The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-07-27

II there's hole in a your coats
A chiefs amang We takin' notes
And faith he'll prentit.
think that the mechanical arts have lost good
workman by the appointment of MIR. Creighton to
a Cabinet Office. He has well known Colonial
reputation of being an expert turner and tefster
Dear! DEAR how 1 do pity that old man. Mr..
Gibson He is so often filed with emotion
that believe, chameleonlike, he lives only air.
am strengthened IN this thought by the gaseous
illusions which take place ad lib.
have an idea that Mr. Kanoa is the wisest man
in the present Cabinets he does but little " lift
ing" yet he does assist with grunt occasionally.
What spectacle that was the other day in the
House, and also at Fort Street School Exhibition,
when the President of the Board of Education
amused his listeners by displaying in his political
parley That his education had been sadly neglected
in his youth. 1 do not doubt but that he dots his
sis" and crosses his ats" but he rarely, if ever,
sounds his " ings." Some one of the lady teachers
at the school, who could presume to be familiar,
should correct this trait of :" low degree
Mr.. Creighton's position as dummy Ministei
was we'll displayed during the debate on the item
of Expenses of Foreign Missions had sized
him him up, as thought, pretty we'll, and he said,
Just what expected, that he was learning" the
business. And don't you forget that Mr.. Gibson's
finger is powerful mentor.
I think that there should be some manner of
means found to obtain better representation of
the people in the Assembly than there is Even l.
novice as am, can count on the fingers OF my two
hands the total independent vote. The rest can
be influenced by Palace luau at noon.
The future prospects of the Board of Genealogy
should be only excellent, in this country, especially
their line of business, raising" skeletons, has
Governmental aid. But is not $4,000 little too
much pay for recording the eccertrioites of pig
Why, Mr.. Baker (who fathers the Pig only gets
$500 for months session of eccentricities, all
duly recorded.
Mr. Kaulukou is a good-looking gentleman, has
good understanding [feetl..; but, don't you know
that, when he gets up, to illuminate on any ques-
ton, l can only see III him sort of plain, ordin
airy, every day, Honolulu planning mill, there is so
much buzz and noise about him. He ought to be
Adiutant General instead of Postmaster General,
especially as both he and his deputy are very
shaky in their geography.
And speaking of the Deputy 1 find that he has
still active part in the play of local politics,
and is kicking like mule against the Santa
Claus" influence. | believe that, besides the
reinforcement of Mr.. Spreckels from the place of
power, he intends to hoist sail the islands and
take them further south.
did rot see any representative of your paper at
the han given last Saturday afternoon, at the res
idence of Hon. Junius Kaae. I was glad went,
"the reason Why of the festive gathering was
the coming vote on the military bill.
l often smile to myself, and thus treat myself to
a ''smile,' when take full view of the Ministe-
rial quartette they reminding me SO much of four
old hens, simply because they the highest
roost. expect to see quite huttering in that
hencoop in the near future.
A $4,000 pig hunt" is the facetious manner in
which some of the local wits characterize the ex-
! penditures of the Board of Genealogy. l wonder
If the Gar of Russia or Emperor of Germany have
read the reports of the Board. copy to each of
them would relieve their testers of duty for
month
! listened attentively to the grand kick made
against Mr.. Doe's remark of the folly of the fuss
and feathers for this zone horse State,' and the
| enlogy paid by Mr.. Gibson to the attention paid
this "sardine box' by the Great powers, and,
thought to myself, what display of genuine child
sh innocence, this belief in the theory of Midship
man Easys father, of "the rights of man." Coon
with more folly and expense for Hawaii, but you
bet she'll catch it when she grows big enough to get
! licked.
| l ran against man the Other day who asked me
! if DIR. Webb was not originally ii homeopathic
'practoner, now allopathic, occasionally hydro
pathic, and when necessary magnetic. My ques-
! toner also asked me, how it that protean
| practitioner could be allowed to hold any impOr-
! tant position. told him did not know, and was
about to refer the inquirer to the learned layman
President of the Board of Health, when the 'quack,
| quack,' of some ducks attracted our attention to
| an interesting case OF cruelty 10 animals.
The petitions of two police officers for salary due
were readings which occupied the attention of the
Assembly during the week and the debates cost
| the country, low estimate, the sum of $2l6.
| These petitions may be objected to- but the vote,
like that on the expenses of the Foreign Office, is
| fixed.
The judgments rendered by old Sam Houston,
of Texan fame, would be such as would gladden.
the heart of Mr.. Hayselden, especially if Houstons
course of reasoning was pursued in the considera-
| ton of the new tax bill. Sam only desired to hear
one side of question, on that he based his iudg-
ment; sit made things work quicker" he said, and
| Saved heap of trouble" ZIP.
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