The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-29

Mr.. EDITOR Dear Sir: There was
a literary last evening at Mrs. Morri-
sons Of Spreckelsville, which will bear
reporting. The railroad train had ar
ranged to take people over from this
part OF Maui; and at Is 30 we were at
the depot, and the ride over was accom-
plished in good time and without acct
dent We found numbers of Makawao
people waiting. As the car at the depot
was filled with the people of Waikiki,
Waikapu and Waihee, another car was
attached at Kahului, which was also
| filled with the elite OF that place.
1t was near the full of the moon, and
the weather was pleasant. The fitting
landscape was dim Y seen, and suggested
the spiritual nature OF the whole affair
The company increased till there was
more than house full, but the spacious
verandas were sufficient TO accommodate
those who could not find room within.
Hon. II. p. Baldwin performed in an
able manner the duties OF chairman;
and the exercise opened with a solo on the
piano by Rev. A. ID. Bissell After him
followed recitation by Willie Dickey,
and an essay OH "Fath Cures" by Mr..
LaWes.
Then more solos and recitations,
among which Miss Paris gave "The
Senator" and Mrs Wilder solo. An
intermission OF twenty minutes followed,
which was proftably filed up by chat
ting over an excellent cup of coffee and
sandwiches furnished by the hostess.
Then came the cream of the evening"
a tableau, or transparency, giving a
spirited representation OF a love scene in
which feathers and horses figured and
it seemed to result in an elopement,
broken hearts, etc; although, as we
were behind the scene, we may not have
caught its full significance.
The concluding exercise was indeed
the browning ore.
The hostess distributed over one hun
dred neatly printed catalogues of her pic
ture gallery, to which the guests were
invited. 1t proved to be novel s TT of
art to some of us; but it provoked I'M
bounded mirth and admiration when the
crowd had had time to realize the very
ingenious devices by which the subjects
were characterized The number of sub
jects on the catalogue extended from to
1000, though l honestly doubt if all the
numbers between we're filed Eight
hundred and eleven, SAKE the poet, was
represented by.some gunny bags; POP,
Burns, by burning talloT candle; an
ancient king of the Sandwich Islands, by
a king card set upon some sandwiches in
dish OF water; and the Plains of the
Red Sea, by some carpenters planes
near the letter in scarlet; $50, The
Great American Desert, could only be
represented by pumpkin pie, of course.
But it required real sketch of bridge,
etc, to show prominent gentleman of
Wailuku."
On the whole, this concluding half
hour was very pleasant; but it was
brought to an abrupt close by the whis-
tie of the train; to which we betook our
selves without delay, and were soon at
home. Whoever furnished that train
deserves special commentator and as
we bowled along through the glorious
landscape, we could not but remember |
that those who toiled up the hill to Ma |
kawao, or wendell their dreary way to |
Haiku, we're worthy of our very quiet |
commiseration. Think of forty years |
ago; here were ministers, a doctor, |
teachers, planters and large range of
business men in an assembly set off bv |
beauty" and seasoned by age; whereas.
then, all around the fine dwelling of the
hostess was desert. B.
Wailuku, May 23d.