St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-30
JUDGE IDE AT SAMOA.

huN ohhouhSSo hio oiiIFdi at HPioi
Nov. 3. The family are all well
and greatly enjoyed the trip. Con-
cerning his trip Judge Ide writes
entertainingly as follows:
Our journey is just ending. Night
before last we crossed the equator,
bade farewell to the North star and
gave greeting to the Southern Cross.
1t is the I'd day of November, and to-
morrow we reach Apia. The trip
was happily begun, thanks to our
people and neighbors, and the
recollection of the good wishes and
cordial kindness Of friends at home
has made smooth the rough places
of travel, and given richer glow to
tropical sunsets. We were at Chi
cago just in season for the terrible
crowds Of Chicago Day at the Fair.
Then we had two delightful days
at Milwaukee with Rev. DIR. George
H. Ide. Next day or two at Dem
yer, where we found the Eastern
colony. Thence through the Royal
Gorge and the Colorado scenery OF
the Denver and Rio Grande, and the
rich fields of the Provo and Salt
Lake Valleys in Utah, and down
over the Sierras to San FRANCISCO.
Here three days passed quickly
enough, with purchases to be made,
scenes to be visited, acquaintances
to be met, and newspaper interviews
to be answered. William Lea
Chambers of Sheffield, Ala, who
succeeds Ex-Gov. Ormsbee as U. S.
commissioner to Samoa, joined our
party here, and made very desira-
BILE addition. He is a lawyer by
profession, little younger than my
self, well educated, very compan-
ionable gentleman, the law partner
of Secretary Of the Navy Herbert.
We sailed on Oct. 20, with friends
still waving good bye to us, and
soon found an unusually enjoyable
company on board, Count D'Orville,
now representing the Department OF
the Seine in the Assembly of France
and for many years a mem.
ber of that body, DR.. Wolfe oi
GLASGOW, Mr.. and Mrs. Hertog oI
Holland Robert L. Stevenson, the nov
elist, and wife of Samoa, and Other
intelligent and cultivated people
among whom the girls developed ar
admirable faculty for making friends
!, On the evening before reaching Hon
, olulu grand entertainment wa
given aboard by an extemporizet
!, company. with singing, piano solos
r recitations, ETC., in which Adelaid
and Annie took parts that would b
5 "chestnuts" at home, but passed a
: new coin here.
$ At Honolulu we passed a delight
full day. The air was perfectly clear
p and soft as an afternoon in June
: The city is a revelation of tropica
9 loveliness that excited the wonde
/ and admiration of all our party. Il
the forenoon we all drove six mile
a up the Nuuanu valley, with flower
i and richest foliage on every side, t.
n the Pail, an abrupt sheer precipice c
$ 1900 feet between mountains c
= 5000 feet in height, where Kin
:. Kamehameha |. drove over the dizz
n heights the last remnant of his or
8 ponents, and thus consolidated tn
# kingdom. The view swept tn
II horizon in both directions, to TIL
8 south the lovely Nuuanu valley wit
$ the shaded city, the crowded harbo
and the ocean at its foot, and to tn
north the fearful preci pice, and b.
low it the sugar plantations, gree
rice fields and winding shore OF til
! opposite side of the Island of Oahl
v 1t is the finest view in all Hawai-
and one never to be forgotten.
e the afternoon the girls went for
d ride and sea bath along the shad,
G gently surf-beaten shore, while
- arranged for some official calls. Br
before 1 started, Chief Justice Jud
'e of the supreme court of Hawaii ser
s. his carriage for us, and took us to
X reception that was to be given ths
- afternoon to President Dole OF tt
provisional government. The chi
lr Justice was born in Hawaii, but I
lie American missionary parents, graz
q uated at Yale College, has two sol
70 now in that college, has recently ha
y daughter in Wellesley College, ht
e been upon the bench for seventee
m years, and is gentleman of cha
4 acter, culture and strength. The r
If ception was most unique. 1t WI
:, held in the presidents grounds. TT
house was beautiful, open, with wit
IS verandas, books, pictures, brio
ID brac, ferns and tropical plan
re abounding. The lawn was exte
70 sive, Turkish rugs here and there u
;, on the grass, and palms of mar
III varieties, umbrella trees and WI
st kept tropical foliage and vines {
lie fording a grateful shade; tables we
id spread in the cool shade, with cake
is coffee. and ice cream Tor the guest
d. most daintily served by dark-hu
le girls. Here | met all the members
A. the provisional government, t
~ Judges of the supreme court, t