The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-11

isfactory plain cooking In the world. nor
any performed with greater economy OF
fuel. than in the Hawaiian imu. A heavy
task remained, to clean the taro and
pound it into poi. Much of the taDo
next to the stones had become baked
into tough but savory crust. be-
lieye that the New England ''clam-
bakes'' are cooked in a similar manner
with driftwood in pits in the sands of
the beaches.
Our visit to Kauai on the occasion
mentioned above, extended from Koloa
to Hanalei. Koloa was occupied by Mr..
Gulick. Hanalei by Messrs. Alexander
and johnson Mr.. Gulick lived in
large matched cottage of native style.
OF special interest at KoIoa was a silk
farm conducted by Mr.. Titcomb, who
had a few acres of Multicaulis mulberry
which were very fourishing- He had
also a considerable quantity of silk
worms, which had to DE fed on fresh
mulberry leaves. We saw the worms
making cocoons, and the various pro-
cesses of Keeling the silk from the CO.
coons. into beautiful and glossy skeins.
That plantation failed, doubtless in part
from lack of reliable skilled labor.
| There was also little sugar planta-
ton at Koloa, managed by Mr.. Hooper,
who was partner of William Ladd and
P. A. Brinsnade, merchants of Homo
lulu. The crop could not have exceeded
one or two hundred tons. The min had
small iron rollers, driven by water pow
| err The boiling train was composed of
rather fiat pans. The syrup was crys-
tallized in large jars like conical flower
pots with hole at the apex, corked
with cane bagasse, which when opened,
allowed the molasses to drain OUT A
large pile of sugar gathered from such
pots awaited transportation. / grateful
! ly remember a generous hunk of the
| brown crystals graciously bestowed on
| myself by Mr.. Hooper, who must have
been a good sort of man. / think that
sugar plantations generally brought some
profit to its owners, and had a history
continuous with the modern and very
profitable Koloa plantation. 1t was the
earliest mandatory of sugar in these
| Islands. At the time of our visit, the ma
tive labor was hired at 121s cents day.
payable in coarse cotton cloth at Is cents
| a yard. The natives were eager for the
wages, never before having earned any.
No coin was used, only token money.
| Mr. Gulick raised colts, and his numer-
| Gus boys all became expert horsemen
] The Oldest, Haisey, was then IL years
old, a boy of great brightness and love
ableness. Very interesting was a bust
ness training for his boys, Instituted by
Mr. G., who made money tokens of his
own, with which the boys traded, with
him and each other. This cultivated in
them ideas of property value and of
traffic, which We're serviceable through
out life. Orramel, the second boy, was
then an alert lad of s. old enough to be
a playmate. Five brothers of this fam
| lily became remarkable as a peculiarly
Iactive and successful set of foreign mis-
sionaries, all still surviving except Hal
sey.
| Mounted on good ponies by the kindness
of Mr.. Gulick, we made two days ride
| to Hanalei. I remember that Mr.. and
Mrs H. o. Knapp were in our party.
Mr.. K. was a brother of a lady who
came to Kauai few years later, Mrs.
DIR. j. W.. Smith of Koloa. l remember
that he was very neat in his dress, and
wore gloves when riding. Mrs. Knapp
| afterwards became the stepmother of
| Sanford B. Dole, a lady of very calm
and quiet efficiency The ride was a
delightful one, through a rarely beauti-
full country. At the last descent into
/ the splendid Hanalei valley, messengers
from Mr.. Alexander met us with large
bucket of cows milk. which L tnirs-
ty enough to drink, although rather dis
liking its flavor, being used only to goat S
milk. The Bishops found hospitable
quarters with the then young Alexanders,
who had comfortable stone house. They
had three little boys, the oldest now my
honored friend and 'puluna" of the Coast
Survey and the youngest the genial SUI
gar king, Sam.
We had a canoe ride up the beautiful
! river. The great green mountain tower
ing over the rear of the valley made a
lasting impression. l have not since seer
ltlx W
ed the following week as far Lihue
There were one or two deep streams tc
lcross in canoes, swimming the horses
At Waialua, we were entertained with
VERY warm hospitality by the ex-Queer
Debora Tapule, who had formed great
i affection for my own mother in Waimea
in 1924 On leaving she gave us large
package of choice tapas and fine Niihau
mats. She lived in a very large thatch-
ed cottage, with a most clean and com
/ Portable interior. Reaching the little bay
near Lihue we spent there some thirty
six hours. 1t was long before the days
of sugar plantations and cattle ranches
The natives were numerous and the only
inhabitants. schooner bore us speedily
to Honolulu with a fair wind, which was
unusual in sailing Ito windward."
While at Eva, we increased our ac-
quaintance with the few white families
residing in Honolulu, not of the mission.
Mrs. Charlton and Mrs. Taylor have al
ready been spoken of. We were once
at dinner at the house of a Mrs Capt.
tHinkley, and repeatedly at that of Mrs.
| Capt. Carter, a most sociable and active
lady, whose many descendants have
greatly prospered here.We had much ac-
quaintance with the families of Messrs.
Laid and Brinsmade, who had
Some church connection with us, unlike
most of the foreign residents. We saw
much of the sister of DIR. Wood, who
married Captain Little, and after his loss
at sea, became Mrs. Hooper, a very lively
and agreeable woman. 1 remember be-
! ing at the house of Mrs. Corney, whose
| two aged daughters still reside in Ho-
nolulu. There We're several prominent
white men, whose faces were familiar
Consul Jones, old Mr.. Reynolds, and old
Mr.. Pitman. James Jackson Jarves, him
self barely of age, brought his girl-bride
fresh from America, to our house, and
spent a fortnight in a very iolly hon,av-