The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-17
ROWING INLAND.
A Chapter from the Life of
 a Famous Snowman.
Some Singular Scenes and Shades
 Seen in a Showman's Sphere.

Few men are so well known
 throughout the Pacific coast as G.
 Ryland, the veteran snowman and
 caterer to public amusement The
 following facts making up brief sketch of one of the first expeditions
 Mir. Ryland made as a travelling snowman were given by him to tie reporter of tine DAILY HERALD, and will serve to illustrate the life of an American snowman.
 FIRST EXPEDITION.
 In 1859 my partner and myself fit ted out vessel in San Francisco har- Dor and with a trouI of proffes- sional artists whoseTequals at that time could not be obtained set sail for the Sandwich Islands The only
 INCIDENT OF INTEREST
 that occurred during the voyage was our meeting an English man. of-war, whose captain seeing the blue and gold uniforms of the band, sent on board a lieutenant, who, after pre- senting his. captains compliments desired to know from the captain what troops he carried. On being informed that it was only an
 AMERICAN CIRCUS TROUPE he appeared to be considerably "a tonished. On his return to his vessel the Britisher dipped flag to the tune of Yankee Doodle. This salute was rsplied to by our dipping flag and playing God Save the Queen.
 ARRIVAL IN HONOLULU.
 On our arrival in Honolulu we were met by the King and court out side the harbor and escorted to ancor- age. The day after our arrival we gave our first performance with the result of pleasing the King so vastly | that he insisted on making me High Lord Chamberlin to his Royal High ness, the King of the Sandwich Is- lands, and Brother of the Sun. The honor was to great, and I was forced to use all my ingenuity to eyade be- ing invested with the office, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that we succeeded in setting ont for Otaheiti.
 PRESENTED WITH 4 WIFE.
 On our arrival in Otahciii we per iormed before the Queen and the court, and succeeded in pleasing her Majesty so well, that after the per iormancc she called me to her, and aid that in recognition of the pleas Ire the nights exhibition had afforded Ter, she would give me wife, at the anne time selecting for that position me of her ladies of honor. My en- leavors to make her understand that he mere fact of having been able to please such an august parsonage was itself, was in vain; en- reaty and expostulation met with no 'etter success, and it was only trough the stratagem Of having the Town who was regarded by natives Tith a great deal of veneratio on, act S my father and pre-emptorily for idding the marriage. The matter ras finally compromised by my ac- epting the lady as a present, to the vident satisfaction of the Queen. afterwards presented the woman to lc wife of an American sea captain, -ho brought her to Boston, and sue eeded, as I have since learned, in laking a Christian and civilized be- lg out of her. On our way home om Otaheiti, through the careless ess of our captain we were wrecked T the coast of South America, and ere forced to take to the boats, Ut succeeded, after suffering great in reaching. Callao, and om there worked our way back to Ie States, th rough Mexico