The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-29
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IN HONOLULU
Skippsr Blanchstd Has a Rsgu
lar Down last Farm
Aboard.

"Wall ] pucss this az % regular state
o Maine ship ana I guess We .ru. 90
regular down east farm aboard of ua
climb nn board. mistcri"
ID Wus Captain blanchard. a medium
sized, Jolly TAT as "a ball ~ New Hamp-
shire butter man, who commands lHa
fuu-rglrd ship Bangalore. which Hr-
rived yesterday, forty-seven days out
from Tocupilla. chill. who was talking
Just trot along up to the front door
here and We u go down and see the mis-
sGs.' Down in the cabin Of the Banga-
/ lore the reporter found a pleasant faced
/ New England housewife with her small
son. In the cabin there was coy fur
niturc and everything was as complete
as q New England Cottage--eycn To the
extent Of "A wood stove and a sewing
machine Everything was spotlessly
clean.
| Il cal'late this is pretty near up to
: the mark and o. X. all around as far
as homestead aboard ship aoes," said
| the skipper. "and ! sort o. reckon
you'll be surprised when you see our
/ barnyard, cowshed and other things.
| Come along"
/ The Yankee skipper led the reporter
] ~ W nat ne lfllilfI llf dIu Oh
deck, where there were chickens, hens.
hogs, rabbits, cats, monkeys, and even
a COW. The COW. a half Durham and
half Jersey. Is "A handsome animal.
| Dinah, as she is called, was tied up to
a stanchion and stood leisurely chewing
her cud under the focsle head. Around
her there was hay, carrots. sweet pota-
toes, and barrel of salt. We've had
0 hat al rl for NJ ~
seven months and yer betcher she's all
right She give about fourteen quarts
of milk a day when We first got her,
but now she seems inclined to keep
watches like the rest O. the crew, work
ing only half the time. and so only
manages to squeeze out about four
quarts Of milk a day. Those monkeys
there i'm that cage seem to kinder be
jealous of the COW, for every time we
feed the COW they set up tremendous
holler. Jock, the big monkey, Is a
darn clever beCgar. When the carpen-
ter brings along a bucket of water the
monkey gets a tin can and swears IN
all languages until the carpenter gives
him water. over ON that side We got
two purkors. Fat, amt they? one OF
them has been aboard this ship a veal
ana tuth.rs only been ON since we left
Chilli. Those hens there don't amount
to a hin a. beans, but that lamb there's
got a story back Of it. We brought It's
mother aboard in Tocopilia and I'll b,
doggunod If she uidu't go ahead anJ
have "a lamb n week after we left port
CATS Yes, there's thousands of ZEN
aboard. This places a reg'lar cat farm
, | got "a cat for each member of tn,
crew ana a few more besides. Wall
! you've seen the farm. I've always hat
, COWS aboard my vessel ana my fathe
also had one when he was saillns
around the Maine coast long before tn
war"
The Bangalorc is a very well equip
, ped vessel. 1t is ship-shape in ever!
! way ana does not lack anything. Cap
tain Blanchard has a Japanese GREY
I and says they make excellent hands lie
fore the mast on Il sailing ship. II
I has one boy aboard who sailed out o
r Honolulu with him some two years ag,
and the captain said he Would not le
that Japanese go for a barrel q
doughnuts."
The Bangalore is a ship of 1860 ton
, and came here in ballast to load suga
for G. Brewer x CO., Ltd. for New
+ York or Philadelphia. on her way t
Honolulu she stopped at Hilo for or
ders. The vessel d.. Try fine weathe
: all the way over She is at the Rail
way wharf.