The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-07-20
on San rraneiseo Letter.
sAn FnlNclsco. Julr 2na. ISL.

Z The following is the ChroHice notice OF the
social event which befell one of your townsrnen
aThe first wedding Of last week was that Of Miss
McCoppin sister Of Frank MeCoppin, and william
Brewer Of the Hawaiian Islands, which took place
at - o'clock on Tuesday, the 18th, at the residence
of Mr.. McCoppin, ON the northeast corner OF
Waller and Laguna streets, the Right hey. Aren-
bishop AlemRny performing the rites. AFTER the
ceremony the few invited friends, about thirtyve
in all, sat down TO splendid breakfast, whien
was enjoyed until the hour Of departure arrived,
when the newly married couple lett the city Tor
trip through the Eastern cities. Miss McCoppin
was married in satin OF hght-ollve bronze Unit
combined with brocaded satin, with trimmings OF
chenille and silyer-gray fringe. Mr.. and MIS-;
Brewer will return 10 this coast in the fall, and
after spending some time here, will then 60 to
their home IN Maui"
SCHOOLS.
One of the things which strikes an islander
visiting here are the troops of children all over the
cty-especally is this SO, where the schools are
dismissed The noisy urchins fill the streets, and
spread out in all directions living, lively, risky
specks of humanity. Where are the homes that
will take all these in-who Will care Tor ana man
age these irrepressible young ones Their num-
bers equal a good sized army, as the following
statistics show. They alone outnumber all your
population: "There are according TO the last
school census 49, S6 children in this city VI these
1883 are the children of native parents lU are
of mixed parentage. 90 35 are of foreign parents,
and 2,755 were born abroad" Under thus adj
mirable public school system, most OF t-ese
get more than common education. II Is cause
of considerable grumbling from some, and
argument from others, that the schools teach too
much. These cannot approve OF the puDnc
schools teaching the higher mathematics, langu-
ages, music, drawing, bookkeeping. etc, Tor say
they, the three RS when drilled IN, are all the
public chest ought to contribute for the making OF
an average citizen The cost per scholar Is now
nearly double what it is in the East and largely IN
excess of the cost in England, France and other
European countries. The School Board this year
call for SS20,000 and assure the taxpayers ih,t
they cannot get with less. The Board employ
over 100 teachers.
The Board Of Supervisors, who feel they must
do something in the way of retrenchment OF city
expenses, skip other departments, where
money judiciously lavished means votes, and
begin retrenchment twhere most fafher's whether
of city, country family begin) VIZ; with the
children's education. The Board of Supervisors
rake down the Board of Education to S63O,OOO,
upon which the School Superintendent threatens
"mandamus" to be informed OF the cause why
and the School Board get into teyer-as TO can
the schools be carried for the amount named, and
the majority say no, and the proposition Is made
to shut up the schools two months; and the
teachers, who have been pruned last year on their
salaries down 10 point of desperation, cry out,
I'VE don't care pin, what comes next J! And
the Supervisors who labor under the accusation
of being desperate politicians and gnorantfe fellows
say, 1--WE don't care for the threats and the
clamorrr And as the fight is still progressing,
parents and children do not know If schools VIII
keep not this year.
MIDSUMMER.
You tropic birds may not and cannot appreciate
the miseries of midsummer on these higher
latitudes. The daylight hangs on so at the end OF
the day, and puts in such early appearance in
the morning that it is really distressing. Think
of being warned by 81 AM. that another day ls
beginning, while you remember having only fairly
dismissed its predecessor at 81 PHI. Then too,
the danger one incurs when out on an evening
lark of having the risen sun light home his I'M
steady steps, at an hour as Bohemian ex-
pressed itwhen " one lamp-post in hand, IS worth
two on the next block" Gay devotees of pleasure
also have to look sharp if they mean to " go home
before morning" little experience Of these
long DAYS makes one sympathize with :. Algy y:
'Approach of midsummer Fwed- Haw what
do you do with yourself tonight, dear boy z!
Algy-' Nothing, neutrality-suspicious. little of
that. Fact is, these light days 1t gets so awfully
late SO awfully early
ECONOMIES.
Labor saving devices are the present road to
wealth. He who can produce the cheapest secures
the market II our planters pursued now the
wasteful ways of early days. when labor counted
last in the item of cost, and main strength and
stupidity were chief factors in producing sugar
noteven our Treaty prices could save our bacon.
One wants to mix with these communities where
competition is fierce and penny saved is more
than a penny advantage in sale, to appreciate how
old Industries thrive and new ones make place for
themselves This moralizlng comes from obServ-
alton of small things seeing some things done
not in a wonderful way-but so different from
years ago, when time was not counted, and no
account was made of labor saving appliances. A
stout dray was on the wharf with single man,
the driver, to get load of pipes of wine. Unaded,
he never could have rolled those casks upon his
dray, although its floor was not more than two
feet from the ground. Nevertheless, he backed
his dray up to his intended load, and having
placed two of the rungs " of his dray as skids.
he quietly proceeded from a winch under the
drivers seat to unwind sling, in which the cask,
after being placed and pointed, was without any
punching, tugging or swearing, directly rolled up
A. urla At tba Mt ba
winch. Six casks made up his load, quickly made
up by this simple device, and at minimum cost OF
muscle Similar devices to be seen every
where in the transportation service At steamer
landings, where celebrity is object five and six
casks are eased down a gang plank by sings at
once, and trucks loaded TO degree which would
have appalled, dock hand years ago, made easy
to handle by balancing one load over the wheels,
stand ready on boat or wharf, for instant change
of place when the landings are reached
SORTS.
The admirers of the poetess of Bunker Hill Day
who probably expected to see the poem in full,
next day in the glorious garb of print must think
the reporter iend. He contents himself with
single extract instead merely samping it az one
might a tub of butter-leaving the great public to
imagine where the joke comes in. The balance of
the poem has not been called for. The President
of the Association welcomed tue guests, who NUM-
bered about 500 and introduced the Rev. A. l..
Brewer, who, after prayer, read the poem, which
herself " Augustine NJ" The following is the
attract
Then LET MS now, while gathered here
Resolve this day shall ever be
A public day, TO our nation dear
Devoted sacredly TO Liberty.
Last week in a down town store, man had
placed a board across an elevator well and syas
standing thereon when it broke and he fell some
sixty feet TO the bottom. His back was broken
that death came shortly to his release but he fell
upon man at the bottom who was rendered
iIsensible through conclusion of the brain. Three
tys afterward in the hospital he opened his eyes
and inquired what's happenedF" Three days in
cold oblivion, knocked out of the world In fact,
when his soul looks again out of his eyes, and
wants to pick up its history of the lost hours.
Suppose the senses had never more been restored,
and the soul had entered upon that bourne FROM
whence no traveller returns would it then have cried
out what's happened - Although cause for
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