The Hawaiian gazette., 1890-02-18
LETTER FROM REV. GEO. WALLACE.

l have not forgotten your request
that should write a letter for pub
LEGATION in the GAZETTE, although
you have not heard from me since
/ left Honolulu upon August Both.
Until very recently my wanderlngs
have been in places more or less
familiar to my Honolulu friends.
After leaving San Francisco early in
September l spent four days in
Portland. Here l was the guest of
the Rev. Mr.. Sellwood and his wife
whom many in Honolulu will re-
member with much pleasure. Mr..
Sellwood you will be sorry to learn
is in very poor health and has been,
compelled to give up his work as
rector of st. Davids' East Portland.
1 spent many happy hours with him
in October in New York during the
sessions of the General Convention
of our Church to which he was a
delegate from the diocese Of Oregon.
1 spent day and night in Tacoma,
went trolling for salmon (but. did
not get even a bite), saw many evil
dences of the astonishing growth of
this wonderful young city and Wis
tied several of its institutions. In
the Washington College 1 found the
two sons of Justice Bickerton well
and happy in their school home. At
the Northern Pacific Offices met
Mr.. Bedolph formerly purser of the
Australia, and in the evening had
the pleasure of dining with him and
his family. l called also upon
Bishop Paddock and the Rev. Mr..
Wells of ST. Luke's church. Leav-
ing Tacoma on the Northern Pa
cifc at seven in the morning, we
were at Ellenburg at three in the
afternoon, when at the station [ met
Mr.. McCandless formerly of Homo
lulu who had much to say in praise
of the energies of the new town and
it's people, The journey eastward
was deprived of much of its usual
attendant pleasure by the prevalence
of forest fires which made everywhere
a murky atmosphere to the obscuring
of all scenery. In due time our
train carried us into st. Paul and in
ten hours afterwards [ was met at
the Nashotah station in Wisconsin
bv Mrs. Wallace and the children.
The happy autumn fields smiled in
unison with our JOY of heart in a re-
union after nearly two years of sep
aration.
The first week of October found
me in New York, and l was in the
city the greater part of five weeks,
taking a Sunday service at Bing-
hamton, N. Y, for sick clergyman,
and spending a week in Connecticut.
l enjoyed greatly the meeting with
many old friends during the Gen
eral Convention There were clergy
and laity from all parts of the Union
and among them old companions of
college and seminary days with
whom 1 found much happiness.
was most generously entertained by
charming family formerly parish
toner's in Milwaukee, Wis, and
found their dwelling full of truest
household joys. At New London,
Conn, L was for four days the
happy guest of Mr.. Alfred Mitchell
and his family. They all have a
most devoted aloha for Hawaii and
especially for their pleasant sojourn
three years ago at Waikiki. After a
week at my old parish at Waterloo,
N. Y, a day with our dear friends,
the Rev. Mr. Oggel and his wife at
Pullman, two days in Chicago, and
other brief visits, returned to my
family at Nashotah and was with
them until after the Christmas
holidays. At Minneapolis on
January LIST 1 met Bishop Hare,
of South Dakota, and as the |
result of that meeting have severed
with much pain my pastorate at Ho-
nolulu and am here as the pastor of |
Calvary Cathedral, IN sole charge. |
Sioux Falls is the ambitious metrop-
oils of South Dakota. Its location,
water power, immense stone quar-
ries, fertile surrounding country, its
five railroads, the introduction of |
Eastern capital and other favoring
conditions make it the boast of its
people. There are about $1,000 in
habitants. 1t is pretty place and
it is cold. Almost at once on my
arrival, on the 18th inst. the mercury
fell to "a degrees below zero. This is
said to be exceptional, but as you
see everywhere fur overcoats and
caps, and double windows on most of
of the houses, it is fair to presume
that such defences against the cold
are necessary. The climate is on the
whole very much the same as at ST.
Paul and Minneapolis, although we
are a hundred miles to the south.
Calvary Cathedral is a beautiful
building of stone. The stone used
is the Sioux Falls jasper, so-called,
of shade between pink and purple.
The church has sittings for 400