYAL JEALOUSY.
As may be inferred from what