The Florence tribune., 1898-04-02

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 ing extracts from private letter re gently received:
 HONOLULU, Feb. 2s, 1898. [s ! We embarked on the Australia from San Francisco and after a week on the water landed in Honolulu Oct. I2 Travelling by water is not nearly as in teresting as traveling ou land. t i: so monotonons that one cannot hell but get tired and wish for land. ] think there could be nothing better fol people desiring a rest, for they woald be obliged to rest. Fortunately none of us suffered with sea-siclkness.
 Kind people greeted us at the wharf and took us to their homes, so we felt that, if strangers, we should soon be among friends. The sensations, how ever, of being foreigners are peculiar to say the least, and when I think of it now is gives me sort of an out-cast feeling. I really did not know had so much patriotism until we came here. Perhaps when annexation occurs I'll feel more at home. Speaking of an nexation, you will want to know what we think of it. We are convinced of one thing, that it will be very good thing for these islands.
 But you will ask, "How do you like it?" We'll, we like it first-rate, and believe that us the weeks pass, we like it better and better. We have had everything to cause us to like it. The people have received us most kindly and have done everything in their power to promote our comfort and pleasure. We live in large, cool, airy house, in the same yard as the church and near to town. The house is so large that beside having all the room we need the church rents three rooms. We have Japanese woman who does sll the work but the cooking. This gives me more leisure than have had in many years. However, we can not work as hard here as in 6 colder climate, and I find that the claims Of church, society, friends and family keep me well occupied. We have se- cess to a large public library and I hope that we will both make good use oft.
 Our health since we have been here has been excellent, none of us having been sick.
 Here continual summer doth abide" I smiled at a report in the morning paper, "last night was very cold, the thermometer went down to 52 degrees above zero" The trees and grass are ever green, the flowers bloom constantly and we never need fire. The temperature is very even, the nights being warm, with no increasing cold toward morning. 1 suppose the summer will be much warmer than now, but the people say that then the trade winds blow constantly and SC keep it quite cool.
 Honolulu itself is peculiarly built city. The business part is homely-- the streets narrow and crooked and the houses old and plain, but as you leave that behind and get upon the plain ol into the valleys, the streets wider and the homes and yards are verl beautiful. Every time go anywhere find something new to excite my won der and admiration. I wish you couls come here for know you would espe cially enjoy the climate, the people the scenery, in fact Honolulu itself.
 Our church relation here is peculiar
 As you are aware, the missionarie of the Congregational church cam here prior to the '20's and christianize the islands. Their descendants hay practically grasped verything-busi ness, government; school missions an
 churches. There is large Centra
 Union church, which in it's politv
 Congregational, but it's membership
 composed of all denominations. Unt
 few years ago it was the only churc , here, now there are the Methodist. th , Christian and the Episcopal. mea } churches for white people. There al many other churches-native, Chimes , Japanese, Portugese, Catholic and Mo mon churches. Our church is onl
 three years old. We have about sixt members, residents in the city. The f are of the middle class of the people l mostly mechanics, some marines. Tn, are exceedingly devoted, kind al liberal. We enjoy them very much, b find it difficult to draw anything lii & crowd our way. However, feel th
 we must not be discouraged. Since ' have been here the congregation al Sunday school have increased one-ha
 We expect to grow slowly, but surel
 and are looking to God to show us t