The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-03-16


this inspired girl that invented thu
mcthpd OF thiekening four finger po
with bread-fruit~-and also aavoringit
with carcasses of the delicious bird
whichain your tongue you term the
g~rassilopper."
! Blessed girl y
blessed girl, indeed. But pardon
ime-yon-you seem distressed
lizi@It is nothing. foi, even in it
native nastiness, is only mildly de
licious TO me-the addition to it of the
wild game you mention"
t3qAhaY say mo more Iperceive.
But try his. dish. Its q fry OF banau
as and pfantains, with oranges sliced
in it and just a spoonful or so Of the
fdefghtfall chirimoya added to give ii
tonekE II eorceivedI the idea of adding
the qaRgleyerms.""
li7EsEHas4ipsp.ration.n
81 80 regarded; il. It is so consider.
ed by the great chiefs. To the com
mepD herd it is.ta5M. That is to say
prohibited. Now as regards those mis-
.siSnarisss9 eontinued the King, refec.
lively scratching. his head with the
fork iRhich, LAad presentsd him, and
bW9jeh be bad already Learned to use a
good oaeaIes though not always in a
strictly slegttimate way, ''as regards
thpse tmiss;9naries. L viii say, that
ktheir, landing here was unexpected,
but hastened to give them every pro-
lection And 1 gave them full pri.
yilege to teach. They were the first
whites, that some of my people had
seen, and of course these simple ma
tiyes had a natural curiosity to expert
ment upon them I / could not rea-
sonahly deny them this littlegratiica-
ton, though ! counseled them to Prae-
tice as little cruelty upon the strang-
ers as was compatible with O fair de
sire for information and the necessity
of wholesome amusement. They re-
moved .Johnson,s ears, and that was a
thing which ! regretted seriously un-
til it was explained to me that a great
chiefs little sick child desired them to
play with, and if you could have hayo
seen how much more contented and
restful the poor young thing was after
it acquii ed them, you would have felt
how blessed a thing it 10 to be able to
contribute to the happiness of even a
little child IN
ut was the impulse of a generous
heart-it was q spirit of Hberality as
rare as it is beautiful. And how did
Johnson like it2" .o51-4
I "Ob, johnson said it was the viii
Of God. It was like johnson to say
that. But the missionaries were
right we'll treated, or the whole. The
natives tried various interesting ex-
perinents upon them, such as scorch.
ing them, and scalp;ng them, and all
sort of thing, and l killed one of
them myself, not in malice, but be
cause 1 had a curious caprice To see
how he would go with onions. He
was q failure. Old and tough. I'm
derdone, my rrahise saba shade to
venerable L Sid Give me pupgcncy
and tenderness for d conbInaticD. On
ions and infancy is my idea of com
fort. But here comes q dish which
you will like, my good hdste-baked
log aud yams-project your teeth in
his direction, and nip this slice from
The continuance you call a fork. A
nan, if he be anything of an epieure,
IS bound to like this dish. 1t is, par
.rceRence, the national dish-no han
> complete without it. A haH is a
grand feast, my friend-that is what
he word means. Do you know that
he edible dog of this land is perfact
y proper and elegant beast for hui
consumption 1t is even so.
lie is never, never allowed to touch
neat. He is fed wholly on poi-a
vegetable diet. He is reared in
he house-sleeps with his owner, male
T female-rides horseback with them
travels in the Eoat with them-isl
heir insepara5le pet and companion.
They love him tenderly in life, and in
they urn not away from him.
hey eat him. They stuff his body
ull of plaintains, bananas, yams, and
Their dainties, and cook him among
ct stones buried in a hole in the
round. Not n breath of the aroma,
OF a drop of the combined juices cs-
apes. You people don't know how
o cook. No, as / was saying, the
lanakas experimental a good deal on
ne missionaries, in the interest of
and thus the experiments
ere generally fatal, though / urged
lem not to waste the missionaries, for
o could not know when we would
ave another lot. But among those
rat survived was Williams, and it
as he that sent home those damaging
,pofts to your country, in which he
,oke Of the treatment of his brothers
i a peeFish, fault-findiug spirit, i'll be
to his sacred calling / sup
ose your people believed every word
: it, andjust jumped to the conclusion
lat we were a bad, inhospitable race.
explained about Johnson's ears,
srhaps f-never told phy killed that
.her fellow ?-confound me, it does
EN- to me that some people take
in incorporating things, and
obloquy upon their fellow
eatures. Sometimes ! feel as i'll
id rather be dead and at rest. Tho
orld seems so shameless in its judg-l
Ients, and ones life is so embittered
the malicious criticisms of those
hose hearts are not in sympathy with
im.n
ut ,yas pitiful in that Williams, af
r all you had done for his party"
81 should say sol But never mind,
t US be cheerful anyway. How are
ou making outi Let ME help you
a fried plaintain. Take some more
J the pup7 By George this fellow
done to a charm. You'll like him.