The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-12
John DARLEyCORN
Just FIzZLES OUT
LIKE WET CRACKER
Wasn't Even Guest Of Honor At
His Own Wake - Nothing
Spectacular About His End
FEW OLD FRIENDS
SHED BERRY TEARS
When Death Came There Wasn't
Much Left Of the Corpse But
a Bad Smell and a HicCup

The least spectacular event in the
career of John Barleyeorn in Homo
lulu was his death last night.
John had made a spectacle of him
self on good many occasions, and
generally he was able to stir up a pref
~ fair commotiOn without half trying.
But when it came to dying, John could
ut show any class. He didn't go out
in n blaze Of glory; he just fZz'ed
like "A wet fire cracker. He WASH t
even, the guest of honor at his own
wake.
That may sound peculiar, but in the
main it's fact. John was hardly
present at the obsequiea. The FAM
liar odor of his spirit chung about the
places where the funeral was being
held, but that was about all.
Old John may have been devil of
q fellow while he was alive, but he
didn't show to much advantage in his
final moments. He just curled up and
died, that : all, and there was about
Us much fuss made over him in his
last moments as if he had been a vel
low dog with the mango. The old boy
was too weak before he breathed his
last even TO leave bad taste in the
mouth or cook ny a bunch of headaches
for this morning for his devOtees to
remember him by.
A Few Berry Tears
He, didn t lie entirely foresaken and
forgotten. There were some of his
friends on hand to shed a berry tear
at his passing, but even they couldn t
work up any excitement over it. 1t
was'a funeral without the baked meats,
a wake without the usual concomitants
Id other words, while there were
thoSeq on hand who would have been
glad to send the old boy on his way
on n food of libations, there WASH I
anything to libate with, except a lit
tie beer that was hard to come at
The ,mpurners started in mourning SC
earlyrin the game that by the time the
final moments came the source of
mourning was nearly all gone.
And so, instead of last night being
the wild and woody time that had been
predicted, it proved to be nothing but
n sordid, sullen evening with nothing
to lay the dust but water
Sold Out Early
Honolulu was practically "dry' at
six O'Clock last night, as far as the
sale of liquor on this island is con
cerned. With the exception of Love
Joy 4 Co., all of the wholesale houses
were completely sold out at four y clock
and with the exception of draught beer
every saloon in the city had disposed
of its stocks by eight O'Clock. No
"hardstuff was left.
Under these conditions, and with the
last minute rush of those who wished
TO drink a parting farewell to John
BarleycOrn, there was reversal of the
usual BARRON etiquette. Instead OF
the usual What will YOU haveH
~frum the knight of the apron and bung
starter, it was: What have you gOtf''
from the customer. Those who started
the celebration of the day with Scotch
. whiskey in the morning, were satisfied
with Holland gin later in the day
Despit" the. heavy demand on all OF
tho saiOuns yesterday, there was very
little disturbance.
The FROST Saloon, Aala Saloon and
Sunrise Saloon closed their doors al
five, O'Clock last night. LOvejoy & Co
remained open until five thirty clock
This firm still has Il large quantity OF
lqpOr on hand, which will be shipped
to San Francisco. More than 100 labor
ers, employed at Pearl IIarbOr, at
tempted TO get liquor at this house las
night at six clock without any sue
cess. A train which brings these mel
up from the Naval Station was stalle'
below Pearl City at four o'clock yes
terlay afternoon which delayed then
getting into the city at their usual time
Many heated arguments. in which thu
railroad came in for ii generous amour
of "cussing' were held on the curl
outside Of the building.
Winery to Close
According to Dave Lewis, of Love
joy & Co., the Kaupakalua Winery oil
Maui will close down at the end O
this month. The greater part of tn
output of this winery is sold locally
The Kaupakalua Winery produces an
nually about 10000 gallons of wine
1t is claimed that 100 small vineyard
lists are affected by these conditions.
The Honolulu Brewery will confirm
business, but no sales will be made Of
this island. Shipments will be mad
to the other islands, which in turn ral
be re-shipped here.
League VIII Continue Work
George Patty, secretary of the Anti
Saloon League, stated Yesterday tina
the organization would continue it