The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-11-27
The Sixteenth at Lahaina.


The good people Of our sister city Of Lahaina cele-
brated His Majesty's birthday most Loyalty and
heartily, as is graphically described in the following
letter
LAHAINA. Nov 18th. 1875.
"The celebration Of the Kings birthday yesterday
came of very creditably and satisfactorily. On
Monday night the people Of Lqhaina were awakened
by a discharge Of heavy artillery which. not being
among the expected provisions Of the programme for
the following day, took most everybody by surprise
and sent them out Of bed thoroughly wide awake. AS
soon as the echoes of this had died away. the bells In
all the steeples Of churches and school-houses were
set a-ringing; even the old discarded bell at the
corner of my fence was set agoing. and for more
than half an hour the din and the roar Of the ex-
cited bells was unceasiug, mingled occasionally with
stacca,o explosions Of fre-bells and fre-craekers.
At l A. NJ. Tuesday morning, the Wailuku Brass
Band arrived from over the mountain and blew their
way into town. through the town and all over the
town. to the additional delight Of those whom the
guns and the bells had already awakened. BY this
time the streets we're full of people. young. old and
middle-aged, enjoying the fresh ~night-ar under the
brightest Of full moons, chatting, hallooing, hurrah-
ing; country people arriving from all quarters with
contributions of pigs, fowls, luau SC. for the coming
feast; detachments Of people from the mountain.
with MALE and evergreens. fresh and fragrant with
the night-dew still ON. In short, I have never seen
Lahaina so thoroughly wide awake, so fully unani4
nous, cooperative, cordial and goOd-natured. At 8
little after 4 A. NJ. the RIIauea arrived, and she lef
at about 5.
"At1 10 A. NJ. the exercises at Wainee Church COM
menced with singing by the choir under the leadership
Of. Mrs. Kapena; addresses by the Rev. Mr.. Pail.
Governor Kspena and two other Hawaiian gentle
men. The singing was very good-remarkably so;
the addresses were also good. pertinent to the object
Of the day, and we're received with much applause
by quite a large audience. At II NJ. the govern
nent officials and other gentlemen called on the
Governor at his rooms in the Government House TO
offer to him, as His Majesty's representative, the
congratulations appropriate to the day. AT 1P,M
the feast was spread and ready, and every body pro-
ceeded TO the old stone school house, formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Mason, where it was very neatly and
abundantly arranged. The pleasure Of the feast
was enhanced by music from the Band and singing
by the choir. I should think without actual county
that between five and six hundred people sat down
to dinner. Two long tables, reaching nearly the
whole length Of that large house, each capable Of
seating upwards Of 100 persons, were filled three or
four times. There was abundance Of everything
and excellently we'll cooked. After the feast, nearly
every available horse in town was put into requisi-
ton, and the streets literally swarmed with gay
In the evening there we're balls at two
different places,-one where the dinner had been.
and the other in the former billiard saloon Of Hoopi.
Both places were filed with dancers who enjoyed
themselves until after II o'clock, when Lahaina
went to bed and awoke this morning to its usual
quiet life, but with the pleasing recollection Of an
agreeable day added to its existence.
- II AhA .wlnk 2.DIs - Al..-. -.A q.
marked that no drunkenness, ~rowdyism or untoward
accident occurred 10 mar the pleasure Of the day
no headaches for the morrow's morning. AID 10
Kapena belongs all the praise for the sue
cessful arrangement Of that days festival. He was
the moving spirit, ubiquitous and indefatigable.
Long may he live. and, his shadow never be less -