The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1896-04-03
HAWAII THE "PEARL
OF THE PACIFIC. "
The Tenth of a Series OF
Letters by John II. Musick.
Author of 1.-THE Columbian His
tOrical Novels" "BrOther
Against Brother" etc.
copyright 1896, by Funk & Wa1nalls Company New
Yok)
A Visit to Manufactured Curl
Osities and an Ostrich Farm.

The Island of Kauai is sometimes called
the Garden Island of the group. It's one
vast flower garden between ninety and one
hundred miles in circumference. Negela
bles however, are not grown very success
fully there. The island IS SAID. by geoo
gists. to be the oldest of the group. One
thing is certain Kauai has better roads than
any of the other islands, and after wander
ing through the stony, painless forests OF
Hawaii, one finds the rOauS OF haual ue
lightful garden paths.
On January g. 1896 the little steamer MI
kahola lay at her dock in Honolulu HarDor
At4p m. | aIiehted from the, carriage,
walked up the gangway, and took my pos
itiOn on the captains bridge to watch TIE
process of loading mules.
This is an interesting sight. The vessel
has a derrick rugged on the deck, and
broad belt is passed under the NIUE TO
which hook is attached above ms Dack.
AS the engine starts, the mule is lifted from
his feet and landed on deck, much to dis
gust, One of the most amusing incidents
I have ever witnessed was getting vicious
mule on board this vessel. This mule brlm'
full of his Satanic majesty, and flashed more
hrimstone from his eyes than the great VOL
cano is doing to-day. His heels were light
and played with the rapidity of Lightning
about among the natives, 6HG When Ihey
, be- On TO nut the belt under his body, ne
smiled in sardonic way, and seemed TO be
saving: "Just watch me buck when they
tithten that cinchr' He seemed to la
Dor under the delusion that saddle was
being placed on him. At last the belt was
fixed the hook inserted in the ring, END the
mate bic W his whistle to start the engine.
puff, puff-rattle. rattle. " the belt be-
gan to tighten and the mule thought it time
to ''buck'. He elevated his back until 1t
grew round, and all four OF his feet left the
ground at the same moment Now come
tod IN or a
ed in such way as to completely parallze
everything, but the cnch frightened and his
muleship swung high in the air, until such
look of disgust and amazement came over
his countenance as would make fortune
for farce comedian. His gyratlons, KICKS
and struggles in mid. air soon ceased, and
he was gently lowered to the deck. He
seemed to shave it in for' the mate, for ev-
cry time that parsonage came IN sight the
mules heels flew out like springs toward
him.
Before we reached Diamond Head the
supper gong sounded. and the passengers
hurried down to finish the meal before we
entered the channel. as the chances were
a. -. 1t enjoy it an hour later. The
.hetIhss tstwepn tpe 'Sl'noS dT nle n1I bv
smooth and seem to be nloro
the inhabitants of the slahdsthah a voyage
to Japan or san Francisco. The Vessels
which ply between the islands are small
the sea "choppy." and If one can make the
tour of the islands in them wlthout getting
seasick. he is proof against that malady.
had made seven ocean voyages WlChouC
feeling any of the disagreeabie effects OF
seasickness, and had begun to believe my
self born sailor but alas, the channel pc
tween Kauai and Oahu took the concert out
of me.
At three o'clock in the morning the stew,
ard raped on the door Ofmy stateroom and
said we were entering the port OF NaWlll-
will had not the slightest idea where
was to land, but somehow lnstnctlVely 1elt
that this must be my deStlnalloni aWoh hd
sleepy and cross, dressed hurrledly, seized
my travelling bag and artists portfolio, and
left the statprOom lust as the anchor was
dropped. Three ladies myself, seven Jap
anese, and fourteen Cinnamon were the
messengers to disembark. The harbor was
not very rough tho the water was sngntly
undulatinp. We were compelled to climb
down a pe-ladGer and enter a boat man
ned by a crew of dusky HawaiianS This
feat in the night, is not p easant, especially
when boat and ship are bobng in different
directions, AS soon as the mail was
NYohght off the omnibus took US 10 the R a.
at Likup, about one and half miles Iroiii
the landing. / was shown 10 my room anu
informed that Dr. Z. &, GOodhue, the gov
eminent physician at Koloa, would call ior
me during the forenoon. Shortly attel
breakfast he came to take me to koloa as
his guest :,
lightful, The day was far, the roads; ou
for the red soil, might remind one or Ne"
England. The kukua trees, or screw pines
and wild breadfIuit grew on every SIDE
On the way we paused at the Kauai INDUS
trial School which was established by Or
j. C. Smith and his sister Tire are Sixty
boys in attendance at this school, where
they are not only given good English ed
ncation but are useful trades. such as car
pentering, blacksmithing and farming
AS we reached the beautiful village o
Koloa with its great old sugar mill. motto
ed i'm front of one of the larger and bette
houses the glorious "Stars and Stripes" fly
ing Surprising it to be the office of al
American consul, asked the doctor AM
he replied that it was his own flag which II
raised every time an American landed OF
the island. One will never know how L
appreciate America and our glorious ma
until he sOiourns in foreign land.
Come to my house and stay as long a
YOU like" said the United States cnnsu
at HllO. I'VE will feast our eyes on Tn
flag and the American coat of arms, AM
talk of America. am never 20 happy a
when lind myself in the presence OF al
American citizen"
On the afternoon of my ARRIVAL the dOc
ter, his wife. DR.. Crane, and myself wen
to the Spouting Horn. which is not NOR
than mile and a half from koloa. TINS
one of the wonders OF Kauai. The ledge @
lava like rock which extends over acres 9
longthe seashOrr. is penetrated by man
cavernS into which the waves of the Sc
rush with wonderful force. There Is an OF
ifice in the rock large enough for an ordlni
nv man to crawl through. and the wate
driven bv the surf. is forced through thi
hole, sometimes to the height of sixty Tee
The expulsion OF water is accompanied y
hollow roar as the air is forced through a
aperture near the horn. Near the hOrE Is
large rock know as The Pulpit. and abor
one hundred PAGES in an opposite directlo
il The. Boiling Kettle. which is simply
large hole in which the water is continual
rushing ia and out. just like boiling waite
Next day we visited tie Golgotha,
HPlac., nf Skulls" about two miles frol
KnIOa and almost north OF the village
This is a sandy beach ON which. accordln
10 Professor Alexander. the acknowledge
authority on Hawaiian history, sever
battle was fought in the fourteenth century
The beach is strewn with human bone,
and many perfect skeletons have been tal
en- from the sands. With The aid OF ID
Goodbue was enabled TO discover one
tha Galatians and dug out skull with