The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-02-10

Letter From IItlo.
To the Editor Of he Pacific Commercial Advertiser ?
DEAN SR.-The weather Is marvellous. bat AZ IL
not epistolary. One does not settle well 10 the
quill in an atmosphere like this,-there II a bright
ness about It which makes one nervous. Az night
1t is still worse, and star gazing L. more delightful
than sleep, whilst Il scarcely seems natural 90 be
scribbling In your bedroom with the moon beams
Illuminating the paper. And Il Is almost sacrilege
70 go to bed these ETHEREAL nights, which really
seem to say" come forth and worshipiv
There was never such weather, at least in lilo.
at least in my experience, confirmed A. IL Is by the
" oldest inhabitant' There have been many births
md some deaths since IL last rained. save that We
had the bright corruscations OF a smart shower
last Sunday evening. during church time. whose
resonant drops added much TO the beauty of the
anthem which was then being sung.
Day after day tho same balmy breAthings per-
wade the mornings. and IL you be as I do hope
you be. an early riser (not looking for worms). you
may drink in the developments Of the dawn as a
most sedative cocktail. and feel that nothing more
is wanting save "A clear conscience to bring you
passive and most perfect peace
Away up 10 that glorious MOUNTAIN yonder (who
is my steadfast friend) as you stand in the early
morning gloom, the curtains are already drawn
and you may see a most lovely far of country
softly shining like a happy dream, not like the
face Of Moses that could not be endured. but suf-
fused as it were with angelic bushes purer than
the lower world can ever show. whence. II properly
attentive. you may hear " the horns Of Elhand
family blowing" and imagine with n sober fancy
the happy hunting grounds" OF poor 10. or
peradventure the "delectable mountains - OF our
old pilgrim friend aud the long loreshadowed
" abodes of the blest."
Nowhere however do distance and prediurnal
sunshine lend more cnchantment 10 the view than
what | describe. j have been there in much grief
and suffering. bodily shiverings aud terrible dis
comforts by reason Of cold and rain and fog.
hunger and thirst. a leaky house Cor none at aiD
and the plague Of hedS!
But it is "a wholesome Te~gion-pre eminently,
and ought to be the national tonic. You pale
faced cts who surfeit on an ounce Of mutton and
caunOt live without Worcester or Chutney. come
aud try the color aud the comfort aud the Tecnper-
alton OF il by an annual gallOp round those rugged
slopes aud "A few days rife exercise upon wild
boars and mountain brant Cattle have been
hunted TO death and that sport Is pretty much ex-
hausted. but besides the hogs and geese. YOU
have quail by thousands and limitess strawber-
ries. From January Until May the golden plover
(kOlea) is in its prime, reaching perfection just be-
fore leaving our islands In the latter month. What
a bird is the cock-plover in May! With its glossy
jet black breast and free proud carriage. a more
beautiful creature doesn't live In the ieatheTed
kingdom. Shoot him going down the wind,--un-
NipNhD hih N'''N''E "N' h'hkNffg PeH
him lovingly at yenr camp FIRE Of mamune char
coal without fame or smoke,-and serve him in-
stantly TO yourself Of course, unless there be a
lady in the camp hot And II you are a healthy
man with a conscience void OF oGense, I'll venture
to say that you have attained one Of those mo.
ments Of your life marked with supreme felicity.
MANS dominion" j suppose. frees you OF the
shooting. When That mountain road Is finished.
you'll be ready TO come. Well. lmprimis--yOum
have to rise from your graves 70 do il, and
the charm will be gone. You don't want
Ia no connpCtpd with tho world nv n Foad mt
even by a POHySiperUiSod aud constructed road.
You want 10 be- apart from humanity. (yOur own
circle e~xcepted) aud away from gold and law, and
mercenary gospel. Aud you shall camp where
the air is pure Of all these and much more. and
you shall see the clouds spread out beneath your
feet, and the storms rack and rage below your
level vision whilst you stand la sunshine aud feel
to be at peace. Nerbum sap.
Shall | say anything about Ri TOot1 1batsls
what ! started TO do. but got lost IN the mountain
as better men have done ere now. And then y6u
see. there il n big ngly dog ia The Governm&t
Kennel, sometimes chained and sometimes loose,
but always rampant when he smells a Reformer.
Ills christian name is Stupid. Bright and Golden
killed the beast once, but be has more lives than a
cat. and 50 by careful schemes and uncbristian
physic, a set of cosmopolitan nurses have brought
the thing 10 life again. He IL indeed a sort OF
Hydra. of yiilaiDOus ancestry and many headings.
Bold people call him - Prejudice" Liberal people
call him Bigot." Sincere people call him +" Cant"
Rude people call him "Humbng." But as / said,
his proper name is StDpid And lOl one Hne day,
when the young Spirit Of Enterprise. ~ eiate from
successes and conqmests in other lands, turned bis
frank clear eye hitberward. hoping like Alexander
for new fields TO subdu", and ready for any honora-
bic venture. he was quietly warned by an elderly
and experienced friend in the very words used By
De Bracy towards bis fellow scamps: 8" Take heedi
the devil is unclaimed - So our ardent spirit
paused. albeit no coward. Experience and wise
counsel have taught him that the better part OF
valor is discretion He pauses to reflect. aud
having much Of the Yankee in him. perhaps TO cal
culate also. But he will COME. Not as the AFRO
CANT Ahability Of Foreign Relations, the turbulent :
and dogmatic Tectitude Of the interior, and the
hybrid stateliness Of the treasury, and all the {
panopiy OF Inconsistent force. aud TO the shields Of a
antiquated notions, all held together by the cobe-
sion Of selGsbness and fronted by he dog IN van.
will keep that young power back. one moment 4
behind bis time. Whenever his voice shall sound =
IN earnest before the battlements of tenacious 4
responsibility, they. like the walls Of Jericho, Y
will fall down fat (and unless ! much mistake. one
at least of the defeated leaders will shout at the \
top Of his luUgs-Hu7Tdh for JOshunD
NOlaila. although. that apparently complicated
yet in reality very simple tool called a Legislature i
will sit on wages before very long. = have not :
faith enough in is component parts 10 suggest i,
anything at all for the subject Of its deliberations. Z
Not even lei root. much less the greater subject Of
dishIidtIOn. Let foreign rOt-gut continue tO poison 7
MaJcsty's subjects-what matter 80 long as
0nr virtue - apparent! FornicatiOn and adultery, Il
may be priced. but distilla,ion Neveri
| was gong to say something about mechanical
schools, bnt viii postpone u. / was reading /
Lothair lately and am much Of the mind OF Mr.. /
Pbuebus who looked npon reading and writing as I
very injurious to education. :
Let the weather suffice for this letter. IL il y
getting serious. The fumes and mills are athirst,
sPure oId water n
Water give 10 me"
and as that article becomes scarcsr every daF We
feel that it is good for something more tip 70 |.
uvagb in NouFg vnrv truly T.