The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-24
Our Island correspondence.
Mar
The season

MNrI, July 81, 1901.
The season
Keeps on n beautiful ever. through July well
as through the past eight MONTHS anil in the full
joyment Of the benefit. thus conferred upon by
kind Providence. we have nearly passed. the better
half of the year 1861 the title that knows eb,
drifting aIonr from Merrie Christmas - to the
Gorious fourth and from the =. Glorious fourth -
10 NIerrie Christmas we play ehattletock be-
tween these two semi-annual mile stones while Time
syIy puts It's broasl chalk marks upon backs anil
plays all sorts of stage tricks with respectable
phizzrs Green il still the color that from the
heat shore to the mountain peaks, paints hill anil
aIe-a splendid sight, although rather remarkable
one st this season of the year.
For months the silence that rules supreme
these IsIansIs-saIlens the heart of the traveller,
whispers ominous tales of passing away into
the of strangers. anil gives To- the trecless
tain ridges the aspect Of mammoth graves-seemed
have erept into the plantations The silent
mi the closed susr,r-bouse. the snokeless ehimneys,
tae absence Of hustle, and few persons to L. seen
about the premises. gave % plantations unwontel
hook OF ,Ie-crtiou. silence has Hell more. anil
bust1inc noisy labor rrians again those Places
oases in these vast IsIand deserts-from which the
fountain Of life must low that may eventually
people the desert. All the plantations Maui,
with the exception only Of Hama. at work
again cutting. grinding. IaiI.s, boiling sieanin<.
drying packing, bagging, hauling, shipping. wait
ing wishing. hoping and-Irifting along Snlith
says.
Then the planters have bught eyesss,'
An,I weI may we wish that the planters eyes may
always be bright, anil that the price Of sugars
may always rise. Planters the pillars Of our
prosperity AMI to them are these Islands mainly in
debted for being what they oil may smooth
the troubled waters for n time. but it has to be
brought from far away" juice is preferable
because Indigenous anil inexhaustible. At all events
I prefer sugar in my Thee TO either sperm right
whale oil, sign that my taste differs from Sew
ards or Andrew John>on's, although, qHien sGbe.
that remarkable constitutional adviser, who IL at
present Washington. and who has been 80 success
fu in the OF constitutional diseases, even
to the producing entire constitution, may
succeed for n consi,Ieraton,' in convincing Sew
ar AMI Andrew that Hawaiian Juice is good
and a better remedy in smoothing that very irritat-
ing constitutional cough called my policy" than
waIrus oil, salmon, grizzly fur skins
AprOfos regards my remarks above, that plan
tltions may become the fountains Of
Fufure Population.
am lei to this opinion by Observing the arrange
ments existing ON the U1upalakua plantation. where
quite lttie village Ot EthorerS houses - Quit up,
Mfboriing-as Of them, IN their spotess white.
already nesting among the green Of shade trees
AMI bananas very charming picture The houses
built of lumber. and give comfortable
sIaton Esr two families and have each attached To
them gooi eistern, closet Sc-, and land sufficient
for the cultivation Of Potatoes Vegetables fruit tres
Sc. The unnarrie,I Iltorcrs accommodated in
houses containing generally four rooms, AMI have
also their ei-teru anI g-Irtlen plot.
Children. schools and Churches.
Less than year a-o IL apparent to any one
travelling over the UIupala<ua roasl. that your In
spector General Of Schools hal quite overlooked the
fpct that there might be children large plantI
ton in want of school Hal he Travelled the ruad
he woud have notcei the large number Of juveniles
of both sexes that infested the public thoroughflre
from morning till night with ciamorous shouts anil
kicking up good deal of dirt generally, and one
knowing the energy II your worthy General and si-
strong antpathy against sexual intercourse could
doubt that, seeing the state OF Affairs. wogIl have
brought him instantly from his horse to commence
vigorously the separation u the Iambkins from the
ramkns Ga by means very easy process AS
il might apper), both sexes are very often tlreS-
sd alike in that very fashionable suit. the una; but
d're say, long practice in the separation Of
has male the General very expert Smith ven
useful among the adults.
observe that the proprietor Of UIupalakua. feel
ing the necessity Of school r the chiIIrru II hi-
people, without waiting Tor the separation Of the
by the Inspector General af1resatl set 10 work
and has built handsome and rOoTny house. amply
provided with seats, desks Ne, serve during the
week n sehool-house and Sundays as a chapel
aEd not many country churches are, venture TO
say, better attended BY giving To the native Ia
boEer, besiles his monthly wage, clean AMI COM
Portable home. piece Of ground fereei in AMI amply
sufficient for his wants, school door 90 which
10 send his children, and church in which he can
assemble with HE family and eo-laborers listen I'd
the teachings u preacher Of his own race YOU ex
tend to him all he could wish. and more, as his OWL
observation must teach him, than the generality o
natives possess
Effects on LaborerS.
Time viii make the routine Of labor AMI industry
hahitual % him, and strengthen the attachment Il
his plantation home. The children born reared and
ar1, ill a..