The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-01-14
KAUAI NEWS.
Christmas and New Years Celebration
at Lihue-Other Events.

at Lihue-Other Events.
A large concourse of natives and many
foreigners assembled at the Y. NJ. G. A.
rooms at Lihue to witness the distribu-
ton of gifts from truly beautiful Christ
mas tree. The hall was gayly decorated
with evergreens and was filled to over
flowing with happy children and their
no less happy parents. The presents
were tied up in neat packages, with the
names of the recipients attached. The
gifts had been carefully selected accord
ing to the age and sex of each child.
The tree itself was laden with gorgeous
decorations and ornaments, and pendant
from the branches were numerous bon
| bons. The children of the various
classes were successfully called up, and
each received his or her package. in
which were confined the useful article as
well as the article for play, each boy re-
ceiving a shirt and each girl the material
for dress, besides the toys. After the
presentation was over the children and
adults formed in single file outside of the
| building and marched through the
grounds. At convenient place few
ladies and gentlemen were stationed,
who presented each child, and later on
the parents, with pretty bamboo bas-
ket filed with cake, candies, oranges
and apples. Then soda water and ginger
ale were distributed among them all, and
pretty sight it was to see the
bright faces of the youngsters,
and the quiet contentment of their
elders, as all, seated on the grass, en-
| loved their lunch, while at little dis
! lance the sweet strains of the Hawaiian
meles filled the air. After it was all over
the rousing cheers with which the ma
tives attempted to show their gratitude
for all the good things received, could be
heard nearly half mile away.
The German Lutheran church had a
very handsome tree, and the hearts of
both young and old were made very
happy by substantial gifts The Catholic
church at Kapaia was profusely decorated
with evergreens and beautiful flowers,
and their service, the high mass, was
very impressive.
A pedagogue from Oahu who has been
visiting our hospitable island, has been
passing his vacation by seeking for dead
mons teeth, of which he intends TO make
I ~
rather unique ornament, and if he sends
| it to his friends in the States, it will not
require a vivid imagination on their part,
to infer that we still enjoy cannibal
] feasts, at the close of the nineteenth
/ century.
The Oahu College boys who are pass
/ ing their vacation in our midst, are hay.
ing happy time, hunting, fishing, rid.
/ ing, rowing, and swimming, They Won
| a boat race on New Years day, and
showed their skill AS hunters by catching
an abundance OF game,
New Years day passed very quietly
here, but one pleasing event transpifed
that will be long remembered, The ems
! ployeeS OF the Hon, W, II, Rtoe turned
out IN Mll force to attend New Neara
| dinner, 10 which they had been invited
at kalabake, After the luau which Was
spread in the haO grove adjoining the
house, the men gathered around the
building and called Tor Mr. and Mira,
Rice, Nicholas, the blacksmith, adj
| dressed them IN a very neat epeeeh, ia
which he thanked them in the name OF
all the employees, Tor the many kind
noSSes rocelvea at their hands, lie said
how, IN times ol sickness and other pill
kias, both MIR, and Mrs, Rive had taken
much carr ol them, and always helped
| them in every way, and To show that
they wcra not unmindM oi this care,
they wished 90 preSeNt Mrs, Rice with a
token ol lhtir regard This token took
form ol an elegant piano lamp, IL IL on
a movable stand and can be raised 10 u
height OF six feet or moro, and connected
with il isa tray 10 hold books, Mrs,
Rice tried in vain To mako speech in
return Tor the unexpected gilt, but could
scarcely say moro than 81 thank You, "
Then u small box was handed 10 Mr.,
Rice from which he took massive gold
watch chain, In attempting 10 thank
them, Mr., Rice could scarcely speak
SO overcome was he by emotion,
hut after "A few moments he thanked the
men in some well-ohosen words, saying,
that all that he did for them he consid-
cred it but right to do, and that they
appreciated it so much made him very
happy, but that their appreciation should
have taken this substantial form, left
him ut a loss for words in which 10 eX-
press his pleasurable emotions.
Friday, the Sd OF January was one of
the coolest days experienced here in
many years. The thermometer in Lihue
showed 81 deg. and in residence about
a mile away, nearer the mountains, 1t
was % deg. People felt rs though the
island had moved towards the north pole.
VERTTAs.
| Iihua Ian i 1901