The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-07-06

window Just as we entered the Hub" The
81 butter did not run like oil as was predicted by
some of our friends, and We suffered neither from
heat or starvation. On the contrary We had q
most delightful journey in every respect. Not an
accident hours delay on any account.
Had We been two months, yes sI1 weeks later
arriving at Albany we might have had the prlvl-
leee of seeing New York's great % Senator Just
I after his retreat The State House has more to
recommend it than the fact of its being the most
costly in the United States, for 1t certainly Is
a beautiful building. What the Senator has TO
recommend him, l will leave TO the newspapers
and politicians; the former give him little quarter
I in Boston.
BOSTON.
The very latest sensation is Barnum, who
! arrived this morning with his great show and
menaeerie," he advertises great deal, and they
say, shors all he advertises even though some of
/ his wonders are homemade, and his Zulus raised
/ in the western part of New York, as one of his
Indians inadvertently remarked to 4 spectator this
afternoon shall 60 at all events If II Is for no
other purpose than to what sort of Zulu can be
I produced in the western part of New York. Yes
l terday. Sunday afternoon, band played in the
! Common, fifty pieces of sacred music, and it
beautiful night to watch the thousands of people
that stood or sat quietly enjoying the music, and
] came through there on my way from the after
noon service at Trinity Church. For since the
! first time l heard Phillips Brooks preach have
not missed the service In the afternoon once 1t
/ is a treat indeed to hear such man speak once
week, and after listening to what Honolulu affords
in the way of pulpit entertainment and instruction
! for two years. / am well prepared to appreciate
good sermons; which Mr.. Brooks never fails TO
give We 60 IN the morning to Park st. Church
DIR. Nlthrow, and like him very much. he IS
exceedingly entertaining, live, modern preacher,
and the church certainly does not now deserve the
epithet 1t gained, that of Birthstone Corner,
from the severity of the doctrines preached there.
The season for lectures and music was about
over ere we reached here, though we have had
some very enjoyable concerts, particularly those
given by Thomas Orchestra and Mime. Gerster,
who sailed for Europe to-day We had cards for
the exhibition of the Boston Art Club, and had
treat there IN the way of pictures But then there
are things here TO give pleasure even without the
set form of amusement.
l did see Bunker Hill Monument the first week,
went to the top and felt when reached it that
we must not both stand on the same side lest the
thing tip over One does feel little uncertain of
his equilibrium, at such height with such mar
row base.
We have been to Cambridge to the boat race and
base ball, have seen the Harvards beat the Yales
and heard the fourteen hundred and twenty-siI
young men hurrah How it would starte Homo
lulu to have them all turned loose there As was
said of a visitor not long since, we had attempted
TO take in the big organ in Music Hall, and have
succeeded in taking in considerable quantity of
" baked beans which with the inevitable = hsh
ball. form the chief of our diet Sunday mornings
have no fault to find with either beans or balls
-" civilized man cannot live without cooks, " and
if there is one meal in the week of which the cook
in this house can make success 1t is Sunday
breakfast.
Last Monday, Decoration Day, was public holt
day, so there much going on. Soldiers march
ing and counter marching, charging and decorat-
ing, and inasmuch that to see anything one
must select some one thing, we decided upon the
bicycle procession and saw seven hundred and
twenty wheel by, two by twol All the clubs in the
United States were invited and many of them
were represented. In the afternoon we paid
visit to Wellesley College, saw Maggie Hopper
and enjoyed our visit exceedingly They have
beautiful place there, and if the girls do not learn
II can certainly not be from lack of advantages.
Should you look for the effects of Boston " cul-
chaw" in this letter, am very much afraid you
will not be able to discover them; for myself am
not conscious of any radical change that has
taken place within, except perhaps little cold in
the head and a slight cough, still know that
must be absorbing culchaw" constantly, for it is
said to be in the atmosphere Bostonians say so,
and they know (everything). have quit drink
ing coffee, (they do not have Kona here) and
taken violently to gymnastics. Muscle is a thing
much i'll demand here not for any special pur-
pose but just accomplishment, and having
very little of the article proceed to the manufac
ture of 1t. My ambition just at present looks no
further into the future than when can lay hold of
the top casing of the door and draw my body up |
by bending the elbows; when have attained the |
coveted feat will let you know. All jokes aside
Boston certainly is delightful place to live. |
speak not of climate but as a place for intellec-
tual improvement and culture, and for one am |
delighted with it."
Boston "culchaw " is a good thing. BY the way |
Mr.. w. Brown married yesterday to Miss Nc |
Coppin, and has gone to Boston on bridal tour.
Yours, y.