The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-09

Many former Honolulans are men
toned by Miss Chamberlain in the fol-
lowing letter which appears in the cur
rent number of The Friend:
Elmira, n. Z, July %, 1903.
Stranded here for a day in this busy
inland city of New York, waiting for
train connections, it seems the first fit
since leaving California. Having wait
ed over a month in Oakland for the
arrival of Mrs. L. C. Lyman of Hilo, at
length, on the Goth of May, the Enter
prise arrived with the wished-for pas
sengers: and on the End of June the
overland journey began. We took the
Union Pacific route, and the trip SEEM
ed long and rather slow, as we were
often de-tracked to make way for
other trains. Finally we were so far
behind schedule time that we were run
into the depot at Denver for whole
days wait. We improved the time in
taking a long rest in comfortable, I'M
pretentious hotel near the depot, and
replenishing our lunch basket. Other
passengers took observation cars and
went around the city sightseeing. But
before two o'clock p. m. dark and
threatening clouds brought heavy rain
and drove us all back to our temporary
home. By four p. m. we were all glad
to meet together again, and to COM
pare notes on news, which we found TO
he on the great floods and wash-outs
on the railroads of the east and middle
west, which had made great havoc with
trains, and had assisted in our long de-
Law. AS we rolled away from Denver,
over the long stretches of Nebraska
prairies, we had the wonderful ssSht
through the car windows of the inky-
black. funnel-shaped clouds far off on
the horizon, which still told of lorna
does and destruction. Reaching Chica-
90 ON Saturday night, June 9Th, at 1880,
we found it too late to be transferred
as promised, to other railroads. SO
again we had to find hotel Tor the
rest of the night, as they would not
give us the favor of berths in the sleep
ing cars. But in the early morning we
returned TO the depot and were trans
ferred to our respective routes. Mrs
LYMAN and little daughter went to her
narents' home in Indiana, and L 10
pecatonica. ILL.,, to the home of Mrs
Helen c. Ives. After one short Weeh
of rest and refreshment there your cor
respondent had to be on the way AGAIN
70 meet her college appointments II
South Hadley, Mass, to attend the
commencement of June, 1903. Reach
ing Springfield, Mass, June l'th' te"
welcome days of rest We're scent al
the home of a relative, and then L pre-
narad for a new departure on Monday
the 22nd.
The delightful particulars of the COM
mencement week and reunion of the
Fifty Years class cannot be CONDENSED
into this short space. 1t was founc
innossible to write the letter which
had hoped to send for the Angus
Friend suffice it to say here, that ou
of a class of forty-five, of whom
twenty-four had passed to the Beyond
+ha-a wore present thirteen represen
+atives. said to be the finest show
ing, of a Fifty Years reunion at Mt
HoIvoke College. The elegant new
buildings which have replaced TIL
time-honored structure destroyed b!
fire in 1890, and the maSnificen
Icamnus, are sources of exultation AM
nraise and thanksgiving to God.
! After the regular Commencement
Dav exercises on Thursday, June oath
which closed with President Wooley'
reception in the evening, everyone wa
in haste to leave. and the class of 1S5
had their last meeting together. tool
nm a contribution (Which will be raise
70 fiftv dollars as a mite towards
now library building, and babe eac'
other farewell. All left that day bu