The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-01-04
HONOLULU. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, JANUARY 4, s.,

the ON the southwest by Inainsslil. liz looked
rural and camp-mecting like, or something like
prcIaratiOns for "a 18th Of July barbecue in old
Pike. Amid the sonorous bleating of the band
aforesaid and three hearty cheers for His Majestys
birthday, were seated ut the tables, "a gOOdlie
cpmTanic.' The fare at the =. wedding Of Bally
Jayinc - nothing in comparison To the fare
Mt the feast of Ialaina. Vast dishes Of hlauod
pigs and pork in all forms chickens and ducks,
ba-ted, baked. boiled, roasted and iuaLsd: fish
roasted in "a leaves the best of bread and the
freshest of Molokn butter hillocks Of sweet pota
toes dressed .'both ways, both roasted and boied"
c4,labashcs OF cabbagcs Gcrman-inspiring enough
to make a dumb say ..yai1,'' and other
ctcctcr.,s in plain substantial style, seasoned with
s,cial conversation or wnshc,l down with pale ale,
or water Sparkling and bright the liquid
light" soon removed every feeling of hunger, and
each countcnnnce appeared the very throne Of
eheerfulncrs, thanking His Majesty for having
been born upon this blessed day.
Dinner concluded, His Honor Chief Justice
Allen was called out by His Excclcncy the Gov
ernor NahaOlelua, made an appropriate address.
and proposed as n scntiment.-'. Long life and
health To His Majesty, and many, many happy
turns of his birthday" Three cheers followed,
and Ills Excclency the Attorney General
called upon, who con:rasted the freezing north
with these sunny Islands, appropriately concluded
and warmly ehecred. Judge Kahalcwai then
made speech in the native language. and took
his seat amid yocicrous cheers. | did not under
stand word he said, but asccrtaincd from those
who pretended to know that he gave a back
handed lick to the foreigners. Everything, how
ever, passed of well, and being novel to Inc, Ell
joyed it exceedingly. Okelehao, swipcs, or the
day itself, made the natives exceedingly merry,
and witnessed what they called huiahuia-a
ludcrous and monOtonous singing, accompanied
by obscene gestures, motions and lascivious con-
tortions Of the body. / imagined that it had IA
smack of Pandemoniacal orgies, and mental asso-
ciation called up the Cyprian feasts, the rites of
Venus and Aphrodite, the saturnalia, &c
Night came, and with it a concord of sounds
/ omit the slceef-and above all,
~Grmmer, grummer, grummer,
which like tine Muezzin of the Moslems called the
faithful to-dancc, perhaps, with equal vigor, if
not with the fcrvOr of iiinatical and phrenzicd
Dcrvishes. Well, they came-the dancers-in
their - best bib and tucker and the large
hall was filed with fnc-proportioned, lusty native
might lack in grace, 1t would make up Ia strength.
=. Tripping on the light, fantastic toe - seemed
rather n lreigify affair. As the music and the
dance warmed up the saloon, stroled out to
joy the fresh air, and walking down the Venice
like canal to the miniature Rialto, crossed the
bridge-nOt AIahomet's-into another paradise of
blooming beauty and youthful plumpness. The
schOol-bouse Mt the English chapel had been con-
ycrted INTO ballroom, and young and old, schOl
and teachers winding in the misty nazes
Of the dance, under the guidance of Terpsichore.
i thought it appropriate To improve the talents
which lay in the heels of the rising generation.
Then reflected about the powder and shot -
sign, and that il the schOol-master's business
to teach the young idea how to shOo- no
dance, il the word and u more agreeable recre..-
tion; but if they mean shooting out of the ex-
tremities, the whole thing very appropriate
and to the point. thought what an acquisition
n few French dancing masters would be to every
similar Mission. | advise an immediate mportsi-
ton.
Everything must have n termination, and the
balls had gloriOus-a substantial one, in two
good suppers,--one for the social native ball. and
the other for the English Mission. Not knowing
when l would get another meal in Lahain, /
pitched in.
retired to my lonely room to dream of fat
Cupids and Hawaiian sylphs, so substantial that
the shadow Of one would eclipse the brightest
dream that the attenuated fancy of love-sck
poet could ever awaken.
As I expect to visit most of the Islands before
return to San Francisco, you shall hear from me
again. Yours, &c,
JOE Bowers.