The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-01-08
Letter from " La Paz."
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South KoNA, HAWAII

SoUTH KoNA, HAWAII, 1869.
r. have Just returned from trip to Waimea,
4here l attended the November term of our Dis
tr1ct Court 1t was the first term held in the new
Ccurt House, which is commodiOus and beauti-
fnIly situated the bright green lawn that slopes
y away from the mission church toward the sea at
III KawaIhae. 1t commands glorious view of the
grand mountain domes of Hawaii, and never
tired of gazing the sunny diadems of Mauna
kap and Nlauna LOa- The Court House is well
s built and will answer all the wants of Hawaii for
~ Ennhy years Owing to peculiarity in the
con- 'ftruction, the voice of speaker in the Court
room sounds strangely loud, and when member
20 of khe bar addresses jury in his ordinary tone,
1f appears as though he was speaking in thun-
ife der voice. and endeavOring to carry everything
hy a storm of stentorian words. And this reminds
M of an anecdote of the Wcst-the great West
lestn the far frontier of the United States -
. 4On the first organization of the frontier coun-
Ttfs rudimentaI town, consisting of log court
heuse, grOg-shOp and grocery, sprang up, and Oc-
casionaly substitute for hotel where tempt
ing sign was held out, offering '' accommodation
~ sif man and BEAST At the first term 9f court
bed in one of these juvenile towns, a young at
terney, who anxious to advertise himself as a
s ployed in petty appeal case, where the amount
nine n controversy did exceed five dollars He
AL nnde motion to dismiss the appeal, and sus-
- fAinei 1t by an argument hour long in a most
cild and vocerous voice. and in - words OF sound
z4d fury, sgnifying nothing-'' The people came
m m all quarters with staring eyes and astonished
tchntenances, and gazed on the vocferous speaker
EFh wonder aud admiration. When he had con-
'ce 4Rded, he made fashionable move in the direc
lnn of the grog-shop. which was near by, to in
'O oge in the refreshing luxury of taking horn of
DC sstbald face At the door he encountered the
Wggish General H., a witty but somewhat super
m aIpuated limb OF the law. =" Mr.. w. l congrat-
, :; nhte YOU" said the General "you made tell
l1g speech-you are bound to succeed at the bar
ypn have found out the true secret of Success
n : eyes Frightened, he invited the General to
ne and rs he raised the fiery liquid to his lips
e<ultantly, he asked the General, Z" How? in
rtat way. Gesieral?" ''Ah. my young friend, -
said the General, you bound to succeed
an you have found out the true secret of success
mai the people are more captvated by sound than
sf7se You made loud speech, Mr. W., rery
@ <eFd speech! " w. gObbled down his bald face
5 an subsided by the back door 1 do not mean
:. f personalities in relating this anecdote-,ts
drs &aere illustration Of the loud Court House at
= M : " aimea.
,sv On Sunday night during the term of Court at
'lds aImea, had thunder Storm which for grandeur
~ Exceeded anything ever witnessed in the Pacific
Coo commenced in the evening by rolling up from
tne southwest dense volumes of clouds with a
Is pleiul yellow, volcanolike glare on their lower
#ges, while above the blaekness of darkness
\ OCCASIONALLY lit by flashes of lightning. Thev
y Semed to sweep over the summit of Hualalai
4hd there the lightning concentrated its force
81 iilant nashes that cleaned and eaped in scorcl-
pa9 3 currents through the Clouds and lit up the
!, q and mountain scenery of the earth. were fol-
ros nea oy prolonged rolls of thunder-no sharp.
lex shoeks, but continued roll, occasionally
4 peled oy new bursts of electricity, and then
~ ihg away IN dense smothered diapasm As
4e clouds were borne toward Mauna Kea the
Z. In poured down in torrents, the lightning be.
me more vivid, and the thunder nearer and
7arer- In short time, under the flashes OF
mining, the plain of Waimea glittered like 8
30 ke. 1t was Gods blessing showered upon tn,
's *prsty earth. In spite of the fea-botomizins
S'' that kept Sc still SO gently oer stealing.
Ar 10 sleep to the music of the rain patterinc
the roof, and dreamed of the bright rerdur,
80 rich pastures which would soon gIadde-
,.&&ainea. . q
8 80 came, the storm Ind passed. n.ss s,,okin.