The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-02-09
MRS. JOSIAH ALLEN.



EDToR GAZETTE We'll Josiah and me made up
our two minds to 90 to the Islands. We have staid
quiet like since VIC went to the centinyal. Josiah
has such cof we though we'd 90 where it was
warmer aud really the flowers was all ablow and
the trees as full of leaves if it war'nt winter.
We got there Just the time for the poles and
went to Lihue TO visit Josiahs cousin. They was
all stirred up. Pears like there's a white man
da IN to The Islands that drives the government
cart who wants all on EN- III cord. Down IN Wal
mea the most on EN- made their manners TO him
and said cord. They went to the poles and got i'll
the saloon keeper as their oanderdate. Josiahs
cousin 50 cut up when he heard il that he most
cried cause he did mt think they'd sell their man
hood, but the that drives the government
cart was real tickled. Says to Josiah what is a
cord but he was n coffin and felt bad and says he
/ don't know and don't care.
But at Lihue and Koloa they wouldn't make
their mFnners and say cord l never see critters
work harder than them did that working for
the man that drives the government cart. There
was three on them the Gunner, the Jege and the
Canderdate. Livery day most their horses beads
would point 10 some village or another and they
would 90 from house TO house and tell the kama
kas about the poles and that night in that village
the dogs would bark and tho liker would be brung
and every one on EN- would have Il bottle: The
Guvner IS real pleasant and did the smiling. The
JeQe he told the badness of the mishnurs and the
white people and the Canderlate made the
promises and had sorcers to help him like old
hethen times. Then nights he had hulas The
hula or a kickup dance that they say is Ondecent.
Well, these men worked at their bisnez week in
and week out and whenit come nigh the time they
got up meetings TO talk over the poles The cander
date said put me lnand I'll make a law that when
you are sleepy mornns ald get to work ten or leven
clock you III Get pay for all day and Saturday you
can sknlTound all day and not work bit, but n
kanaka man spite shat for he got up and said /
don't want to skuf round all day SATURDAY. but
work for my wife and children. Then the Jege he
got up and told the bad of white men and the
mishnuTs aud he knows for he has been pillow
in the church nigh onto forty years. He talked
and talked and ali the folks set lust still and let
him talk all lie could. Then one of the white
kanakas GOT up spite that says he I'VE all are
one bloodan white skin on a dark one covers
what we are. Says he L was born and brung up
hero and It's my country. pay taxes and have u
night to the poles. You have all known me from
boy and II hsvswrOnSed any one speak it OUT
They never told thing iist hurrah. Says he, was
that white man who has iist cheated you out of
nine hundred dollars $500 YOU had got TO buy
land. The kanakas some on 'em looked like cry
ing and never spoke, they llnowed the name Of
the fellow and that he had brown skin.
Lots Of kanakas felt bad about the liksr they
were kind of 'shamed Of the government for send
ing ker and trying 10 get the poles that way try
inc 10 make the kanalSas bad. Some TUX It and
got drunk and ht their wives and got black eyes
lie calderdate loves liker and thinks ii agrees
with him. Some kanakas was real curis, one man
with n bottle of government gin fel of his hoss
right by JOsiah's cousins house he was that drunk
he couldn't set mp aud his two little children was
oNful scared: Josiahs Cousins wife was sorry for
the man and guv the man somthing 10 take
and soon as he could speak he hurrah for the
independent canderdaie and went for him at the
poles.
told Josiah l never seen such doings and, says
to Josiah's cousin, has the man that drives the
cart aly grandchildren for says l, ! wouldn't
have Thomas Jeffersons and Kezeah Ans children
remember such doings Of Josiah and me for the
woEld no not for the whole on it.
Well. when the day come the independent can
derdste 90; the poles and everybody hurrad like
Co. But when the Gov. canderdate saw how
things war going. be got into a great pashun and
ackuzed his friends of treachery, and he hurried
OF the rest of his gin that no more should be
wasted. MRs. JOSIAH ALLEN.