The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-02-24
An An lknt Hawaiian Custom
Renewed.
ADMIRAL BROWN HoNORRD,
a Reception. LAughz0le, Pleasant,
Loyal, Affecting Thousands
OF Gins.

The one event Of Tuesday was
the hookupu rendered Resr Admiral
Geo. Brown Of the c. s Charles
ton. The =. hookupu " Is s custom
Observed BY ancient Hawaii when
the people wished 10 express their
sense Of great respect snd obligation
TO some hOnOred personsge- 1t hiss
not been observed IN the islands TO
sny grest extent since Queen En-
mas time But Tuesday afternoon
one was rendered 10 Admiral Brown,
the ike Of which Honolulu never
Witnessed
Among the innumerable gifts the
following are some Of the most noted
and valuable:
Her Majesty Queen Dowsger hapiO-
lsni-I box ezgS, 8 boxes coco2nuts, o1z
dozen fowls. I bag tish, 8 buRches ban
An&s, 8 bags potatoes pigs, sheep
aud calf.
Hale NAuz Society ,or House Of Wis
DOM kAuilz spear, stone size, :
bowling alley balls white Snt black
stones p1hzSu o kauzI poi pounding
stone III Kauai. laU1ho pal&Oa U tallS-
nan u ivory EIth necklace OF human
hsir. al 0f the snove are very rare
Wu- Aud. the ch&plain- >pltCoou O.
Hzzu Cd-st kzumu4lI Of Kauai. ulsat5 OF
kou good. hula drum. uluil. Tel made OF
mzm0 feathers rare, native wafer pot
LlIcokalani Riding SOcle-y-A HA-
van paupau taps CgalU&b-el-
Houul1 and H0olS LAnuI Society," -d2-
wzlizu capa called o u-holOg&-o-a7 =
valuable. hueg4i-ihIlo& tdriuslu- ltl
lei paLzla. nec Slace Of kukuI l,--- AID
ivory. uAmsSa Of kSull4 Wooc.
~. and Mrs J AI-zu - Iallsrll-l1 OF
Iv0rv 1Eltn necklace ulzde from hair O
High Chief kapazk ed, father ot his late
MaieSsv h5uZ kA.zSalz- Hawaiian pa
low ami sandal made u Il leaves
Mrs. MzSzu0e-I-aUh3L& basket oil Of
shells and Hawaiian tap& p1A--ll4a rare j.
Hoe J. EEz-BOx Of pisS AMI Ves=
tables
Hon. 7. L kzu,ukoC-Turkeys 2nd
Mrs ". L, WiL-ox-Lei p4l4oa aud
c&a11Su Of A1u-
NJ. ~. WiI5zms-A full Sc Of photos,
taken Of the two professions Sn otheE
ScsE5s-
Ms Au4kol5o-Thrse small k2hiIis
u1z.Iz q Hawaiian geese feathers
Hon P P. k&ul2-A Hawaiian stone
zizs very rarel-
IfEa9zzLarI Educational Soeiety-
L2noho pAi49G- pohaku OlahU5 H4E4ii-
81 tzpa-
Native sons Of Hawaii = Hawaiian
czLzbzsh. BODY made Of kOu, stand Of
milo. 4nd cover Of k0G-
Hundreds Of other gifts Of value
f0r their beauty and rarity were
presented 10 the Admiral, and some
Of almost everything produced on
the Islands. which would require
several issues Of the GAZETTE TO
mention
i de0u5sti0n Of natives from the
Catholic church headed the process
son about 2 O'Clock II the afternoon
They were net by Admiral Geo
Brown. stse1dsd By Lieut. Dyer and
Ensign Blow. VINO with HIS Excel
Isney John A Cummins. HIS Excel
Isuey Godfrey Brown, Hon Antoine
Rosa and others received them at
Brewers wharf Il was but few
minutes TIL the Admiral and officers
were surrounded. when the rssOlU-
ti0us were Rad II uztive. afterwards
IN English By Nh ChEs- W Wilcox
Admiral Brown quietly responded
expressing his appreciation OF the
manifestation and accepted the
offerings n the spirit they were
given Thanking them for the same,
hs EXPRESSED his high regard for
thsir Iste Hing. and his deep regret
and sorruw for having 10 bear the
sad duty Of bringing back the re
mains Of the King instead OF
monarch restored n health Hon 4
Ross translated into native the Ad-
mIrsl's remarks. When cane the PIE
seutsti5n q the gIfasg which ranged
through al the vegetables and fruits
pruduced n the Islands. pigs, fowls,
eggs snd articles q almost every de-
serIu6i0u too nUueEou- 70 Mention.
til the Admiral and staff were SUI
rounded By Z e0uglOuerstI0n OF eat-
sbIes. etc 80 that Il kept several
sste1dznts busy taking them away
fast enough 10 enable the thruug Of
donors TO reach the recsITsr Of the
bo1Utifll supply
Is each Oue approached VIII lis /
OF her offerings. they were taken N I
charge By Lie1t- Dyer, E1sign Blow /
and Hon A Rosa who heruieaIly I
stood by theE post while the Ad- 4
urL heartily CRESTED each q tie I
Iozg pr0eessi0u- and With Unerring /
eye selected the u0re handsome Of 4
the ladies' fair and dark, f1r
Z special marx OF esteem The +
latter would not perhaps have
been coufsrred lad lot IL
tive maid, et the beginning Of 4
the procession overcome By the 4
handsome appearance Of the Ad-
uirsI II uuIf0Enz set the beU rolling 1
By : hearty embrace Once started
the gallant Couuzuder Of the
Pacific Squadron could 10 more re-
sisE the temptztio1 Of Kissing the
pretty donors Is they filed by In
fact. Il would require far less courage
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