The Hawaiian gazette., 1877-05-30
CORRESPONDENCE.
HnnorrLu. MAY 2s. 1s17.

Honolulu, MAY IS, 1877.
To the Editor Of The Ha,caiian Gazette:
sIR,-I am reminded of the following cOuplet from
reading the Adrertisers editorials during the last
few weeks upon the subject OF Immigration
Art thou the frs, who didsi this coast explorer
Did never Ki-ho0 tread that ground before
Everyone Acknowledges that it is subject of the
greatest importance the future of these Islands
and when the shining light Of the p. O. 4. under
took to ride his hobby-even to death-We naturally
expected that he would 90 into training for the event
and not get "bloWn" +" before he got down the steps
of his office if he must to the 'front.' some
steel is necessary, and the A. E. (cf the Adeertser)
which letters take to "Asinus Edere'-will
probably accept, he has done before, prick or
two from nay steel pen with his usual equanmity. He
never win in any he may enter FOR, not even
selling stake, and shall go dollar on him
myself or advise my friends to do 1t appears
that the a. E. of the p c. A. is going TO ride his
Ass in the forthcoming races. would advise
| :'Jockey of Norfolk too bold,
| For Dickon, thy master is bought aud Sold"
But, Sir the subject of Immigration would stir the
sulleu blood of a better and more ambitious mule
than the E. NJ. D. 4 Co. of that very remarkable
journal. The mule has evidently done his best, be
has spurged, kiekei, and used more hard language
in the struggle win than all the mules asses or
horses have had tn do with for the last twenty Eve
years, and there is nothing in the beast after all
except kind of thunder and lightning language
that rends and cracks ones jaws after it Is put in
print, though " 0laae igaotaIa pro magafeo " was
the motto Of this erudte addition to the staff of the
p. c. A.
| Nay, would kind love my organs so dlspose
TO hymn harmonious ROHyhHhuns through the nose
I'D call thee HoHyhahHHl, that high sounding name,
Thy chLdrens Loses all shoull twAng the same.
The manner in which the editorial staff Of the p
C. A. has of late assassinaed the Queens Euglish
in prose and poetry Heaven forgive me y stamps
them as worthy disciples of the long since obsolete
" Della Crusca" school, Well for them that a Gif-
ford does not live. who with his Baviad " and
"Metad' would have rendered them immortal.
Yet. Sir. am not without hope that, before con-
clude, shall be able to convince Z. NJ. D, 4 Co.
that also of the great of The earth that 1,
too have been the companion Of Kings, Princes and
Warriors, and that have Travelled from Niihau to
Kau, well as from Dan to Beersheba. Yes, Sir,
also have pet theory the subject of immigrs-
tion, and is the time for everyone who has a
theory to come down with it. I shall not digress
Immigration is my theme and shall stick to it ;
shall sink everything else to Oblivion and the leve
Of E. NJ. d. Co. My hack is up. aud time is short
In the year MDCCCvIvIIT. was induced by my
most intimate friends Lord Brou CHAM and the Ear
of Shaftesbury to undertake a phanthropic mission
of introducing a colony of Mosquitoes into Iceland
and regions North of the North Pole for the purpos,
of keeping the inhabitants warm, fre-wood ant
Uncle Sam stoves being exceedingly scarce. col
lcecj some thousand billions of mosquitoes, each
of which was carefully packed In a camphor-wo
trunk and fed during tho voyage with silver spoon
I merely mention this to show you the mmons,
labor of the undertaking, and when tell You that
did 1t all myself, expect you and your readers L
give the credencc as you are willing to con
cedc to the statements of Il. M. d, At any rate,
claim the benefit of the doubt. sailed from Graves
end. being accompanied to the ship by victora-o
, whom you may have casually hcard-by tho Grae
Of God, ani by her good sense and behaviour
, now Queen of England. Great Britain and tho Chan
, mel Islands, Europe, near Asia.--who kissed IN
hands on taking leave of mo. shall never forge
tthe last night spent In tho old country. went /
the italian Opera with Ills Royal Highuess tn
> Prince Of Wales. He took box. but preferred
seat in the front up six flight Of stairs though
could SEQ better. Aiter tho performance Alber
Edward invited me TO accompany him to the Goo
samaritan Hop We had splendid time. and finish
cd up with oyster supper at the " Cock and Bull
in Fleet street. As had to sail with my preciOu
freight early In the morning, and the ova had I
be fed before starting, had to take leave Of Iii
Royal IIighnoss after supper. We parted he wit
tears in bis eyes and with tears in my pocket.
shall always bear lively recollection of this youn
man-probably the best friend the writer ever knew
/ i0hf lfo tha hat halo haa1
arrived safely in Rekjavik. the chief city
Estotitsnds, and upon landing was delighted to
= caught in tho embraces of my most esteemed frien
= friend Kubla Kahn, the Cham of Tartary; he and
> had done the steppes and Xanadu together in day
gone by. and whilst was his guest at his palace
= Travagiato, I was introduced to his wife CanacG
and rode his celebrated horse of brass several time
- - Here some likely looking immigrants, who fe
sure would assmilate with the Hawaiian race, bein
very sober. honest and industrious, like the EurasaI
y and Alsotidns My old chum, the Cham, offered
= give me two or three trial, and have by the la
telephone sent for them for the purpose of presen
ing to the Board of immigration. expect large n
suits. The mosquitoes did not turn out altogether
- success. had too many of them, they rose on
. cloud, one by one, when the boxes were opened an
backened all Iceland and the eyes of the inhabitant
- In fact
u "When the pie opened the birds began to sing"
u And was glad to get out of the country, which
did by way of sledge to Tequendama thence to Tisl
amingc via 0ostiOog Veleckee, 0shmooneynhmn an
u Inhambenyambau, finally arriving at Iekatarinbul
1colmkill, which, everybody knows, is the capital
u Scandinavia Custosrotolorum. here met with
" old acquaintance, the of my much esteeme
ID friend the Nullah Nullah of Wagga Wagga, of Il
Is Ngatimaniopoto tribe at Ngattamatera, who dro'
81 me in his buggy across the plains of Neuralgia
le the Siberian frontier in 1859. He remarkab
y independent young gentlemen, and could talk huen
in ly IFS different languages. He was driving mul
a and had the opportunity afforded me of hearing
sample sentence from each evidently Mosques an
1. Mollshs had not improved his morals, but his Mo
er Malone followed him n bob-taied nag everywhe
he went. He is nearly related to the great fghtir
chief Tamati Waka Meme, of the Waikato tribe, Ne
ID Zealand. and to the Begun of BrahmapoOtra b
70 mothers side, and whose father before him W
lie Brobdgnag who was hung at Liput for telling Ii
s. about Gulliver in the year 1918; his great grar
D. uncle famous in the annals of ehiyalry havir
lie been for many years principal bedchamber womi
to His Serena Ui1hnass the Duke of SAKE Cobu