The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-02-05

physically, impossible could be consumed by the
guests or their entertainers. No. /, VIM. Hughes,
Foreman, had their spread at Kakaako, (tIsher-
mans Point,) at the residence OF MIR. owen
Holt. Here, about 3 o'clock, the company, with
It's invited guests, sat down to tables loaded with
the fat of the land. Among those present rs
guests, we observed His Excellency the Governor
Consul Hoffmann, the Chief and Assistant En-
giDeers, Captain Floyd of the Idaho, the editors
of three weekly papers, and others-most OF
whom were invited to respond to toasts given to
them. The Honolulu Band was in attendance
here, and gave the company the benefit OF lively
national airs. It was one of the pleasantest
gatherings Of the day, and a credit to the menu
bers Of this pioneer company.
Our reporter, ubiquitous individual that he as
sumes to be, found himself somewhat at a loss as
to how he could be in various places to which he
had been invited, at one and the same time.
However, he took a look into Hook and Ladder
Company's rooms, and found them RECALLING their
friends and themselves on iced lemonade and
soda water, presided over in the absence OF Fore
man Chas. n. Spencer, by Assistant Foreman ii.
|. Nolte. This is a very efficient company, and
whenever they are called upon in actual duty,
which fortunately is very seldom, they are prompt
to I" destroy, that they may save"
No. 2 had their spread at the premises of
Mr.. Gilliland, ex-Chief Engineer, the beautiful
grounds known as 1.-The Vineyard" formerly
the property of the late Don Francisco Paula de
Marin. Under the spreading branches of the
great mango tree planted by that pioneer some
seventy years ago,-the trunk of which is five
feet through, and the branches spread over a
radius of a hundred feet,-were assembled the
youth and beauty of our city, in pleasant con-
verse. In the rear, on the roomy and grassy
lawn, were musicians, to whose merry strains,
those who felt inclined thereto were tripping it
on the light fantastic toe. \ beautifully spread
table under an awning invited the hungry and
thirsty. The Foreman, Mr.. Jas. Mcclure, cali
ing the company to order, proposed the health of
His Majesty the King, which was drank with
cheers. DIR. f. Hoffman,, Austrian Consul, and
also an officer on the Kings Staff, was, somewhat
to his surprise, called upon to respond, which he
did in a very neat little speech, calling down the
piaudits of his hearers. Then followed the usual
sequence of toasts and sentiments, including
8 the ladies, - SO the Press" &c. The latter was
responded to by the publisher of this Journal.
who e~xpressed-what it is hardly necessary for
us to repeat here-the warm interest which the
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER has always felt and often
declared for the prosperity of the Honolulu Fire
Department.
a gentleman who was present, long a resident
in California, and who is here only as a transient
visitor, being called ON for some remarks, said
that he had been connected with the Fire Depart
ment of San Francisco from 1850, until the time
when it ceased to be a voluntary organization !;
that he had witnessed many parades and public
demonstrations of firemen in that city and else
where in the East but that he could sincerely
say that he had never seen, in all his experience,
a more orderly, better looking or evidently efficient
body of men than the Fire Department of Homo
lulu. 1t was a high compliment, but a just one.
Mr.. Williams, the Chief Engineer, has in
timated that he does not desire a reelection.
He has served most efficiently and gratuitously
for seven years, and certainly retires with a good
record. The presentation of the testimonial
which we have mentioned, shows very conclusively
the high estimation in which he is held by his
brother fremen.
Altogether, the parade and all the proceedings
of Thursday were highly creditable to the MEM
bers of our Fire Department, and constitute a
strong guarantee of the safety of our community
from the ravages of the Fire Demon.