The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-11
THE FOURTH AT kkANApALl.

red We hackney cnaeh OF balhlh"
Is called into service. We hackney !
coach is drawn by q skinny hokl AM
another long cared son OF a hokl
sire We hackney coach proyeth to
! be the butchers dump cart. What
care they for springs this patrlotlc
crowd OF girls and boys OF larger
growth:
We picknckers pile in as thick as
three in bed. They look like sar-
dimes in a box, so closely are they
crowded together on the mats IN the
bottom of the cart. lone, two,
three, four; sometimes l wish there
were more" There were more
three more in the cart, and three
more on horseback.
"Gie up! you skinny beasts
Away we go, "rig jig-jig;" trot,
trot, trot. "Hold onl Don't fall
out! Z don't let the girls slide out
of the back of the cart" 80, ID!
Drive slow!" so, my back o,
my goodness me; amt it rough =
"Stop that crowding me sop 'Quit
pushing or I'll slide off the cart =
Thus this jolly crowd on picnic
bent ratified along in their two
muled "shay" ON the road to Kama
pail, singing, "Down went McGinty
to the bottom of the" Ka plump!
"Whoao! Whoao!' IL wheel is off
the chaise goes down; a flying leap,
and seven struggling creatures are
plcknicking in the dust. "Oh, where
is the nut to hold on the wheel!
Ladies and gents, the nut must be
found" What pretty sight!
Seven little ducklings all in row,
in their picnic costumes, with their
red, white, and blue streamers fly
ing, dusty and doleful, searching
'tdot road back for DOSE all import
ant Mr.. Nut. An hour will accom-
plish wonders, and with the rapture
of knight on finding the Holy Grail,
the object of their search is recover
ed, and-Oh, for "monkey-screw y
What can we do without the aid of a
"monkey-screw"'
After frequent stoppings to look
at the wheel and examine the nut, ye
Fourth of July picnickers at last ar
rive at Canturbery, having consumed
three hours out OF the middle OF this
glorious day. After welcome from
Mr.. NJ of this place and uni n
with our forerunning horseback
riders, the lunch is spread under the
algeroba trees in the city park just
as the town clock is striking three.
For while we jolly lads and lassies
are too busy eating the good things
provided by the ladies to give much
thought to sentiment, but good
"grub' will tell and it was not long
till the company became very enthu-
siastic. Many happy sentiments in
reference to this historic day were
expressed; and glass of-water is
drunk to the heroes (and heroines
who fell on this glorious day-from
, the cart.
, After lunch, while they are seated
t around on the grass, the gallant
gents talking sweet to the gent-lel
sex, while the latter were trying
their best to appear Indifferent, q
err rattle-te-b ang-b bang in the neal
vicinity and just back of the crowd
causes them to jump for their lives.
e "What's the matter? Has some
demon of a Chinese JOSS turned
loose, young China New Year,
!, upon the back view of this unoffend-
ng people?" 80, it's you, Mr.. w..
is it! You funny rogue. You
highly entertaining dog" You see
Mr.. W-has had the honor in some
F.! remote period of his early existence
of being born in Uncle Sans domin
ion; and very naturally, and justly
too, he is proud of that same historic
fact. Now he has dim recollection
of period shortly subsequent to hi'
: arrival in the United States, wheI
y his papa used to give him iirecracker
# to play with on the Fourth. So
i feeling unusually patriotic to-day, hi
: had invested portion of his salar,
o in quantity of these Celestial bangs
: And 1t proved to be the greatest sue
cess of the season. Taffy was no
where. Firecrackers at Fourth o
: July picnic are decided success
# The ladies, too, bless their littl
" hearts, after being assured that Their
was no possible danger, took to tn
crackers as native does to poi
They made it hot for the poor gents
Is! rs l tell you! Being largely in the ma
n, at jority, they attacked them with tn
l. crackers and made their lives bul
I'd den to them. Why, after the fir
s, bangs were apparently all gone, on
le of these evil-minded daughters 9
;. Eve, who, like Ananias, and SAP
lie phira kept back portion, slippe
er behind a poor fellow who was havin
nice tete- a-tete with his girl, an
poked couple of lighted tire-crack
ers under him. "'Then came burs
of thunder sound. The boy! OF
where was he? About ten feet of
Thus with romping like children
o o' son cheerful village green"
i'll the day wore away. The best of days
III like the best of friends, must par
#, and as the sun 6 began t
:" sink down toward the silent sea,
It's we were seen again packed like lunc