The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-03-31

We have received the following pretty
piece of poetry with a request to publish the
same. We do so with much pleasure, but
as the IS" box in our minion font is
empty, we are obliged to set it in "Old
fashioned" style:
HAYMAKING.
Acrof the funny field fine went,
Who if our foyereign lady
the faid, " Fuch dayf were never meant
To waite in cornerf fhady.."
Fine would not take 4 Jingle nay,
Executing or denying.
Come out. fine faid, and turn tine hay,
Becaufe the fun is filming"
But not five minutef' work waf done,
Ere defalcatiOnf tried her:
Dickf line and kate,f merged into one,
Aud Jack mutt tafte the cider.
While fome wOull loiter, fOme would play,
And fome would reft already
AIaf - fine fighed, for all l fay"
/ cannot keep You fteady.'
Acrof the field there fwept tide
OF voicef. fongf and laughter
Fhe kept her line with hOneft pride,
followed hlent after.
We left the otherf far behind,
O'crmaftered by the weather
And fnifhed where the rofef bind
The further hedge together.
What made me bold fome wo-df we fpoke
By chance, or fIence fweeter
While all the fummer foundf awoke,
And fang in tender metre.
/ only know. at fate eifayed,
won her fweet reigning
Nor did fine blame me that l made
Hay while the fun was filming.
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The breaking down Of quite a section of the
old Custom-house wharf, leads to a word or two
concerning the too common practice OF pilIng
large quantities of coal, brick and, as in this case,
ballast upon our wharves. 1t should be remem-
bered that the wharves, being built on piles
placed ten feet apart each way form platforms
really whose bearing strength is weakened each
,a,r hy tho confined ucti1n Of fresh and salt
water, 50 that, in IL comparatively short time, the
structure will not bear but n 1.-THE OF the weight
that it would when new, even if it was evenly dis
tributed over its surface. When it comes TO dis
charging coal, or bricks, or ballast, the weight,
augmenting with each bucket-lOad dumped on
the pile, comes sver one spot, thus unduly increas-
inu the strain on the tlnbers. Coal is compare
lively light, but . shinglc " ballast, made Cp of
rubblc stone, mixed with gravel and sand. like
that under which the wharf gave way yesterday,
will weigh nearly, if not quite two hundred
pounds to the cubic foot. Thus a pile ten feet
high made by dumping from buckets. would
have a base of about thirty feet in diameter and
would contain not far from two hundred tons
weight. No small pressure to bring to bear
upon, at the most, four piles that have been in
place for sixteen years.
The time is drawing near when it will be
part of the duty of the police to "haul in"
the stray dogs. The canine population of
Honolulu is no small one in point of num-
bers at any time, and just now it is very
numerous. Before, then, the number is
materially diminished, we hope to have a
'tdog show? 2" They are very popular else
where, and their effect is to improve the
various breeds of dogs that are worth keep
ing, and to keep down the numbers of
worthless ours. We are of the opinion that
at the time the Agricultural Society have
their proposed exhibit, including Il bench
show" of dogs, that there will be quite a
large number on view. OF course prizes
should be offered for the best dog in each
class and these classes should be arranged
with n view to meet the requirements of
the case on these Islands-as for instance
Class y |: Edible Dogs-We would place
these first, for we believe that in all eX-
hibits of the resources of a country the food
products should take precedence. This
class should embrace all the varieties bred
for the table, and exhibitors should be re-
uuired to have not only the living speci-
Juens at the show, but they should prepare
roasts, stews, fricasees, ragouts, and relishes
for the Judges, in order that the prizes
might be awarded with due Judgment.
Glass b would include the bankers. We
place these second II the list, because we
believe that, in the opinion of the native
dog-owners at least. the dog that can make
the most noise take precedence Immediately
after the edible anime This class would
be divided into the nocturnal and midday
bankers, and yet it would include the frantic
HE'S SilC4ADblS sAhl illlclo CIV WV ASaSAAA
cholic moon bayers. The Ommitte APP
pointed to award prizes to this class should
be instructed to judge of the merits of the
contestants as the inspectors of cork trees
do in Andalusia by the amount of bark.
Glass c. would COMPRISE sheep dogs and
q herdersu generally. And here would be
afforded an opportunity to exhibit the two
classes into which sheep dogs can be
divided. No. l would include all dogs
trained to drive sheep under the direction of
| Tho sIonharI M . all that mnch moro
numerous class that drive the gentle wOOley
creatures on theiI own account. OF course,
facilities should be offered for both classes to
display their skill-a number of sheep being
provided for that purpose and as the
present price of wool is very low, the ex-
pense would not be very great. The
l. Herders" would be one of the most in
teresting classes exhibited. In the first
place it would probably be found that in
their make up there was not a single bone
that belonged to any one breed of dogs, but
that the doctrine of the survival of the
fittest has been carried out to the last de-
gree. The points of excellence TO be noted
in this sub-clasS will be the hyena-like jaw,
the deer-like limbs. hide like that of a dead
OK, and eyes like Il wolf. The test of excel
lence will be the number of times the dog
will allow itself to be dragged around a
circus ring while hanging on to Il bulls
headquarters.
Glass ID might comprise the "Highway-
men," These would comprehend all
.'vagrom" ours, and M ght be gathered
from the streets at night. Their distinguish
ing characteristic would be their wearing a
hide like Il worn-Out army blanket and a
w~Oe-begone expression. Among them VIZ
would place the sinks, slOuchers and
scavengers, and the whole should be hung
Immediately after the exhibition. The
Rat, Bull, Scotch, English, and Skye
terriers should be arranged in lines on
benches near each other, and the balance
of the lot in another apartment.
We believe such an exhibit would be full
of interest, and if n prize was offered for the
ugliest and most useless specimen to be OBJ,
tanned here, the list of competitors would
be a very large one. Let us have a DOG
Show.
1t is amusing to hear once in a while some o.
the excuses that complainant, easy-goins nature.
love to urge IN extenuatjon of the indulgence o.
idleness. Everyone must have heard the remark
that the climate will not admit Of s'verc exertiur
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