The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-10-28

fhrOrch a storm. and u o. Jim 49,
n rsSr The wind whistles and ho0Ls, forcing us to close our
Umbrellas, and with waterproof coats bustoo oeah = n IooS Snnr' r rtt
onp If some four hundred running, for a while in parallel nnes,
u 9 = a. ,angents one with the other, here receiving additions
st g. lines n Coming from no one knows where, again dwindlnS
down to a single trace anon, crossing q ,be ro;nts IF The
Canvass and subdividing into new ones. Leading Us In a oireS-
ton apparently dramatically opposite ppcn ,u 70 ~ over, and re,
volving round the country, ana na hnany nro Oh .etor of the route
taking US straight TO
n.n..,h h rexivins influence Of the rain, the country looks
beantifally fresh and green, and as we descend the mus. "
IS attracted by the sight of new huIs on either band, ana
na,ches n GARDEN land, planted with upland kalo, and o.her
vegetables. Long lines Of waving cane stripe . mad i :
hills withl light green. The broad smooth 1oSei a racsnt seyere
in admirable condition, saving in places where the recent e''
rain has quilted the ravines; ao,u. n uunber of
houses, that collectively give a home-hke u cIOse nv the
iofv pals of Waipio nearer at hand one can eaten a !" b
q The steep sides Of rolo;u !, inl .pTropnding foliage From
the dense woods high up on the MOUNTAIN , ste road ahead Of
= : Gnany loses itself among the cane hetds near Ne nnL
Above us as we draw nearer TO the cluster Oh nG Gus% = y Rays
TO he plantation, we notice the neat cosy d~eMng !, ne ste
+. BOND. close to which stands the native church. lne sue 7
being well chos,n n, and The SOlsG rnetuSe E Before US, AT the
crossing of the road we are on, and the one leaaihs up !" W
hills, is the foreign church, of which, more anon. o,..
Turning down the last mentioned sssid. rT q sS %e pass s,n 9Hse q
number of neat houses, in whieh res ~ rs Of ,he mana
ger. Mr.. d. d. Baldwin.
. Here we meet with familiar faces, and proceed to :" recon,
struct,n in other words, get rid of some OF our ihud-encrusIsa
clothing, and otherwise q hope 6GR 9h lmPT tSe @ i and through the
courtesy of all hands, is shown the entire process OF making
- which though 0y 10 "a !" ~ hA 49,
interest. A celebrated manufacturer 10 Scotland once said, at
a meeting Of people interested in the business-"sng ga making making
the game.n To carry out the simile, it's Kohala's - innings.
a ouaEfy and quantity # sugar. superior to anything before
sent into the market from these islands. The skill ana expei
rience of Mr.. McDade has been fully demonstrated mere, ana
under his intelligent observation and manipulation, aided as he
has been by the Introduction, % 0y ,h n n snIEfea,a al Beautifully
crystanIzed sugar that six hours before existed only IN the
living juice of the growing cane.
hu W ,hn hssM nr@ oF Sgi n shown in every part Of il. Economy
= ,ooca ad final has hen carefully studied IN the arrange
ment OF the boiling apparatus, as well as IN the other opera
b none 1nOminaiS driving the rolls, to the CHARTERS,
vacuum pans. coolers and centrfugais, everything pears n
marks of nicely of finish that belong only TO the best kind OF
work. ots,.
riyet heads. delicately rounded outlines OF handles and pipe
J ints, elaborate curves, and highly finished surface o i me
vacuum pam" that one made of less expensive material, aud
in a palmer manner would answer the purpose qulle a wen
the one we are looking at, whose counterparts we nave eN.
