The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-07-26

CbiuinrV worth was too quick for amy
thing to %, done aud th, entire OUTFIT
was In plac, when 90, cartur" we.
made
spread about the utI, shed We're AN
tho u.rtssarips FOR thy distillory ON
one side were five barrels Containiug
tn, mash which was Ion process OF fer
u,rtatiun. In one corner there were
three two gallon kegs containing the
liquor which had been taken of nrs'
and given the name of number ON.
Two demiiohns were fun OF the num-
Der two okolehao. and on a ledge there
were fivv bottles of tn" liquor. READY
for sale.
The stilIhouse of Eailuli is one OF
the most UNIQUE ever seen II Is lu-
Gated in a lautana thiCket. and the pro
prietor showed great ingenuity IN all "
his arrangements The approach -
through banana patch, tn" pain
from the house leading through the
trees and having many branches. A.
the has. Of one of these, covered win
old leaves. was found tn" end OF a
piece Of stov"pipc More than hun
bred yards away. for the path doubl' S
upon itself tn" entrauc" TO the SUI j.
house is located The lautana has been
cut out until there is tunnel which
runs back toward tn" house for ttty
yards and ends in an arhor of fifteen
feet in diameter the boughs Of the
lantana being supported by half do2-
en- props TIL. roof is Of the shrub,
her. and there patched with burlaps,
from sugar bags The roof is less than
-. feet abov" tn" ground but then
y ailuili is not tail man
In the center OF the spac" is th'
s,ir..tive furnace. 1t consists only of
q hole in ;hr ground. covered with
strips of iron, the conduit at the back
for the smoke being connected with an
iron water pipe. which leads forty fe"t
away to where the opening was found
at the root Of the banana plant. Moth
ing could b. more primitiN" than tn"
sim. over ;he furnace was copper
pan with a capacity of ten gallons.
Inverted over II and fitting into it sur
ficiently to leave SpaC" for tn"
cementing Of the two together Wi h
mud, was a half barrel From one side
az this there ran a copper pipe one inch
in diameter This was straight. and
passed through q trough which was
filed with water. thus furnishing tn"
degree of cold necessary to the con
densation OF the steam from the still
There were no means Of filling this
trough but with buckets and the drip
was caught In a bucket at the end OF
the pipe.
Off to one side w"r" the four barrels
Of mash which furnished the stock OF
the distillery, while beside them was a
sunken barrel which held IN" water
supply. AS the pureSt water must be
used Kailuili carried this from "a
spring which Is on Judge wilcox
grounds, or from we'll there and fill
ing the tank which was placed at his
residence. had a pipe line running to
his stilihouse Primitive. but compact,
there was nothing which could add TO
the efficiency Of the littlee still' that
was wanting. There were none of the
supplies in the house except a bag o.,
bran. as the mash which was found
had been made last Saturday.
Kailuib, who declared that ne made
the stuff for fun, seemed to have had
all of Il that he needed Along the
tunnel, cleverly concealed. was an exit.
which would allow him to leave the
main path and escape out into the bed
of the river. upon the bank of which
his house was placed But OF all his
the most perfect and sim
pie was the alarm arrangement. From
the house there was stretched a stout
string, which was there fixed tightly.
Hanging over the cooling trough at the
stillhouse end was a small bag con
tanning rocks. The string played over
a pulley, ard was carefully guarded
against any chance OF becoming
caught. The alarm consisted I'm the
loosing Of H.. string at the hous, end.
which would cause the weight "a drop
into the water with such Il splash as TO
attract tn attention OF the worker.
whatever ~. occupation. and before
anyone e, IIi get To his place of bust
ness h. could l"ay" II ana get away
into the river bed. ana thus either TO
the rai'T'H "r King street. Another
purpose So .n was filed by the string
was thai .russing thu path il was
placed ai breast h"ighth 90 that II
anyone sh ' ha proving about H.
the night No. could run into the cord
and brenkir= give ar alarm, both
in the nous. q. thrr. was con-
triyhuc". auD . ..r slIllhUuse as well
IN both uf f mpuushiu, stills lhr
processes an1 Ingredients were the
same. The uIash vas made ~ potatoes
and sugar kuIuil adding small
amount 0f bran. ~ gny, his proper
lions thus ~ urutr worth Of potatoes
thlTiy hNr pounds NJ sugar. Hawaiian
No J. rui from ~ 10 cents worth 81
bran. TILE would make one barrel ~
mash and as he paid s. 20 Tor the rs
pound bag pi sugar the ruFt 10 him Of
the four bHrrlf Whirh was tho cu
lHri} m lr FtIlihHGrr would amount
- ~ ~ A. fhr fnur barr.ls II WIHu
would rnaurr fou' 80 buitIrE ~ oKU-
lrtao phirh b. HlwHys diluted win
ihe sHmr amount ~ water brfyre SILL
iuE 90 81 bottle. me- Hrt prurrriH -
lhr pnr dItNl'uF would b. thr mu N
~ Hs ul. rfu|ir n fHu Hrrh'
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nINf lIH bH rf1s 5000 lHIrr HT fYur a.
dlftIH ~ All uf NiI.h FuH co. prose-
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