The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-05-21
HAWAII IN
HIGH LIGHT.
Visitors View of
Places and
People.

From Monroe. tNebl, Looking Glass.
Manila, u. L., Mar. "a, 1901.
T. n Gerard Editor Looking Glass.
As peace Offering for not notify
ing YOU of my change of address / viii
tell you something of nay trip-or rdth-
er begin "A series of letters which I
trust viii be interesting To your read
crs.
left Fullerton Jan. "a, to Join my
son, ". W. Barre, who had accepted
position In the Philippines, On the
10Th l Joined him and his family ON
the evening train for san Francisco.
Reached san Francisco the 2Sth, which
gave us a few days to see the city ana
surrounding country as we sailed Feb.
LIST for Manila.
There are no end of surprises In
travelling, and the first was that the
summit of the Rockies is reached SO
gradually it seems impossible that We
are thousands of feet above sea level,
until you notice the difficulty in
breathing, and look up to see Il sky SO
blue II is almost black. because of the
clearness of the atmosphere.
| began to wonder what all these
masses of rocks with arid spaces be-
tween, We're made for; miles on miles
of sage brush. a few stunted ever
greens coming up through great trib-
ulation," but the Creator has no doubt
n treasure house in the heights above
and the depths beneath. Here and
there are mining camps, and the peo-
pie came out to look at people from
Gods Country"
Little towns that owe their existence
to the railroad, occasionally city
with electric lights and all modern i'm
provements, like Cheyenne ana Ogden.
Nothing could have been more well
come after snow and rocks than the
beautiful Sacramento valley, clothed IL
n IN
wheat fields, oranges, summer flowers,
and vines.
The Sacramento sweeps over miles
of country more like n lake at this sea-
son when the mountain SHOWS are
melting. The bay which we soon reach
is gay with shipping and very beauti-
full with homes of wealth and culture,
on the sloping hillsides that are cul-
tivated to the waters edge. 1t is de
lightful after the long, weary railroad
trip, but still we feel u little disap-
pointed on reaching San Francisco, for
the wind chills us and we want furs
some portions of the day.
l saw nasturtiums that had evidently
had no trouble with frost as they were
in full bloom. Some portions of San
Francisco are like New York and other
eastern cities, but there are still many
buildings and streets that sprang up
like magic in the old mining days and
have not yet been swept away by the
march of Improvement The city is
largely of wood, and 1t seemed TO me
strange that no more disastrous fires
had visited her Some of the homes
ed with semi-tropical trees and plants.
The park Is interesting for visitors,
having a small herd of buffaloes, an
immense grizzly bear, a condor who
has an apartment entirely apart from
other birds. an indication Of his char
trees and shrubs where are birds and
fowls from almost every cline. The
whole world knows that California Is
noted for delicious fruits, which We
not only enjoyed during our stay IN
the city, but our courteous host OF
The Occidental on the morning of
our departure sent a large basket OF
the fruit, oranges, apples, nuts, and
to our room for us to take on |
board the Lawton, together with a
bouquet of fragrant flowers. He evil |
IDENTIFY expects us to return that way. |
but such is not our intention, as we |
hope to encircle the globe during our
trip.
At noon February l, we went on
board the Lawton and were happily |
surprised to see Mrs. Robbins. sister
Of Mrs. NJ. |. Brewer OF Fullerton. with |
her son to see us off. While others
had many friends to bid them "bon
voyage" ours were away and long will |
we remember the thoughtful kindness
Of these friends, during our stay In
San Francisco.
The Lawton having been recently re-
paired, cruised about the harbor for a
few hours to test the engines before
trusting herself outside. little be-
fore sunset we passed the Golden
Gate, and started on our long roll
for Hawaii. The Pacific forgot her !
good manners and tossed us sidewise
n ItxyIu nd NJ har
ton Is one of the smallest transports |
In the service and seemed staunch and |
but we registered q vow |
to go back on a bigger boat. Scarcely
had we touched the ocean before faces |
began to pale, the firm set lips
their state-rooms or had urgent bust
ness to the side OF the boat: studying |
sharks? OF possibly hoped to get a
glimpse OF the sea-serpent, and ere |
long the last scoffer and boaster IT
never was sea sick left the steamer
into the gloom.
February 9th we sighted Molokai, in
the early morning, away to the south
west as a translucent screen on the
tropical haze, rigid mountain forms be-
gan to appear In the distance, the
breath of the land, nodding palms,
sands and turquoise waters,
at last Honolulu. The beautiful line of
towering hills and mountains piled up
to the clouds, over which hung a dark
screen, that let go and came down up
on us when we were trying TO navigate
the pools and lakes of the lower
streets, in fact II kept coming down
during our stay OF three days, so we
waded through liquid Hawaii, had II
above and around us; II took the klnk
out of our hair and the starch out of
our wear" but Honolulu fully repaid
ia for "a few damaged allita II a
the Paradise OF the Pacific" Such
delicious tropical fruits, such wealth
of gorgeous flowers, palms OF nearly
all varieties. bread fruit trees, ban
vans. cocoanuts. banana groves with
irrigation bitches between spaces OF
from ~ To Is feet, umbrella trees, and
such an endless list OF Towering trees
so gorgeous that they fairly dazzle the
eye. Hedges OF hibiscus. with their
rich. dark green foliage and magnifi-
cent scarlet blossoms, well kept vines
that climb over the long verandas. for
the ueoDia live much ont of doors