The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-08
Laupahoehoe Notes.

We OF Laupahoehoe have come to
the conclusion that our magnificent
local happenings should be publicly
recorded as those Of Hilo are, not by a
pen of such grace, dignity and power
as that of your Hilo correspondent,
but none the less anxious to weary
the general public by persistence and
detail.
The new Government, with the
penetration characteristic of wise men,
recognizing the growing importance
of our village as a center of industry
and commerce, have made some valu-
able additions and improvements to
our system of public works. We have
a fine wharf, situated, as becomes a
seaport, on the shore-not like that at
Hilo, inland. This wharf has been
entirely renovated and restored and
entirely rooted in, so that the boats
lying under the projecting gable may
discharge dry freight on to a dry
wharf during the heaviest rain. The
housekeeper blesses the new Govern
ment for this, for she prefers TO mix
her own dough after the flour comes
out of the bag.
But better than this, the Govern
ment is proposing to give us COM
plete system of water works, so that
we may have fountains playing in our
front yards and duck ponds stagnating
in the back We arc not sanguine
enough to expect this will add any
thing to the cleanliness of the Portu-
guese women and children, however.
The water will have head of 200 feet,
will be an abundant supply for all or
binary purposes, and of the purest
quality.
Having secured this benefit, we will
probably have developed assurance
enough to ask the Government to
light our streets by electricity, with a
big headlight on the bluff 400 feet
above and overlooking the village.
4 deal of good work has been done
on our roads since the advent of this
new regime and the appointment of
the Road Board. Throughout con-
siderable portion of the district it is
actually possible TO gallop four abreast
along the road where formerly it was
crowded for one going on a walk. We
are encouraged to believe that this inn
provement is not merely an election
squirt, nor the inaugural flirting of a
new broom, but that the roads will be
continually looked after and kept in a
passable condition.
Local judicial matters have also
come in for a share of the general inn
provement, in the appointment of one
of our prominent citizens as District
Judge, and since he has come into
office we have wondered more than
ever how we managed So long to put
up with the incompetence and injus-
tice of his predecessor. The prompt
ness and dispatch, to say nothing of
the Justice, with which the business of
the Court is now conducted, is refresh
ing, after so long an experience of a
different state of things.
But not alone in material matters
does LaupahOehoe indicate life and
progress. We have Longfellow So
ciety, devoted to the study of that
popular author and holding meetings
weekly-dependent on the weather.
Longfellow readings and recitations
are, varied by pleasant music, both
vocal and instrumental, combining to
make a profitable and entertaining
evening which all enjoy. l will ven
ture to say that more is known about
Longfeflow on the rocks and cliffs
of Laupahoehoe than any other place
of equal size in the Kingdom.
In connection with this Society
weekly paper is conducted, which fur
nishes no small amount of amusement
TO the hearers and is one of the most
popular things of the evening Moved
by considerations of pure philanthropy
:, ~ . ]
to suggest an exchange with you. 1
think l can arrange it with our editor
to at least send you clippings. | am
sure you would be greatly benefited
thereby. @"#