Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-02-01

An Ardent Annexation
lists Letter.

The following letter Is publish
ed in paper which has its origin
In city mot a thousand miles
from San Francisco. 1t is good
sample of many mems minds
whose names appear upon the
Annexation Clubs roll:
Below is published an excerpt
from a letter from the youngest
son of Charles and Mary 4. lie
was born January 2, 1868. in the
old house where bis parents still
reside. He was graduate of IS
of Santa Clara College and after
ward of Cooper Medical College,
San Francisco. For the past
year he has been following his
profession within sixteen miles
from Honolulu. The expression
in the letter, Il am Democrat
and a Catholic, let no man me
deny" is familiar joke from an
Irishman, who had been taking a
few drops extra on election day,
meaning he would not deny his
country, pol itics or faith:
January 4, 1894.
Dear Father and Mother: /
received your kind letter by the
Australia, by which steamer this
will be carried to you. | return
ed from the Island of Hawaii,
arriving in Honolulu last Friday.
/ was glad to get home again to
-, for while on Hawaii | had
to do much hard riding. On one
occasion [ received a telephone
message that a man had been run
over by an ox-cart and his alb
domen crushed so that his intest-
ines were hanging out. Ny horse
was ready and rode the fifteen
miles in exactly one hour over
the toughest, rocky road / ever
saw. Sewed up the mans belly
and let him easy. Wonderful to
say he recovered, and is as big a
rascal as ever. | left behind me
the record of having made the
quickest trip known over the
same road. 1t could hardly be
lied a road, for it is over rough,
sharp beds of lava from the vol
cano. | bunged the horse up,
but there are plenty horses there.
Daring the last week there L
went mp to the volcano Ga thirty
five mile trip. and gazed on one
of the most wonderful aud grand
sights to be seen in the world.
namely, the sea of fire in the
crater of Kilauea. You descend
first into the original crater. loco
feet down, which is about three
miles wide, and across a solid bed
Of lava, quite hot in some places.
while the steam issues up from
cracks all around you. and quite
frightens a person at first After
walking about two miles the
grand sea of red hot molten lava
is before you. You can see the
redhot lava rolling in waves and
seething. while now and then a
Jet of fire shoots up into the air
and falls again with a seething,
roaring noise. This lake is about
300E400 feet long and as wide,
and | never expect to look upon
a more awe-inspiring or grander
sight With a good guide we
went to the edge Of the fire and
pot our sticks in until they were
burned on the end. 1t was i'm
possible to remain there long as
our feet were nearly blistered
with the heat and the sulphurous
flames drove Us away. The second
time / went down, 1 remained at
q safe distance, for / considered
how foolish we were before on the
first occasion, for the edges of
the lake are liable to cave in at
any time You must go to the
Midwinter Fair in San Francisco,
and see the panorama OF the vol
cano. people who have seen it
declare it is very realistic.
an, harE a1asu j., 49, III