The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-14
THE WEEK
ON MAUI
Small f arIners See
No Money in
airs.
THE QUEER JAG
OF PORTUGUESE
A District Magistrate Resigns.
Married Men and Bachelors
Play Ball.

MAUI, July 12-It win require sew
eraI years u educate the average
small farmer of Maui as to the advan-
tases of sending his productions to az
agricultural fair. He can not at pres
ent realize what a stimulus ii will be
to home agriculture in all it's branches.
Kula and Hamakualoa Of Makawao
district have many Portuguese. Japan
csc and Chinese possessed of small
farms, but when any of them are asked
if they will send some of their products
to Honolulu for exhibition. they reply,
in it,
In the program of exhibits there is
no mention of ordinary field corn, and
So one of the two principal products OF
the extensive Kula region is cut off,
for Kula people raise little if any sweet
corn.
Of course such men as E. III. Bailey
of Wailuku and d. d. Baldwin of
Haiku will endeavor to aid the Agricul-
turat Fair as much as they can.
Mr. Bailey, who has twenty acres OF
land under cultivation in Makawao,
will send specimens of squashes, water
melons. sweet corn, Irish potatoes,
lemons. carrots, etc. Mr.. Baldwin Will
probably send some large pineappleS OF
the smooth Cayenne" variety, and
some alligator pears if they mature in
time for the fair. Both watermeions
and alligator pears have suffered much
this season on Maui on account OF the
unusual amount of rain. Except in
nd ri
cannot hope to rival Oahu.
A BIG DAY AT KOKOMO.
sunday afternoon. the 9Th, the quiet
village of Kokomo, MakaWao, was
thrown into a state of excitement by
the strange behavior of two of it's we'll
lxnouu Portuguese residents. Enorme
F1srreira and Flause de SouZa, both
fathers of large families, were staidly
chatting and drinking wine together,
when suddenly their faces began TO
grow black and their eyes to protrude
from their sockets, and the men began
TO act as though possessed or a legion
of devils They rolled over and over,
turned somersaults. tore up grass, bit
the leaves of plants, and generally act
ed as though deprived of all sense and
reason. : =
Their appearance was so shocking
and their actions so frightful that Man
uel Ferreira, the grown-up son of one
a. the men, fell into death-like swoon
which lasted for more than four hours,
so long in fact that his life was despair
ed Of and Mrs. Flause de Souza also
tainted away at the sight. Both the
Young man and the woman deny drink
ing any of the wine.
The two men continued in their
strange state for two hours and did
nor recover until after every resident
ar the village had rushed to the scene.
Il it another case of wood alcohol?
The Makawao Sheriff will possibly send
same of the liquid drank by the men
rn.Honolulu for analysis.
STRAY HAPPENINGS.
Y,enuty sheriff Sam e. Kalama has
raeAntIv captured and put out of the
way twenty rabbits which were dis
covered in various places in Makawao.
District Magistrate j. K. Josepa of
Hama has resigned and j. II. s kaleo|
cf Hama has been temporarily appoint
ed to take his place
Yesterday. the nth, at l-ahalna a
suit was brought before Circuit Judge
J. W. Kalua in chambers to cause the
removal of Judge Joseph from office,
Giving as a reason his conviction be-
fore the wailuku court of criminal
conversation for which he was fined
81 and costs. His resignation rendered
the continuance of the case unneces-
sary-
Last evening, the 18th, a concert was
given in the Hamakuapoko native
church. The musical program was one
OF unusual merit. Miss Couiedge and
Mr. Fl. w. Baldwin sang solos. The
proceeds will be devoted to the con-
struction of Japanese Protestant
CHURCH at Hanakuapoko.
BY Wednesdays steamer MI ana