Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-03-07

the home at present Of Mr.. Edward Lycan.
mus, ramble backwood a bit to pay the
tribute of thanks to an unknown friend On
the road perhaps a mile and a quarter below
Mr. Lycan's, was oyertaken by two men,
native in a red shirt and Chinese in blue
blouse, each mounted on a rather meltlesoms
steed. The Hawaiian drew rein and cour-
teously as';ed me where was from told
him. lie expressed surprise that | should
asked me il was not tired. tried to assure
him that | was not !; but he looked politely
incredulous, dsm1unted and insisted that
should ride. |; was impossible to resist that
b.a I'd aboriginal Requirement lie was So in.
l.Sb'c in mis- griciuusicss. | mjuntel and
gave his & ime lite hors. the rein The blue
UIOused mJng Il followed and we gallop,d on.
soon W. overlook three native boys, also on
dor,ebick. All Of them could speak English.
fney, like myself, were paying their first visit
10 kahi. They hal ridden from WaiiluI
sine, three ot.uck that morning VIVA, do
You think their GRAND was Tney wanted
II see the valley" There was "a line view
rom the SUMMIT Of its highest p axis, they
had heard They would ride as far as pos
SHE and walk the rest of the way" they
sail III these youngsters have enough true
po-try in them to risk that dizzy Climb, st
ior the pleasure Of an outlook, there is good
stuff in them," thought. "My red.shIned
Trend has one Of the Christian virtues that
many an a'ms.giving haole has not, said 10
myself. There Is something not quite hope
.ess in that mln's moral make up" But then
one o my boyish tests u genuine or spurious
Chr. stianty was whether the chariute,rs ami
eq'Fs,rians Of my schoo. day acquaintance CAV,
lo.kJ lift ~ not-sJ perhaps 1 rated my
II tive friends kindness above Its cn,y.af value.
My pake attendant led back my horse an |
was lett aone under Mr. Lycan's co fee shrubs
and cherry trees. Soon the host appeared
the host oil a host, for the holiday had tenn ,ted
many visitors. The p ace was revelation to
me-. The possibilities Of Hawaiian fruit cu.tur.
had never been SO lmirably epitomiz .d-tU
my mind, at least-as here. The matter ol
TACT reporter will tell YOU, in another column,
how many fruit trees Mr.. Lycan has already
painted. (No one may tell you how many he
intends to plant, because MIR. Lycan does nor
NOW himsel0. 1t was enough for me to know
that here was the beginning Of little paridis.
an Hawaiian Pomona, who's, unending yet
ever varying counterpart may yet be found an
hundred times in an hundred Hawaiian valleys.
On one slope were So many pine apple plants,
that the very thought set my teeth on edg,
with its acidulous righteousness. There was all
orange tree from which fruit enough had been
gathered, the year fore, 10 fill two large
grain bags. There were banana plants, il
splendid barring still, whose roots had b.ei
growing, unirregated. for twenty-five years
III: fruit stalks having been cut down yearly,
Here were budding grape vines. and Their,
young lemon trees, and yonder fruit trees witt
names | can neithe: spell nor pronounce. Tn.
lrquat, the lichee. the custard apple, the Japan
esc plum, the - don't know half III
names. There are guava trees, semi-cultvated
their fruit new favored and better favored fol
the acc dental pains. Here hangs ripenet
collie and Their: hang ripening alligator pears
''Will it pay ?" queried aloud, half to m,
s:lf for the question WIS not the po'i,est. ga
believe it VIII pay" my host replied, ~ be
leve this sort fthing-practiced by many sn,,
fruit iarmers-will lie eventually the CROWN.
industrial glory Of Hawaii
| a little later l started homewari. From
the hillside above my hosts house, could Sc,
the 'long white seam" OF the surf line, tn,
opal tinted SEA within. and the blue beyond
stcel'b.us now, W tn the full CORY Of the de
clinng sun upon it, Ag,n the hillock eros,
ing, the matchless view Of our IIono.ular
home and nov the las, plunge OF the sun.got
into the western sea. Leaving Judd street tc
my left, descended to tn. level OF the tar,
patches near the asylum and made as near'y
bee line for Nuuanu street as III. broken line
Of the irregular rsc,angles admitted. 1t W.,
| atcahy suhuoWn When began 10 Cross.
was raining hercely at the pail and few wan
dering drops reached the lower valley. Tn
mluka hills were hid by the descending raj,
clouds |; there was no fash ia the southern
sky !. III: s.a was sombre except where TN
foam a.eces were sr.wn along the reef ; al
inky cloak displaced the purple rob. Of Wa
anae but, from an open window before me
two broad pencils Of Light s,reamed forth int,
the ungracious dusk, Those pencils OF ligh
meant ''IIone." "i)nkc. domnst 1t halve,l
sorrow and doubleth y and maketh wearine
to be refreshed" Aye, Orlando Save tn
pennies, thy dimes and Thy Hawaiian ka'as
Woo less the expensive weed and its purs,
spelling, coucomitants. Save, Orlando. save
that thou also may have an home and a ligh
in the window for thee, when thy legs ach
after long, health.giving wind .bracing tramp
Honolulu, March S. 1855. S. Z. VEsAL.
Too Church MeesjmOs
A meeting Of the B.th. Union Church wa
held on the evening Of the 4th inst, at whicl
time its organization was completed by adop
lion Of constitution and bylaws. and election
I.l..tt r.