The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-19

like ribbons, like pillars of salt like distant ships
like white-clad sentinels on duty-all exhibiting
such a reckless waste Of water as must have dis
gusted your Superintendent of Water Works.
Mr.. Prendergast. when he was here the other
day, if it don't absolutely make him jealous
In fine, the country round Hilo is well wooded
and there is a road too, at least it goes by that
name. We can't it from here, and it's Just
as we'll We can't. If only on that roads account
Wouldn't be the Minister of the Interior, and
have conscience, for double his pay otherwise
wouldn't be his deputy at any price. But 1
hear that His Energetic Excellency has got over
the difficulty by stopping all work thereupon.
\ very wise idea. In IL year or two may dis
cover how deep mud be, and how long rot
ten bridges may last. - Experientil docet.''
don't like to see or speak of disagreeable
things. Hilo is a pretty place, and owns fine
weather - traditions to the contrary notwith-
standing. IL is a place where people might be
happy. Why did Miss Ada Clare call it - Mel
anchOly little Hilo?" Did she only see the Jail
and burial ground. Melancholy enough,
doubt, but the first is surrounded with green
kalO patches. and in the other you may count
from dozen to a score of horses and cattle which
have pulled down the memento morris and made
of 1t an ordinary common. Did she only see the
two tall antagonistic churches? They
ornament to the town at any rate, and, at this
distance. hear little or nothing of the jarring
and discOrd, if such there be- Miss Clare called
the Crater of Kilauea :. nasty black hole
1t don't much matter what she calls things
With colors happily disposed, contrasts in per-
feet harmony, lines of beauty everywhere. and
impossible roads and shaky bridges and now and
then shower or an eruption to talk about a
choice of churches on Sunday and fresh fish and
beef at least twice week, leper occasionally
(for the appropriation and two judges and Il
sheriff to keep us in order, how can Hilo be mel
ancholy?
said just now that people ought to be happy
here, and that's just what they trying to be
to-day. 1t threatened rain soon after sunrise,
but didn't do it. it so seldom does rain here.
1t turned out fine. as it ought to, for children
were to he the heroes, and Sabbath school chill
dren at that. And all were dressed in their Sun
days best, to assemble by programme at Mr..
COan's church, to march thence to the sounds of
soft music hither and thither and back again,
and thence along the % curved beach " to Mo- |
kuola, alias Cocoanut Island. And they did it /.
they and their seniors-gudes, philosophers !
and friends, and with banners flying and flies /
playing, singing-sweetly singing, they were
they Hurrah'd for Jubilee, and Marched |
Through Georgia, taking John Brown along
with them, and some outsiders who were not in
vited did the looking on creditably. 1t was a
very pretty procession and very pretty sight.
The music good, the songs were sweetly sung,
with vim the flags were tasteful the children
looked eager, earnest and happy. and the old
eyolence.
At Mokuola they feasted on all sorts of good
things, and returned in boats and canoes to town,
meeting again in the evening at the church, and,
with more singing and music, closed the days
performances. The songs were chiefly patriotic
Red, White and Blue all over. For you must
know that all Hilo children are strictly Union
What they comprehend by that term is another
natter They are Hawaians, and taking Union
o mean Loyalty, hope that they will under
tand it 50, and always fight their battles out on
hat line. But you wouldn't believe, Mr.. Editor,
where all these children come from! Some of
EN- must be twins, and then the babies left at
lome l hope the truth will appear in the GEN.
us.
IL is now night again, and from my quiet sta
ion hear nothing save the chirping of crickets
nd a faint monotone of the waves breaking on
he beach The New Year has been fairly in
tailed. and the old one. who went to his grave
lst night, is beginning to be forgotten already.
Nc! TEMPUs FUGIT.