The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-11-13

we Go Tor them, but we are very
much to them in many ways. You
would be greatly amused to see the
clothing in which the people come
about us. The women think it per-
fectly proper to come with mans
shirt on, and one of our good wo-
men had, for some months, nothing
to wear about her shoulders except
an old coat. A boy with only one
arm and one leg crippled with ulcers,
has been to have me dress terrible
sore (now almost healed), for three
months. For some time i bandaged
the ulcer, directing him to carry off
and get rid of the cloths which re-
moved each day. AT first | burned
them, but the smell was too dis
agreeable. After perhaps six weeks
he came with cloth poncho over
his shoulders. At first did not
notice it, but presently saw that it
was composed of the pieces of cloth
l had used to bandage his leg. He
had washed them, sewed them to-
gether with bark and thus had
garment. NY treatment of ulcers
has been quite successful, quite
large number of very bad ones hav-
ing entirely healed. All, if you only
could look out of our eyes for lit
tie; but l much fear my letters will
not be very helpful in that direction.
/ seem destined to come to letter
writing when tired with other work.
May 9-Time flies, yet it seems
long time still to look ahead to the
coming of the Morning Star. The
trade winds which usually on Ponape
break up in March, have blown quite
steadily until now, they seem to be
breaking up. We have completed six
weeks of our second term of school.
Some scholars have fallen out by the
way but on the whole the school keeps
up well in numbers, and the scholars
are learning. We teach a little
arithmetic and geography in addi-
ton to reading and writing. l also
have lesson each day in catechism,
and Mary teaches singing. Three
reading classes come mp to the
house to be taught by Mary, and
she goes down to school for the
singing.
Day before yesterday a man
came to see me to assure me that
he had not advised the people to
kill me. We heard the story some
time before and were somewhat
troubled by it. The fact that such
stories are put in circulation, and
believed by some of the people is an
unpleasant evidence of the possibili-
ties TO which we are exposed.
The people have been suffering
for an epidemic bowel trouble,
collie, vomiting, and diarrhGa. None
have died in our neighborhood, but
some have suffered severely. Some
days 1 presume 1 treated as many as
twenty cases, besides giving medi-
cine to be carried to distance.
hope we can before long have
building fitted up as kind of
hospital, so that people at distance
in need of medicine can come here
to be treated. 1t would he useful in
various ways; cure of diseases pre-
pares the way for the Gospel by
leading the people to love us, and
softening their hearts toward the
truth. Then those who come will
always be accompanied by friends
who are thus brought under the in
huence of our teaching. Such a
house as the natives can build, will
do; but we need some things which
they cannot provide, but which q
little money would be sufficient for.
We are trying to get our Mort
lock vocabulary ready to be printed.
l 90 over the words with one of our
Mortlock boys, correcting the SPELL
ing and definitions and Mary copies
ready for the press. Then there is
good deal of work to be done in
mastering this dialect. l daily get
new words which I try to learn and
also get them ready for arrangement
III vocabulary. linen nave TOUR
young men in sort of theological
class; two from Mortlock, and two
from Uman in this group.
These people cut their ears and
then stretch the opening until often
could thrust my whole hand through.
The other day two of the school
boys got to fighting and one almost
tore apart the others ear. i have
been dressing it, and it will probably
grow together again. When the
scholars confess their sins on Fri
day, there are usually several who
have been fighting. We are troubled
by the early marriages of scholars.
July I've closed our second
term of II weeks short time ago.
| was not very well for several
weeks and Mary took the burden of