The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-01-02
From King David's Dominion.
IAIKu MArI. SnndmieA Islands,

imagine that ABOUT uiis 'iih| Va "
saYa would like 10 change climate WIN
Hniku, il November is what II uscd 70 DE-
A clustering norhwes, storm of slcet such
IA remember, when used TO have to facel'
for mile and halfmany a time after Stone,
or Hampton or Stout had raped Wcbsters
ba.ba k.er ker baker into my Uranium for SIX
long hours, is not the most pleasant thing IN
the world.
After you have got through such trip ana
have warmed your fingers over the crate,
just sit down moment while tell you how
VIC have things here on our side OF the globe
I am sitting tonight with all the doors ana
windows open. and tie thermometer stands
nj 20 A pleasant breeze from the northeast,
which blows almost constantly both day and
night, keeps US cool even when the thcrmome-
ser rises above so. The nights are always
cool enough for pleasant sleeping, and usu-
ally "A blanket and cover feel comfortable
We never have ic. or snow, and we never
have sunstrokes. The latter am willing tot
DO without but | must say long for good
sJd fashioned sleigh ride, with plenty Of girls
ana buffalo robes, and careful driver who
knows jus, the right snow drift to upset his
Load in want, too, to feel the sensation pro
rgrcsd ny ,hawing out real, cold blue nose,
Dol that it would be specially pleasant, but 1t
would remind me of boyhood days, and then
,be Dig fire is so very comfortable when you
60 get thawed out.
The climate here is too monotonously pleas
ant One gets tired Of IT. | am willing toI
have $50 comfortable, pleasant days, but !
would like to have the other five such rouscrs
n to make me appreciate the rest It's o
guod deal as Sambo put it--you know the
slCgY--whcn asked by his master why IN
ih1naer he was kicking mis- shius against the
Bed post, he replied: "Oh! Massa, it feels SO
awful good when it gifts iru hurtIn'.'
However, there is one exception To monot |
ooon, weather here which ought to mon.
liou. We sometimes have "kona, kona
: - icc Iitlc south Wild that comes tearing
along with a will, tumblug over the mud /
and grass houses Of the natives, taking the
suoCs off the big houses and the chlmneys
and Stove pipes Off the cook houses, laying
whole cane fields lat, and playing hob gcncr
alh We had one last week but it did no
,laIarCg here, except TO blow my stove pipe
of aud uproot about half Of my largest ba-
mana trees. In honolulu it did much dam.
age
Chis kona is usually dry wind, and often
follows very heavy rain storm, which has
soilened the ground and prepared the banana
fEoss and cane for uprooting. The only part
of iir community who really enjoy konas are
the lintfgaScrs and carpenters, who have been
waiting .Dv job the rest of the year.
The people OF this country arc not very pc.
.cuIiar They resemble The McXicans and
native Caliiornians in appearance somewhat,
5Ut arc much more "siay.athome" in their
nature They can nearly universally read
write and gopher, and the native newspaper
IS 70 lie seen in almost every house They
are very geaceablc and harmless people, and
II liQu0r was not to De had the criminal
SuaJis would have few assault and battery
cases to try But liquor in a Kanaka is like
liqnor in any body else, and rouscs the devil
in him.
The principe features of tits country, ac-
cnrding to Mark Twain, are cats, ccntipcdes
and scorpions I acknowledge tie first, but
blink that the latter have been greatly over.
sn7ed. have been here nearly two years,
and have never seen ABSORPTION, and only four
ceJipedes have intruded themselves upon me-
The latter are very harmless, and usually con
fine themselves to tho cane fields. When
gang Is stripping cane, now and thon one
~sih give a yel! and jerk his fingers ont of a
cEcc top pretty lively, but chew OF tobacco
on the bite generally cures it, and the Kanaka
goes ga stripping Sometimes il swells up
,lee. "a brnsb.c bee slug, but it is never nj n
dangerous,
Speaking OF cen,ipcdcs reminds me Of the
first experience Ehad with them. Our Chi
S,cle cnn!s made auunusual exclamation, and
sippping 10 Che kitchen door | found him
holding Ills finger before him with an agon.
izsd oppression on his face. A wiggling cen
Gpede about four inches long, with its head
mashed, lay at his feet and told the dreadful
R]e ! d,dnt'know any native or Chinese,
Hpd didn't chew tobacco; so, although pro.
AIRED the necessary article, didn't like to
sbeu il, and wanted him to prepare his own
1s5licinc. In my efforts to say "chew-chcw
is,' unfortunately used the words "kau,
SAE"-to cat-and the miserable wretch i'm.
octiateIy swalowed the whole chunk of
saEaCco The next time he is bitten by cen
iipede expect he will apply to another
sOctor He evidently thought my remedy
was worse than the disease.
Sow that have broken the ice, will en-.
2tavog 10 write short letter to you OCCASION
ally il it will be Of any interest to Ottawa
people 70 know what is goiag on in this in.
significant kingdom. Yours. &c,