The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-03
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t-r-- dep w--e candle factories. ~rypewalk-
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al1 animation ut t---- 14lcyya c4-z have I'D
Twenty ye4Cs 5-g there came & terrific blow 9
cJnesEr4-iJ- l. 1850 Destroyed three hundred
and rtry buildings. with l-e.r cJuIsII-. valued a.
$500 co Ia-u tLe wlal-.-Lery ban u fail.
- ----- - $3.50 ~-- - 1900 @-- 80 40
buster she. I'D today grass grows IN the pub
lie streets among the cJ55le stones. and tue Nan
tuck-t 4 id ! among the things that were. \
trs scLJgD=rs - the w-arye=. where ! went f-a-
Ing fyr eels ty-c-y; = bonnet factory and q shoe
mandatory or TWO, the~e are al that are Isl; Of
Ae- pristine commercial grandeur. Like Tyre
and >ld.u, Ike tie Venice Of Old, she has done
her TJrk and p4S~=G- into the long night 0f dad
1=t not the les i NaHIucke; Intere-
II the Traveller Picturesque in her decay.
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The first sigh, az Nantucket i peculiar. 4
arse, cl0s=ly-b-j.t town. on a slight de~c.iyity,
-l= houses nearly all needing paint, and yres-u-
Ing a very -Jmb!e, ami st the same time
picturesque ayT4r4uce. The b5at. today. had
N board q band, ~hich had ealivenei the trip
With me!odi5uS music. and - We steamed Up
h-rbcr Of Nantucket they played their loud
- and best. The consequence w-s THAI a large
1roportiJn Of ne population cJngrega;ei on the
'LaEi and formed a double line % leI the pas=en-
ashore. l i-lt a. though We were q menage-
le or circus ! ding. and that the public were
-2V.ng q view gratis. q: which | felt very much
LagTIned. !: seemed u me that what was worth
aAIng - much Trouble t. see. was worth paving
1r; bur - nobody el-r seemed 70 see il in that
ight | let il pass.
Toe fact i th-t several things combine 70 ex-
tie the pJIai-- mind Of Nantucket at the pres
NJ llnctQre. The great annual Methodist Camp
Letting OF the State Is IN Process Of coming of at
iaFtha : ! !ner4ri. having Commenced Yesterday.
al promising = last q week or ten DAYS. As
ten L twenty thousand persons gather at
religious festivals. the consequence Is that
le inhabitants OF This section Of country are con-
dera5iy exhiiarated al this occurrence. Then
l. about - take place the gathering of the
lumni OF the High School of Nantucket. for
h!ch great Preparations have been made, and
Elch promises 20 be q very large affair indeed.
, the Nantucket soul i stirred 70 its verv deptfs.
III bright eyes. and broad crinoline, and fairy
le g." sun-d5wus' and ..%gip<ies" are coming
with every nIat, and the O,d-faShioned town is
! ag7g with interest and excitement.
The streets u Nantucketare curious in the mat
: OF tie grow "a Of grass in their centre: which
i having ever seen before. | am inclined u grow
ntIinentai over. There l. something 50 sad.
% 50 indicative of social decrepitude OF even
ath IN this peeFiug forth Of Nature when mans
are exhausted. that ii appeals Il one who !
st sees II with peculiar force. 1t Is strange
az the IuxuT!aEce OF natural growth. thus illv-
ned. should portray human decsdences.
Meanwhile, N the wharf where | went fishing (
night, l saw tie long rows Of frame work on :
llch the coct-h are lett - dry in the sun. and =
. fish themselves covered with sails 70 protect
-m from the night air-afraid Of their catching
L suPpgse- The other day a vessel came in
IN SIX Weea catch amounting - "a. 600
le Company here still makes a good business
the Goldfish and mackerel wav. having. -
IN. declared d first diyidened Of lSs Ter cent.
u II l. Ike galvanizIng q corpse; it Does very
ID IN showing now IL was done. but the romano.
It@Inent and activity Of the whale fishery.
.Ich built up this part Of the country. are
Of the past. Petroleum has given the
I'm bio" to them.-Cor- y. l.. Spectator.