The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-28
our uuo Letter.

HILo, September 81. 1872.
To tie EfitoT Of he PacJic Commercial AdUertiSsT:
DEAR SIR begin 10 think that your HilO Core
~spOndent must change his tactics = tribe and try
some "5rsliaHi aaItsS ef silence" for besides the
monO;ony Of q single stTinged fiddle, (and l don't
feel inclined Ike the Sapient Dogberry TO inlet all
my tediousness upon you,) l may say quite literally,
q Story God bless you have nCue 70 tell SIR
4 lack Of novelty and drama which give piquancy TO
communities, pervades Hil0 through and through and
the social condition Of cur city j. fGbby.
The volcano meaning the genuine one on the top
Of the mountain where VOLCANOES ought 70 be- seems
20 lie having q gay time Of it up there in an Amos
phere Of it, own, but the pyrotechny i 20 remote and
50 usually Obscured BY clouds that We cease 10 take
much interest in il. l don't think, however. that
the lava runs over as yet. The enormous vat Of
Mokuaweoweo, a mile wide. several miles long and a
thousand feet deep Is not quickly filled, a. q must ne
before running over. In 1852 l was camped out at
the hunting ground Of Kaleieha. on the table land
between the two mountains and close to the sharp
rise Of Mauua Kea. Whilst there I was witness 10 an
outbreak on the side Of Msuua LOs, facing our
camp, a pillar OF fountain OF LIQUID lava zoo feet
high, opaque and black by day-by night q column
Of FIRE. Two Of Us walked up there and had a close
view Of the natural forces at work. Melted lava
congeals rapidly. We saw it leave the crater at
white heat, thicken as II rose towards the sky and
fall back in popderous blocks half melted, as big asa
good sized church (! Such a sight! Such awful
splashing Such noise! Such q s%eorching Of eye
broWs aud freezing Of backs Such craving for
water, and last but not least, - Such q getting up
st5irS" over "a, clinkers md paboehoe TO arrive
there 4. We shall never see the like again. CAlbeit,
my friend, poor fellow. went 70 Oregon and died
there years and years ago, so there's no saying what
fiery regions may have known his presence since we
parted. 1T is the fashion 10 make a fuss and get
excited at any new freak Of Pele's, yet an ordinary
eruption is nothing so very wonderful. An unusual
light in the sky brings up the supeTlatives in great
force grand I! magnificent stupendous superb
SC An acre Of grass on fire is a finer sight. Like
gooseberry wine, call it Burgundy and it's worth five
dollars a bottle Almost any morning over there III
- - - l. n1- frTH-nA vi nf pima
or lighting up the grand old sea you may have
visions Of beauty and grandeur infinitely surprising
these distant glimpses Of Madame Pele's crazy antics.
You have but 10 turn out IN time for sunrise, but
HilO folks are inveterate lie-a-beds. True, II Is
seldom that bargains are abroad at such p%reposter-
Gus hours. may take all the beach TO myself at
cock-crow. You know our beach | presumed Then
you know that it is very pretty, except when hidden
in rain. That little curving lip Of sand holds IN the
vast Pacific Ocean and never spills n drop. The
ruffles and the tumults of q thousand tempests raging
from the recent battle gather and shape themselves TO
waves and roll hitherward IN high career singing and
chatering still of reckless work done far Oft in the
wilds Of ocean. Yonder in the Ofing the fisherman
presents his frail canoe which they roughly rock and
dandle as they pass and hurrv on towards the land.
Strange sights now rise before them never seen before
Of mountains looming to the sky and precipices at
whose feet they may be dashed to atoms. But these
are bound for Hlo beach, though now quite sobered
and subdued, they pass the reef with q startled
bound, they touch the gentle sands, they feel the
pleasant warmth Of peace, they sing their soft low
funeral song, and here at last on Hilo beach the wild
waves sleep forever! Now then, how much will you
give for it for the beach l mean, lying here like
an unused talent. You may cart it away forever,
there is Just as much left. The interlacing vines
hold the sands together and tender grass connects it
with the land. Bring sprouted nuts from Puma and
create a grove, n classic grove. where Sea Nymphs
may come and lay their eggs and Mermaids prone
made in quiet. In the name of cocoanut oil, what
visions
9TH left my letter here. thinking ike Mr.. Ma
cawber that something might turn up. Some parties
have returned from ynOkuGIccoUso, Mr.. W. f. Con-
Messrs. Curtis and Palmer, having done the thing
very successfully and admirably, and evidently much
to their own enjoyment which they have amply
earned. l must not steal notes farther than 10 say
they spens a night at the crater, intensely cold and
are hugely satisfied. a fountain is in action at the
bottom Of the big crater, throwing lava $50 feet up
wards, which falls back, sloshes round, forms a
molten curved stream and disappears in another
place. They describe the scene at night as very fine.
By way of Kau we get some inklings Of ministe-
rial bitches. Patching broken cabinets and harmo-
MIXING the discoriant elements is not an easy under
taking l dare say, but a steady hand may do it.
"a silk purse - you know the rest of the proverb.)
What is reconstruction without reformation? a
pruning knife might effect something. Meanwhile,
let us sing!
"Ilumpty Dumpiy sat upon a WALL
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
And a thousand men and 4 thousand more
Can never nut Hunpty Dumpiy where he was before"
days from Puget Sound, arrived to-day With a cargo
Of lumber to Me.srs. Reed & Richardson.
Yours truly,