Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-02-07

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lands, compare lively, as follows:
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,
December 5, l877.-My residences
in California was not as prosper
Gus as / could have wished: and,
therefore, left the Golden State,
so called; ] say so-calIed because
it is not all gold that glitters, even
in California. In a word, I did
not like San Francisco as a place
Of residence at all. The people
Iare too cosmopolitan for me. They
are all in the wild hunt for the al
mighty dollar, and are not very
scrupulous as to the means en-
ployed to obtain money.
The fact is, / consider San
Francisco one the wickedest pla-
ces, if not the most qcicked, or, 10
speak more mildly, immoral pla-
ces in the universal There is less
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safety for human life and good
morals In San Francisco than in
any place l was ever in, aud [
have been abroad a good deal in
my life. / must confess that the
day l left California I consider
was one that gave me more satis-
faction than any other l remem-
Der. l was in San Francisco
about seven months, and / know
| do not exaggerate when / say
that there was an average of one
murder for every day OF the seven
months in the terrible place.
am delighted with this coun-
try. There is SO much contrast
between a residence. here and in
San Francisco that these islands
are a paradise, whilst San Fran
cisco is a pandemonium!
Tie climate of San Francisco
Is one of the most ireacherous |
ever saw. | can safely say | was
not we'll a single day while |
staid there. The climate here is
delightful beyond description.
Here / am sitting in my Office
writing in my shirt sleeves, with
all the doors open, and the air
about as warm as it is with you
in May.
The scenery of the Sandwich
Islands surpass any other place
on the globe. The Almighty Ru.
Ter oil the universe seems to have
blessed thess islands, not only
with a delightful climate, but with
an abundance of all the tropical
fruits that the heart can desire,
and with a fertility Of soil that
produces everything for the sus-
tenance of man and beast. The
floral kingdom is the richest in
the world, and the nights the
clearest and most beautiful the
imagination could possibly conjure
up. There is no such thing here
as noxious weed, ravenous beast.
or reptile of any kind to annoy
or modest you. The water OF the
land is pure, cool and refreshing,
beyond anything | ever saw.
There is an abundance OF game
wild horses, cattle on a thousand
hills, and sheep and goats without
number; and although there are an ,
unusally large number Of dogs
for everybody seems to own from :
one to four canines--there never
was known a case of hydrophobia
on these islands. Another pecn-
liarity is that there never was
case of sun stroke either.
The culture of sugar cane here
is the great business of the plan.
ters, who are all getting wealthy
on the immense crops of cane they
raise. | know one mana Mr..
TustoD--who commenced the bus
mess of growing sugar cane a.
bout fifteen years ago on a capital
of $500 who now owns a planta-
tion worth 81, 1,5OO,000l Ills crop
this year will net him in gold,
$l50,000, on the wharf in this
city.
The new reciprocity treaty be-
teen the United States and the
Hawaiian government will make
all the sugar planters rich in q
few years.
There Is plenty of room for the
of capital on these is
lands. There are about 500, 600
acres of good sugar land unculti-
vated, yet; and these lands can be
rented on long !eases--say from
fifteen to twenty-five years--on
which hundreds Of men could
make independent fortunes in u
few years. | wish | had had the
good fortune to have come here
ten years ago. If | had, | am sure
| would have been worth mt least
to-day. | am doing
very we'll at my business here.
OF course / have to contend
against the disadvantage of net
being acquainted with the Ha-
waiian language, but must do the
best can till | learn it, which
am striving to do with all my
might.
The population of the islands
is made of white foreigners, pure
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