The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-12-02
THE PACIFIC
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a decree Is published in the JoETna! 0fieisi which
provides for the taking Of q new census Of the popu-
lation Of France during the present year.
A former North Carolina slave has just been
ordained over the Church OF the Conyenant (eol-
lored Presbyterian. Wilkesbarre. Pa. His name
is ". d. Robson. Coming North with q Union
captain at the close Of war be entered Lincoln
University, Pennsylvania, and graduated from its
academical and theological departments.
The CongrsSationalist is attacked by DR.. Charles
Jeweit for allowing the use Of fermented IS well IS
unfermented wine st communion. The IHdepeadeHt
comes to its defense, and declares it q matter Of in
difference, and Of absolute no concern" whether
the exact example Of Christ Is followed in this thing
or not. "Christ took the unleavened bread on the
table. We may take the common food of common
life-whether bread, rice, dates or bananas. Christ
took the common drink Of the day-a fermented
wine. That would be appropriate still in Palestine
or France, here water is quite as gods. F. En-
change.
The BIGGEsT BEAR SroRY.-The Reno, Nevada,
Gazette, repeats it thus live fought 'em
standin' and running, but the toughest citizen l
ever lit onto was a black 'un. He was sittin' in
the chapparel eatin' manzanity berries, when my
dog smelt him and went home. l sneaked up
and began aggravatin' him by shootin' at his
ears and feet. | then took around him, and with
three shots cut of his tail. Old Blacky heerd
me shootin', and turnin' around, see his tail
laying there. He picked it up and looked at the
trademark and | see in q minute that war was
comm. l lit out for a tree, with only two car
tridges left and him a comm. Well, to make a
long story short, / shot twice, hittin' him both
times, and he begun to git hot, so he took up the
tree after me, and | Knocked him down three
times before my gun broke. He started on the
fourth trip, and didn't know what to do till 1
thought of my deringer which shot a four-ounce
ball. l drew her out, tied a string to the trigger,
and as old Blacky came up with his mouth wide
open, l dropped her in. He hadn't time to spit
her out, and so he swallowed and | pulled the
string. Off went the gun, and so help me, l
never see anything of bear or pistol since"
Mr.. Luis j. Jennings, an Englishman who
spent several years in America and then returned
to England, submits testimony that bears out the
assertion that the English language is spoken
better in America than in England. In a recent
letter he writes: sit is difficult to describe pro-
nunciation by written signs, and the style of
talk which is fashionable now cannot be ex-
planned to any one who has not heard it. 1t
seems to consist in a general clipping and mincing
of words, mixed with a curious drawl, the effect
produced upon the ear being that of q new Ian
guage. 1t is a fact that | often find great diff
Guilty in understanding what / hear said, and am
actually obliged to ask to have. some remark re-
peated. The word shere' is pronounced very
much as L have heard negroes pronounce it in the
South, five becomes something like 'faye,' pleas
ure is turned into 'pleashaw,' later into 'latar.
and so forth. No examples, however, can give
an Ineligible ACKNOWLEDGMENT the affect
alton and the desire to be fine which are working
such curious transformations in our mother tongue
on this side of the water. 1t needs Professor
Lowell to do Justic to the subject"