The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-08-30
MISSIONARY
MOTHER DIES
Long and Useful
Life of Mrs.
Reed.

| H1LO, August 26.-MrS. w. II. Reed
kamaaina of Hilo, died at her resi-.
dence on Waianuenue street after al
illness covering several months ant
was buried from Hall chsrch Monday
afternoon. Mrs. Reed had been able
to walk about the house up to three
weeks ago but at that time her illness
/, became so painful that she refrained
from leaving her bed and on Sunday
morning she died.
HALL church was a mass of floral dec
Grafton when the funeral cortege en-
tered. The services were conducted by
Rev. :. L. Desha and Rev. Curtis E.
Shields. AS the casket was borne to
the altar Mr.. Desha read the episcopal
service and afterward the choir sang,
1T is Well" Mr. Shields read the
scriptures and followed Mr. Desha in
English with remarks on the life of
the deceased. The pail bearers were
r. a. Lyman Sr., w. S. Terry, Allen
Wall, John Kaikapu, j. w. Mason and
w. Il. Nailima.
Deceased was the youngest of four
teen children and was born December
90, 1927, near Abcrdour, Scotland. When
a child eight years old her parents
em!grated to America and settled in
quincy, Illinois, and at that place she
began her education and in time enter
ed the Mission Institute, where men
and women are prepared for the work
in the foreign mission field. From this
school she was graduated.
While pupil at the institute she be-
came acquainted with William c. Ship
man whom she married i'm 1858 and in
the following year, with others destin-
ed for the mission field, she, with her
! husband, began their long journey to
Micronesia, landing at Lahaina in Oc-
tober, 1854. There they remained until
| the following year when they were in
Vited to meet with the Hawaiian Board
at Honolulu. In the meantime the Rev.
Mr.. Kinney of the Kau mission became
| incapaCitated for the work and left
there. The board considered that Mr..
| Shipman would make an admirable sue
! cessor and upon the place being offered
him he accepted the place and with his
wife went there and labored until death
| called him in December 1861. Besides
la widow he left behind two sons and
| a daughter His entire estate amount
ed to only a few hundred dollars and
| the widow found it necessary to en-
| gage in employment and with that in
| view came with her children to Hilo
where she established a boarding and
day school. Here she met with success
and was enabled to send the boys to
| Punahou to be educated. In Hio today
| there are living some of the pupils of
Mother Reeds school, babies then, who
as women grown assisted in decorating
! the church last Monday.
| When her sons were old enough she
took them to Galesburg, ILL.,, where they
| were to finish their education. In 1868
Mrs Shipman was married to W. II.
| Reed. carpenter and man of means,
of Hilo. Mr. Reed became interested
with the late Charles Richardson and
one other in the Kapapala ranch. At
the same time he had interests in Hio
that We're growing and after a couple
of years on the ranch he decided to have
William II. Shipman return from school
and take charge of his interests there,
Mr. Richardson having sold out and
returned to Hilo. Mr.. Reed died in 1880
and his widow resided here from that
time until her death. She was the last
surviving missionary on this island sent
out by the American Board of Foreign
Missions.
iShiN.><hINI '-N WI
There Is no doubt in my mind" said
f.. w. Barnard of Laupahoehoe that
the future of coffee in this section of
the country is brighter than it has look
ed for several years. The Japanese are
after land wherever it is suitable for
the cultivation of coffee and | take that
as a good indication for the Japanese
are not fools.
Il have shipped to the coast this
season more than fifty tons of coffee
and l find that the demand is growing.
There is not enough produced here to
secure for ii separate classification be-
cause the quality is superior to any sold
in San Francisco and for that reason
1t is used as a blend. When our pro-
duct is increased and We can have some
one on the coast to represent US IIa-
waiian coffee will have "A paye in the
hearts of the coffee drinkers hat will
increase the demand perceptlbly."
I'VE harvest our own crop and have
ii cleaned and picked over IN our own
coffee house so that we know that only
the selected product is shipped 10 the
coast. The idea that the only good Ha-
waiian coffee comes from the Kona side
of the island is erroneous and the people
on the coast are finding out that there
is as fine coffee on this side of Hawaii
as there is in any part of the world"
ITEMS.
Florentln sou2a has in the Hilo Wine
and Liquor store some samples of to-
bacco grown by a Porto Rican in the
vicinity OF Papaikou. The sample are
in the natural leaf and present a fine
appearance. The soil and climate of
Papaikou, Mr., SouZa says. is adapted
To the cultivation Of tobacco and as
soon as SUFFICIENT land can be obtainefl
the business VIII be gone into thor
oughly The Humple leaves are short
but Of good Width. Three Drops can bee
taken on in year
Mlrs Maud Cwhhe. daughter " Ho-
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