Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-12-10

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BilHhItl, Me, Nov. "A, l>>j
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send you for publication. should YOU de-
sire 70 Do SO. he following. written by
Capt. l. Bray Of the new missionary steamer
Morning star" to my At,le daughter. be-
-e'.ns II NIGH, interest large number Of
Your readers. especially the Younger por-
lions. 80 many Of whom have pecuniar,
interest IN TINS vessel Gro K. ADAMS.
HoNoiuIU. Oct %, lssj.
Dclr Lut'e EiIth
don't believe you have forgotten me. so
! WI. write You letter and tell you about
our vessel, how We are getting along, and
~v-"ie oi The things We see. ! like the new
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poser has thus far proved a great success.
W. have had the worst season for Gains and
head currents ever saw bu, while the
trading ships have been detained two and
three weeks at time in a lagoon on account
Of Gains, the gospel ship has quickly
steamed from island 20 island. making
smoke and blowing the whistle, greatly 10
the wonder and amusement of the natives
In cam and smooth sea We use only one
boiler two fires make il too hot,l that con
.umes only two tons Of coal day, and gives
u a run Of oEe hundred and i~ent, miles.
| 0 be able to run in and out through the
difficult passages, without depending upon
Wind and sal, has made this very different
work from former voyages, where We have
had to depend upon our sails alone. as
,ure you | made the whistle sound as
steamed into the difficult harbor at kusale,
pact the wreck of the schooner Morning
Star wrecked here la.t year
suppose you do not think there i. any
thing funny about . piece Of ice, but YOU
would think so If you could see the fun We
have with ii. A good gentleman in Bath,
Ne, gave the Star" machine to make ice,
and il IS great treat TO oil the missionaries,
a. well as all on board. 10 have some ice-wat-
er in the hot weather We are IN, and when We
visit the missionaries uhs have cows, we
make ice-cream. But none of the natives
ever saw ice, because 1t is always very hot
weather where they live, and they never
nave any winter. II lsa very wonderful
thing for them to see US make ater hard
as they call it. After il is made, We put
little piece. in the hands Of the natives, and
q. soon as they begin TO feel how cold it is,
they suddenly drop it, thinking i, has
burned their hand. Then they watch it to
see if 1t burns the deck. Then they poke
il about with stick, and begin TO touch it
with the finger, and all the time they keep
saving 100000. Sometimes 1 hear
gres, shouting, as if some native was being
killed, then know that some Of the sailor.
have piece of ice rubbing it on the bare
back OF some native, who thinks he i. being
burnt TO death.
At one Of the island. we went TO school
examination of the native children. and the
exercises were very Interesting, but what do
you suppose kept our attention from the ex-
erci.es considerable portion of the time
1t was little native child about three year.
old, who sat right in high doorway, below
which the ground was covered with rocks
near the door stood bench, and large
dog lay on the floor under the bench, with
his tail sticking out where the child coulC
get hold Of ii. Every once in while the
child would take hold of the dogs tail auo
lean right back out of the high door, ano
pull with all its might. What troubled u,
was, that we knew the child would fall ou
through the doorway, and perhaps be
killed if that dogs tail had come off,
I We had young native man with bis wife
and child come with US to visi, Honolulu
The man was son Of the king of Strong
Island. The little boy was seven month";
old, and named Willie. He was not vel
when they left home, and grew worse afte
we got to sea. We couldn't tell what wa
the matter with him. One night the mat
called me and said the baby was dying.
went down quickly, but could not help him
and he soon died. When any one dies a
sea, the body is generally sewed mp in duel
cloth, and buried in the sea, but these younI
parents felt very badly to put their littl
baby in the water, SO we put the little bod
in keg, AMI then filled the keg with cocoa
nut oil. This will preserve the body, an
we can take it back to Strong's Island, an
bury it near their home. That made tn
parents very much pleased, for they seem
love their children just as much as whit
parents do, in America.
Little Bsalah Logan is about your ov