The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-07

via arr az much social position, and
AT one time in the twenties the two
.on families at Kailua had a Sc
eere experience of famine with the
peopie' and were unable to procure the
oi,dry food. II was a blessed god
Ssa when rain came. and a plentiful
n,.b OF Wild mustard sprang up. fur
thI.i abundance of boiled greens. /
nh we always had enough to eat
@ as sweet potatoes, taro. poi
s,oa,. MIX, bananas, sugar-cane, fresh
pH, chlckens. turkeys and fish Irish
poea'oes we never saw, nor beef ex-
yypt salted, procured from whalers
VIII cattle abounded on Maunakea
une other side of the Island. We
u the Ihurstons each kept a few
cows which grazed on the sparse herb
Sse OF the lower slopes. They were
i,Vin the wild stock introduced from
1antornia by Vancouver, and yielded
niue milk. which was reserved for but
YET. "A good flock of goats gave a good
suppiy OF muk for the table. and the
kids were delicious eating. NY step
nother was a good cook, and we often
au puddlngs of rice and of pia. or
arroW-root, which was an abundant
"lld product of the country.
rice came from China. generally be-
coming very weevly. Our scanty sup
pies OF Hour came from Boston, order
su py our nscal agent. Mr.. Levi Cham
oeTialn. Coming around Cape Horn.
before the art of kiln-drying IL had
oeen learned, IL was commonly mouldy
ana run OF large white worms. After
caretul sitting, the good lady would
proceed TO incorporate into the flour an
equai bulk OF boiled sweet potato thor
oushiy RUBBED In. so as seldom 10 be-
Tray It's presence. The bread was fairy
light, and far better than no bread
though we children got little of IL. and
no butter at all. Mrs Thurston's
Dread used to be much darker. I
think she worked poi into 1t. Sour
mix was abundant and helped. with
salaeratus, To make the bread light
MT. Chamberlain allowanced each mis-
sion family on one barrel of flour per
annum. remember witnessing nv
father and MIR. Thurston I'm the act or
dividing barrel of flour. which may
nave been an extra bonus. They sawed
IL in half. The inside was solidlv
Icaked. mouldy two inches in. and thor
ougnly wormy. Ii was all eaten except
the mouldy exterior.
Messrs. Thurston and Bishop both
enjoyed vigorous health, and Iabored
hard in their calling. What we child
rem saw was for one thing their daily
toll at their tables i'm translating the
scriptures from the original Greek and
hebrew into the Hawaiian vernacular.
/ Tor
revision after mutual comparison To
MT Richards at Lahaina. or Mr.. Bing-
nam at Honolulu. There was also
much prepare ton of schoolbooks and
OF hymns. These studies. however.
were constantly interrupted BY calls,
from natives at all hours, very COM
monty Tor medicine. MIR. Bishop, being
centrally located. had most of this
work. He had shelves full of rnedi-
cine bottles. also a chest of drugs
which when opened dispensed a sicken-
ing odOr OF aloes. A prominent drug
was red precipitate of mercury which
ne used to dust upon the fearful
syphilitic ulcers which disfigured so
many OF the peoples limbs and faces.
salts. blue-pill and calomei were lead
ing drugs which / heard much Of
/ BlOod-letting was "a constant remedy.
IN which Father Bishop was an adept
\ Binding the arm, he would prick the
lancet into the swollen vein, and the
dark blood would squirt three feet into
the basin held to receive II. That is
obsolete practice. yet he undoubtedly
relieved much misery and saved MANY
lives, for the people conflded i'm him
and could not be frightened by their
kahunas from seeking his ministration
although multitudes Of them persisted
/ by the malpractice OF these sorcerers
/ Both these missionaries. i'm addition
W NhN AfHh odbDtln anu week UdN
services OF the town, alternately held
similar services I'm the villages within
six miles each way. going by canoe. OF
often on foot. having no horses unit
1885. They also did an arduous labor
In superintending the very inefficient
work OF the native teachers in tn,
schools OF the region. Every few
months was held in the great church
"A grand field day. called Hoike. or *
hibition, when all the pupils of tn,
schools i'm the district assembled anC
displayed their requirements w,
children thought these high times
when platoons OF gaily rugged womei
and half naked men would stalk to tn,
front and pronounce the lessons pre-
pared. Sometimes they would be com
. mended. but occasionally a stern re
buke would be administered to tn
teacher. These performances woul,
! often last all day. and the ATTENDING
! crowds never seemed to weary Grea
progress was made in those schools
through much and long toll. which ha
J eliminated in the present universe
literacy Of the Hawaiian people.