St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-02-21
HAWAII, THE "PEARL OF THE
PACIFIC"
The Sixth of a Series of Letters by John
X. Musick.
Copy wright, 1896, by Funk & Wagnalls
Company, New York.

Company, New YORK
From Honolulu to Maui is but a
short voyage. The little inter-island
steamship, Claudine, belonging to
the Wilder Steamship Company, left
Honolulu on Tuesday, December 3,
1895, carrying ourself among other
passengers. and, at six O'Clock the
next day dropped anchor in the har-
Dor OF Kakului.
The first glance of Kakului is by no
ms inspiring. A collection of low
houses along a beach washed by the
surf, a railway train, consisting OF
one passenger and one fat car, in
waiting, and a dozen or more Chi
nese huts were all that was visible.
There was not a sign of a hotel or
place where the weary traveller might
rest. A French lady, Madam WalG-
logel, who lived in Paia, her husband,
a Swiss, being a merchant there,
went ashore in the same boat with
myself.
Are you going up to Haleakala Z"
asked one of the young gentlemen
from Honolulu.
answered that | was.
I'VE are going TODAY and would
be glad of your company"
AS it made but little difference to
me when ! went up to the great ex'
tinct volcano, | consented to make
the trip at once. My friend, J. S.
Colville, at Paia, would send for me.
and provide me with a guide and
horses for the ascent.
We landed, and while | was placing
my valise and umbrella on the fiat
car Madam Waldfogel went into the
station and telephoned to her hus-
band that she was coming home
with a stranger to breakfast.
After a ride of six or seven miles,
passing through Sprecklesvllle, we
reached Paia. The kind and hos
pitable Swiss gentleman, Mr.. Valid.
togel, met us at the depot in Paia,
and seemed as pleased to meet me as
if had been an old acquaintance.
He insisted on carrying my baggage
TO his store, t~elephoned my arrival
to Mr.. Colville, the manager of the
Paia plantation, and urged me to GO
to the house and have breakfast with
himself and wife.
The Chinese servants had prepared
an excellent breakfast, which we had
scarcely finished when | was told
that my friend Mr.. Colville had ar
rived and awaited me at the gate.
He had come over from the planta.
ton on horseback, and brought a
Japanese boy with a horse and brake
TO convey me and my luggage to his
house. He asked if | wanted tc
make the ascent that day, and being
informed | did, said | had better stoI
at the Office and arrange an hour fol
starting with the young men from
Honolulu, whose names were Harry
and Ed. Benner.
We met at the planters Office and
arranged to start as soon after
twelve as possible. The Honolulu
gentlemen were to procure horses al
the home of Mr.. Baldwin and meet
us at a place about FIVE miles along
on the road.
Before starting Mr.. Colville showed
me about the plantation, and ex
planned the system of irrigation.
saw hundreds otbusy APPS and China
men at work in his fields. The sys
TEN by which the water is taken uI
and down hill and every stalk of cam
supplied, requires very skilful engin
eering. Mr.. Colvi!le was for thre,
years the manager of both the Pait
and Haiku plantations. Under hi
skllful supervision the Paia planta
ton has been made the second bes
paying plantation on the islands.
AS we were to start at twelv
2 sharp, a lunch was made ready a
) halt past eleven, and Mrs. Colvill
prepared some sandwiches and cake
Tor myself and guide while on tn
mountain. This guide was a youni
Portuguese named Manuel Davera,
faithful and capable fellow.
We mounted our steeds and ga
Hoped down a long, broad road, a
e smooth and hard as a turnpike. o
e either side were vast cane fields wit
!, men, women and children at work i
them.
4 The place at which we were t
meet the Benners from Honolulu wa
: a crossroads store kept by a Chine
man. Here we tied our horses an
went to the porch, where | perche
myself, to wait. on a dry goods DO,
d meanwhile w%atchinga Chinese tailc
e, manipulate a sewing machine.
Presently a white man came to til
store from the telephone and sal
that the Benners were detained, an
r tor us to wait for them. | sat on m
VI goods box, kicked my heels again.
NJ it, the Chinese tailor made his mi
chine hum, and Manuel, who sat q
G. the step with an anxious, despairin
At look, rolled a cigarette and smoke
in silence, A herd of horses we,
&c driven along the dusty thoroughiar
"a which was followed a few momen
later by a herd of cattle. A hors
-, man was discovered galloping arour