Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-04
KING MAKEA
SCHOOL HOUSE
THIS AFTERNOON, AT4 O'CLOCK,
Jan. 18th. 1860.


Prices Of Admission Ticket to admit one:
i hog, or pigs; or I turkey; or 2 chick.
ems; or Is cocoa-nuts; or 20 pine-apples; ol
punches bananas; or 5 large pumpkins; ol
baskets oranges children half price
By two O'clOck our arrangements were SC
far completed that we commenced the sale o
tickets. The place selected for this purpOs,
was under large thatched roof The Grove
around this spot had been gradually increas
ing for an hour previous and by this timC
the excitement had become intense; whai
with the squealing Of hogs and pigs, COB
bling Of turkeys, Growing of roosters, anC
cacklng of hens rattling of cocoa-nuts, spill.
ing and squashing of oranges and lines, the
rolling of pumpkins under feet taken ali
together with the Babel-like jargon of the
natives, formed the most laughable public ex.
citement Fever witnessed; not excepting the
excitements got up by Barnum's auction sale:
Of choice seats at the Jenny Lind concerts al
Castle Garden, New York. The confusion
was so great, the swine and poultry having
evidently entered into the excitement with as
much spirit and earnestness as the human
population, all apparently vieing with each
other in trying to make the most noise, that
we found it would be impossible to stick to
our Irregular prices" for tickets; so we con-
cluded to take every thing that was brought
with which to purchase tickets and furnish
every one with a ticket
While it required twelve of the ships crew
to receive the currency" placing each kind
on its respective pile, that is, putting thehogs
tied by the legs, in one place, the poultry,
tied eight or ten together, in another, and the
cOcOa-nut pine-apples, bananas, pumpkins,
oranges, &c. piled each kind by ITSELF it re-
quired four or five other persons to distribute
tickets. The ticket distributors had busy
time Of it, though their labOrs did not require
any very great eXertion.
By four O'Clock, nineteen hundred and sixty
one tickets had been disposed of, and every
thing that had been offered in the way of pay
had been received. The doors were now op-
ened, and squeezing, tugging, pulling and
pushing cOmmenced-in an instant it seemed
as if every one in that great throng was sud-
denly impressed with the idea that he or she
must be the first one to enter the door, in Or
der to get the best place; just the same as a
similar number of individuals, collected to-
gether for a similar purpose, in our more CIV
nifty the crowd of savages having, how
ever, one great advantage over the enlight-
sned crowd, that is, they are in no danger
Of getting hats smashed, clothing torn from
their backs, or losing pOcket-books, as they
possess none of these little friyolities OF fash
ion. Incostume, they still cling to the fash
ions Of athe good old days Of Adam and
Eve.n
As soon as they were all inside Of the con-
cert room, and had become quiet, we COM
menced the concert by singing a lively quar-
tette. With this they were highly delighted !
but 1t was evident from their looks and ac-
tons, that our bells, as they stood upon the
'bell table" before us, sixty-two in number,
Of all sizes, from lady's thimble up to the
size Of large water pail land when placed
upon their handsomely draped table. make
truly, very attractive and Imposing display.)
really filed their minds with the greatest
wonder. After singing two or three pieces,
we commenced with the bells by playing a
ngrand march, / have heard Of, and even
witnessed several astonished audiences in my
lifetime, but this audience presented picture
Of the widest open-mouthed astonishment du-
ring the performance Of this piece, l ever be-
held.
At FIRST it was plain to be seen that they
did not know how to make known to US their
appreciation; but Mr. Gill having given them
the hint in regard to the manner in which it
might be manifested, every subsequent piece,
vocal or instrumental received the most en-
thusiastie applause, and several which seemed
to please their fancy most were rapturously
encored.
As soon as we had concluded our perform
ance, one Of the native teachers arose and
told Us how pleased and delighted they were,
and how grateful were their. feelings towards
US fortheis visit to their island, and they hoped
we would remain with them forever. He
also proposed that before we parted with
them, they should sing US one song. Some
one Immediately commenced, and the whole