The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-05-01

ness gradually sins down over TIE town. Ficasuro
carriages, alca viA ladies and chndrcu. rcJ up Tue
valley road on cool Afternoons, snd horsmeu raiiop
or ssrOss TIE plain 70 the sea beach AZ WaSiki TO-
turning 70 hosriiaSe gatherings In the evening
There Is no hurry now, and no dyspsptic care. one
I aay Is 50 much Ike another that o = diaicru %
take note Of time, even BY its loss
/ The white residents numbering some afscn hun.
drca, represent the god features Of American and
/ Europosn society, ss wcli a. Of The native nmnlcs
/ into which they harc inicrmsrrica Thcsc peopls
live 50 much outoidoors that their ehsFhcters seem
70 be tlaCed ~ the bright ard mellow Influences of
the climate. While perfectly vcll-brcd and vcll To-
do. they luliy slivc 70 al the amenities sud ~
;iOual enioyments of lie, ard are somewhat inter.
os;ea tn naval oioers, who and this pleasant dane
/ Ing station.
\ one morning, arose early enough to see ths
stars before sunrise, and found that 4 tremendous
excitement vas in stem. There vas % BE- an cicc-
tou Iorfoar men TO represent H0nolulu Ia TIE ucxt
Legislature. Although therc are only two thousand
qualified voter In the eiiy-thc qualldcsuous Seu<
/ the oath Of allegiance, 70 know how 90 rad and
write, an annual Income of not less than seventy
i've dollars paymcnt Of taxcs,-thcrr was an the en-
thusiasm and iricsery With which you arc familiar
/ in the less-orderiy city Of New York Frum the
printing shop, horssmen gsoped off with ballots,
| posters and Platforms 10 rally the democracy 20
struggle for their rights noby perish 10 the a.
I tempt, Bands Of music paradcd the streets. ard
/ highly important announcements stared frcm the
corners. stump speeches are made in f7out Of tAs
ballot box, at the court house Oue nervous Ha-
waiau orator, after another, imPlores his kiudrcd
70 vote for the Government candidates and another
q 4. A.
the voters. he beseeehes all candidates TO vote
for law prohibiting the Hawaiians from selling
their Srt'esaa-ther homestead lauts-to the whites
for twenty years 10 come, The result is, foar our
OF twcniy-onc candidates arc elected, and the la.
waiian Kingdom survives the catastrophe
wish to assure your readers that ths sixty thou-
sand people inbabiting these islands do uotve upon
bread fruit nor sleep in straw auts. nor dress In &
leaves. On The eoatrary, the majority Of thea are
REALLY CTvuIzEO,
and, in proportion 10 the number there are ~
many Christians among them as there are Ia the
United States or England They 70 TO church,
they have been sending nissicuaries 70 The south
islands Of ths Paciac Tor fourteen years past.
they give their money literally to public and private
charities; they Rad the New York 05e,ruer. they
dance the German; they import Boston notions and
Paris fashions; they own Libraries and pictgres, and
pianos and upholstered furniture and ca with sll-
yer forks. They cultivate and export sugar. rice,
poi kona cofIee,-Shich Is moro fragrant than Java
OF Mocha-hitcs, tallow, WOOL cotton, fungus. pea
uais; exporting daring the past three years % the
value Of twenty-five per cent more than they have
imported although they have dealings with al parts
Of the world They select their own legislators
every Two years. They are governed without an
army or navy. They have judiciary whose admir-
rasy decisions have been quoted in foreign countries
They have Published, for more than quarter Of
esntary, the Oldest newspaper in the Pacific world.
whose genial editor is known 70 Thousand of travel
lers and se4mcn as evsrybody's friend and, more
thar this, they have Just completed az cost q ose
hundred thousand dollars, the pleasantest ant most
comfortable hotel that have found this side Of
home Baltic Of artificial stone, having every modern
convenience OF ventiiation water and gas surround
ei BY wide verandas that overlook the town and
command 81 the landscape from the mountains 90
the il Is ths very place FOR travellers repose.
aud have the honor 10 be iis hrst guesL 50 the
pleasantly Of the town IS tia, their new hotel has
bsen opened with bliss
The only complaint that can make a-aiust ihe
citizens q fHono!uu is that they keep too many do
nestle animals There are two horses for every nan
woman and child 10 the islants There are eleven
thousand Inhabitants iu this city and suppose
that to each Iuhabiant there belongs an average Of
two dogs, three cats. four c0cks ought % know
somsihing about It, for I was kept awake during
several uoouiii uighis taking the statistics. The
full moon, lighting the sea and the mountains and
giisieulng o. the iree-iops below my vsransa, in
viiss 10 soothing eoutemplations Bot the beaufi-
ful night Is. from It's commencement, made lideous
b chorus CT twenty two thousand dogs and thirty
three thousand cats, practising al the vowel sounds
Of the Hawaiian tonzus while forty four thousand
binds respond, not with
s" Ths cosk's shriIl ,ll-i,a a1s tie s.h1ias h1rur
OF Grsy's elegys bst win strained ssthmatie eFy
thAt, 70 ny TsIsd senses, seemed 20 Be a night
long demand FOR NJ opinion Of " "Hooner.ioo-loo."
In native church, the other evening / saw
large audience listening TO a native preacher; and
along the ceutre aisle sat seven serious dos heads
Up, listening 70 the Hawaiian tongns win gravity
that ~ls too I1dierozs for the place huudrud
years ago, i vas church Law on Cape Cod that
eTsry dog coming into the meeting -houss daring
service shall pay aly cents, or be shot Thsss
people are not 50 doZnaficaL ThsJ believe 10 the
dogma Of Doctor Watts
rLst ssss ssiisht % t.rE aad he.
For'iii tbsir astars "a
Hsue. dog gLis are more common than ooursnisnt
Ihsy are aEong tie Necessary evils of this ciFll-
iiou foT before tie white mzn cane these Islands,
there Eas neither dog eat, chicken ee1tpsds sesf-
Pioa, SPIDER, mosquito, A.. hsa, wasp, messIes.
= shooping cough, Or snalLF5z On them. Ths
islanders had 70 usmes for thess things Wien fhs
issio1arss br0ught taeir eats ashors aud sfroki1z
aeir backs aid, poor pussy the natives looking
"a, sai1, "Pep0tt7 a1d thar became ths Hagllizn
Eora foE cat
Perhaps, iu The aboriginal days, When this Island
Z Oahu Eas free from many d the lis that cur
lrsssut fesh is heir 10 ii Eas more Of parsdiss
lza il Is uoT- Bal j. u JET parzciss e8O1Eh for
hose Eho m1st eseape fror drsary northern via
sr, AID ] eould wish that al such night cone here
. e1j9y T.
Srv EssnE sr W4z.-I=nssias.iy snsr II.