The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-11-24
A GRAND BARBECUE.
Delightful Entertainment Given By
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert At
Kalihi.

A barbecue, a good oid-fashioned
barbecue, is = novelty in Honolulu,
but a very agreeable one, IS those who
attended the delightful party given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Allan Herbert at
their Kalihi place last Saturday, all
with one voice, bear witness.
Ats o'clock in the afternoon the
guests began to gather, until as many
as $50 were scattered in chatty groups
under the trees ON the lawn. OF
course the objective point of all curl
Gus people, and that included every
body, was the roasted OK. An uner-
ring nose soon guided the writer to
the spot where the mighty OK had
been sacrificed TO feed the multitude.
There he hung in mid-air, pierced by
q huge spit, with his legs drawn up
as though 10 escape the heat proceed
ing from the bed of Goals which
glowed fiercely in hollow under him.
The writer did not arrive in time TO
see the preliminary preparations, but
q gentleman from old Kentucky, who
was raised" on barbecues, kindly
youchsafed an explanation. 1t ap-
pears that the animal is spitted whole,
that he really draws up his four legs
something like squid-to get away
from the heat, and that in the course
of the roasting the superfiuous horns,
hoofs, ETC., drop of and disappear.
The same truthful witness AYERS that
nothing was wanting to make this
barbecue perfect but the aromatic
nigger;;n loss on account of which
those who prefer the aroma of good
roast beef were not inconsolable.
The mighty morsel was finally pro-
nounced by eonnoisseurs TO be done,
and was removed TO one of the fern
decked tables, where the Attorney
General, who, as 3 carver, is above re-
proaeh, armed himself with q long
knife and proceeded TO the work OF
dissection. And now ensued scene
of pillage. Grave members Of the
bar and various dignitaries were seen
to capture and escape with q huge rib,
anxious perhaps to safe their palates,
perhaps to "try prentice hand' at
the miracle of creation. The guests
placed themselves at the tables or
sat down in groups on the long grass,
where the ladies were fed not merely
with Juicy roast, but many other good
things-fowl and chowder, ETC., etc.
After the feeding of the multitude,
there must have been at least twelve
baskets full of the fragments gathered
up
A dancing floor had been inn
proyised under the shade of the
friendly algarobas, and the Quintette
Club PLAYED at intervals during the
afternoon. The floor was we'll pat
ronized, but most of the guests pre-
ferred lazily 10 enjoy the pretty sight
presented by the declining sun, the
long shadows, the groups dispersed
picturesqueiy over the lawn, the
CLEAN of the white dresses OF dancers
under the trees
Al accident to the carriage OF Mr..
Jno. Wright, threatened to disturb
the festivities. Something frightened
the horses-a fine pair of blaeks-and
they began pulling in opposite direc-
lions with more zeal than discretion.
One of them "skinnedn out of the en-
tire harness, even to the collar. The
other horse was seized by w. L. Mon
sarrat and held with firm arm.
When the fiery steed saw the tall
form of that gentleman towering
above him, he was completely cowed.
The pole of the carriage was broken,
but luckily there was no general
stampede. This was the Only casualty
of the afternoon, if we except an at
tempt made by haekman to drive
over a wheelbarrow, which was not
followed by any tragic results.
About O'Clock, the guests dis
persed with thanks 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert for "jolly good time"