room, oiLclothed, and panneled, with elegant furniture scat
tered about, with no suspicion of oily smells or ciogging steam
in The air. the fashiDnably dressed :" sugar boiler" superln-
tends his - assistant" (whose chief care seems to be to keep
the gittering hemisphere of metal free from dus) or with
dainty white hands from time TO time manipulates the test
tube" so too with the CHARTERS that, for practical working,
are ne more serviceable than they would be if made of cheaper
material in Honolulu. However, if the plantation can keep
on turning out the sugar that they are now making; .hey can IN
afford to combine the ornamental with The useful, ana SO
satisfy everybody: lin l. -. .. souo =, fine eaac,s
of the recent
That swept over this district a short time ago. Commencing
at about 6 O'Clock A. NJ. with a light wind from the north, that
Increased in force with great rapidity accompanied by tor
renes of rain, the gale swept for three hours over and through
everything with tremendous power aud fearful roarfngs' In a
very short space of lime the fires under the boilers were ex-
tinguished, and the rain forced under the shingles Hooded the
whole interior of the mill: hlling the pans and coolers 100 ST. and
room below. By the most strenuous exeruon the water was
little was lost. The noise Of the mingled wind and rain
drowned al. speech, and the necessary orders were given by
the manager in gestures, at once forc'ble and expressive. In
about two hours the wind had shifted from north to south
veering west, and blew with redoubled force. Several OF the
houses near the mill, whose foundation sils were laid on or
near the surface of The ground, were moved bodily ten and
twelve feet from their original sites. All that were raised on
piles were pushed off, while the few grass huts near here were
Scar1srsp ,b apr tSe storm on nn rased Te y t SmD worst. The rain ain was was
driven under the shingles of the dwelling houses along the
bodily out of their frames. Everything that could move
WITg and ST beautiful taTI I mnI st standing in the grounds of the
manager, after being repeatedly bent until its lofty top almost
swept the gro1nd, was snapped short of deep rooted Pride OF
midas were overthrow, great limbs were twisted of, and in
houses were destroyed. The damage done q the growing crop
has not been as great a. was anticipated, the cane that had
Some lengths of the fume were blown down, but are being re-
placed, and with good weather the wood for the mill will soon
have fallen since have done much to restore the vegetation
threshed and torn by The wind, and specifically there exists
but slight traces Of its fearful powers. On the Rev. Mr..
Bonds place we were shown SON: very large trees Rrosira ted
still remains evidences of the tremendous force OF this unpre-
One of the most striking features in the landscape in this
district is the
The The sides i L. , of ,hs S deep : [ge are s,r Te5y Psee a6 p +. and %oa cl0t Is d
strip of black sand marking the limitso of old ocean, and stand
ing on the brow of the cliff above we look down on a broad
level floor, as it were, of deep rich soil that fills the wide bot
tom. The valley gradually narrows as it runs inland, and
though lost the to I G%r s bIns In nr is IN %ip shs Sfs s,,If reaches oeno shek I aRe
steep road zgzags up the face of the precipice, and beyond
are a few huts scattered here and there Then the still more
rugged pals grow inaccessible, and the traveller who wishes to
reach Waipio, ten miles distant as the crow flies, must go in
land and about some forty. We all visit the old landing place
near the mill, long ago used by the First Kamehameha. with
whom this was a favorite spot. There can be still traced on
the hill sides from far inland the bitches used in his time TO
bring water down TO this spot, the outlines of old kalo patches
are distinctly visible on the point, and within a few years the
stones of a small heiau were resting where they had been
placed and used by his priests.
Sunday morning attended the native church, and was struck
with the neat, well-to-do appearance of the numerous congre-
CATION. Everybody with but few exceptons) come on horse
back to meeting, and the clean handsome church was comfort
ably filed with a comparatively quiet congregation. In the
p. NJ. went to the foreign church nearer us, and had our
thoughts distracted from the sermon read by one of The men,
bers) by the bright. cheerful cozy looks of the interior. Though
small, tits large enough to accommodate the foreign church
going element here, and the arrangements of pews is such as
to give a light roomy appearance to the interior, while the
ventilation is good, and the whole effect comfortable and un-
pretentious as is always the effect where good taste is dis
played QUlRK.