The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-20
FEEDS HIS PIG ON
MUSH AND MILK
Who? Captain RESELL Yet Young
Porker Now Weighs But
Three Pounds.

Luaus would be plentiful II every pig
in the Hawaiian Islands were given
the same diet which a young member
Of the swine family is receiving OF
board the bark Alden Besse. That is,
assuming that this diet would make.
pther pigs fat. The Alden Besse's pig
is two months old, weighs about three
pounds, and lives entirely on mush and
milk. But despite such luxurious
living, this pig is slowly wasting away
and seerl5 TO be getting leaner every
day.
Old mariners all along the water
front have held gatherings with Cap
tain Kessell ON the deck of the Besse.
The pigs case has been thoroughly
overhauled in every possible manner,
yet no change Il his diet has so far
been decided upon.
$50 you feed the pig en- mush and
milk do you, skipper asked a visitor
on the Besse.
AYE, aye, that we do responded
the master mariner, and it is but few
pigs that get that sort of tucker. This
pig is wonder. We feed it on the fat
of the band, yet it grows poor, and I
am half inclined to believe that scaIly-
wag of deg has something to do with
the matter Just notice the dog max
ing up to his swineship now. He uses
his tail as a buster to keep the flies off
the pig. I'm a thinking that perhaps
a little. Johnnie cake would help the
pig. but chances are that it would fat
zen the dog"
whats wrong with the dog?"
Nothing much, only he makes up
with the pig and lets the little fellow
sleep with him, and then he drinks all
the milk out of the mush when the
feed fol-. the latter is set out by the
cook
why don't you make a bargain for
some swill with one of the Chinese
gardeners?"
What! For the pig! Why, bust
my cabin sky-lights, Captain Colley
gave me that pig and I would as lief
starve myself on diet of swill as make
that little fellow live on il, He can
wobble around On his spindles pretty
well now"
The skipper, hands in pocket, and
with hat set far back on his head,
walked aft to the cabin, while the Wis
itor interviewed a sailor.
''The secret OF the whole thing is
this said the sailor, 'and it's the fun
niest that ever fell afoul of a man
You see we've got two shippers.
mean one on the Bryant and one on
this box. Well, the one on this box
gets to talking with the other one
about pigs while the former is dis
charging a cargo of the same at the
Railway wharf. They argues about
what they should be fed. Cap Kessell
he says that so far as they is food for
man they should be fed on the same
food as man, and by and by they gets
kind of mixed up and one agrees with
each other that each should have pig.
Colley agrees to feed his on bread and
milk, and our cap. agrees to feed his
on mush and milk. Preserved milk is
allowed by either party. Both pigs
are alive now, but the one that loses
his pig first has agreed with the other
that he shall buy him enough pork,
properly sailed and slowed in barrels,
to last his ship for the next year fol-
lowing after said death. That's the
whole story. Our pig is dying now,
but only by inches; and so it's ques-
ton OF how many inches we've got,
and of whether or no we can sllbsti-
tute another pig, a healthy one, for
this one afore we leaves port-but say,
Christmas is coming and if that pig
don't watch out it'll be like one of the
little swineys that went to market.
We've got a good cook here
Haul in that slack"