Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-03-09
TRAvELIN SALESMAN IN HAWAII


One OF the Difficulties Encountered by
n BrattIsboro BOY l. In Being Quar-
HnIIned on Account OF the BubonIc
Plague.
The letter given below was received re-
Gently by Rev. }. II. Rabbit Of West Brat
tleboro from his son, w. II. Rabbit, who
went TO Honolulu after his graduation
from Williams college, and who was pro-
fessor In Oahu college three or four years
resigning that position 10 become connect
ed with a large business house In the city.
Mr.. Babbtt travels as salesman to the
different Islands Of the Hawaiian group,
and his energy in pushing for trade has
twice led him within the Gordon OF the
quarantine since the appearance Of the bu-
bonic plague in the islands.
HONOLULU, II. /, Feb. &, 1900.
am once more the victim of circum-
stances in being in quarantine. Some
Vhree weeks ago | went into two weeks
quarantine in the hopes of being able to
get away TO Kauai before the quarantine of
the town was lifted and at the end Of the
time gave it up as the board of health
could not grant the desired permission.
After weeks vacation we came in for
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very good chance OF getting away. The
enforced vacation was all right the frs,
few days, but as a steady diet it gets yery
monotonous and | would prefer to work.
strange as that may seem. There are two
OF us here beside a guard and our cook.
We are not allowed TO step outside the
yard and all our provisions have to come
through the hands of the guard. We have
TO have regular inspection by a physician.
our goods fumigated and all sorts of red
tape before we can get away. Don't think
by this am complaining of the restric-
lions, I r think they are the best thing
and probably the only thing that will pre-
vent the spread of the plague TO the other
Islands. II you have been reading ac-
counts of our situation here l hope Won
have read accurate ones, for some that
have gone out have been as far from the
truth as anything could be. | don't be-
lieve any place in the world has a better
organized system for overcoming an epi.
demic than we have right here. and il is
aggravating to say the least when we get
some Of the sensational reports that are
occasionally circulated.
We are waiting very anxiously down
here to know what disposition Congress il
going to make of us and the air is already
Iull OF candidates and rumors of candi-
dates for the first governorship. | am
pretty well satisfied that this place will al
ways be one of the best political tid-bits
to be dealt out with successive changes in
administrations.
Feb. 8, 1900.
Last night while we were at dinner word
came from the board of health that our re.
quest, sent earlier in the day for permis.
sion to go to Kauai as we had completed
our ter,dsys' quarantine, had been grant
ed and that we could go on the next steam
er, which will probably be next Tuesday.
We set up cry of joy that was heard all
over the neighborhood and spent rather
more joyful night than we have of late.
Today we are going to get our stuff alto.
gether and tonight give it a Thorough fumi.
CATION. Everything which we plan to take
with us must be so treated.
have very little idea when 1 shall get
back here to Honolulu, for unless the Quar-.
antine of the island is raised shall leave
Kauai, come to Honolulu harbor, be trans
terred by small boat without coming ashore
TO one OF the other island steamers. and 90
70 Mauai. might possibly go from there
to Hawaii, w n RA1U,a1aS