Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-11

/ SCIlptlOn ga mae RU ca o Rd ANA IA
pono, which, literally translated, means
"The strength of the nation is estab-
lished in righteousness" The calendar
is compactly made, and contains the
weekly phases of the moon, besides
comparative calendars for the years
rSS5-6-7, and other valuable and in
teresting information.
"Irish Turkeyl" displayed in pro-
minent characters, formed one of the
items of the bill of fare at Nuuanu
street restaurant yesterday noon. An
Irish gentleman, impressed with the
idea that the bird had been imported
from his own native cline, said he
would "try some of the turkey" He
was promptly served with fine plate of
California cabbage, upon which were
placed several neatly sliced pieces of
corned beef. "But ordered turkey p
reared Pat, who had his teeth set for
the imported fowl. eyes, sir, and here
it is, politely responded the waiter
"this is what American Hawaiians term
Irish Turkey. >" "Sold again "
unused the boarder from the green Isle
of the Shamrock "begorra mans
never too old to learn when he's away
from home"
The other day man was asked if
he could write local whereupon he
sat down and took up that mightiest of
mighty weapons, the sword, which
travels over the wide world, cutting and
Staying in the interest of love, war and
commerce. After little bashful
hesitation he penned the following
bosh, fully convinced he wasnot news
paper man "Yesterdaymorning at eight,
Nfifty-one and half, on Fort street.
midway between the house that exhibits
a red flag and the one that was once the
o. p. M. b., mulish Chinaman and a
Celestial's horse afforded some amuse-
ment to the childish bystanders, by their
attempting to prove their superiority
over each other in the matter Of
opinion. The philosophers biped had
occasion to go toward the ocean, and
the quadruped that was attached to a
wagon, bearing the inscription baggage
express, owing to the general ignor-
ance the Chinaman had of the use of
reins, wished to turn about, and make
for the narrower part of Fort street.
After the third part of an hour had
elapsed and the onlookers had derived
all the intellectual amusement possible
from such an uncommon incident, it
began to rain, and the guene,1ons man
decided he must be wrong and change
his tactics accordingly ; theepair then
proceeded without any further incon
venience, the horse shaking his head
after the manner of men who like to
have their own way"
They say: that the colonization
scheme will be success and will per-
Inanently benefit the country, if private
capital and individual enterprise counts
anything that the work being done by
the new street contractor is all right,
provided the new broom continues to
sweep well that the "oldest inhabitants"
who are constantly declaring that the
weather is the same all the year in these
Islands, had better take notice of the
present cool nights that the attach
ment formed by Government officials
for the public treasury is a very touch
ing sight that the 81 Paul will bring
some interesting social news next week /;
that there threatens to be a lively
steamship war between the rival lines
from the Coast to Australia after the
first of the year; that the price of
watermelops is very high for Homo
lulu that the game of political stag"
has commenced in earnest that all the
papers should unite, independent of
politics, to push the colonization
scheme to successful consummation
that the newspaper Office bore has more
enterprise than an artesian well contrac-
tor that the men who "tish" for office
catch long strings Of lies that the
Oceanic Steamship Company took the
first stand against foreign peddlers /;
that the "opium racket" is being neg
lected for the political racket" that
the smugglers will have "plenty of
chances until after the election; that
policeman who takes six drinks be-
tween nine and eleven P. M. is not fit
to arrest man between eleven and
twelve o'clock that Oahu College is
dong a good terms work that the new
games at the Hawaiian Hotel are
attracting crowd that the Chinese
butchers cannot cut meat straight that
bullock carts are being used to collect
rubbish around town that twenty loads
of stone would make Kukui lane
passable; that the Road Supervisor
once said before witnesses that he
would not fix road that the newspa-
pers growled about that if he acts To-
gically he ought to cease work alto
gether that Christmas will fall on FRI
day this year that the Kings soldiers
will not all vote the Government ticket
unless they are closely watched 4; and
that the reason the political meeting
was postponed the other night was
owing to the political i'll health of the
Government party.
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