The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-22
HOLSTER DRUG CO., SPECIAL AGENTS.

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corner of Beretania street and Fort
was built the large residence of Mr.
Charles Brewer. 1 recall distinctly, al
this period, the planting of the hau
trees along the sides of the roads.
They were cut UP in the mountains,
some ten or twelve feet long, destitute
lof any branches, and the trunks were
about the thickness of mans arm.
These were stuck in the ground, and
the earth filed in around them. To
what size they may have grown since
then your reader can tell better than L
(The last succumbed with the erection
of the Mcintyre Building.-Ed)
| On the Eva side of Fort street on
+, the corner of Hotel stood the dwelling
house of Mr.. John Coicord, a black
smith by trade, very worthy man.
There were no other buildings of note
| that I remember on this side of the
street until We came to a somewhat
narrow lane extending from Fort
street to Nuuanu, and about midway
of this lane on the makai side, was
the cottage of the well known Father
Damon, the seaman's chaplain of the
] port. Few men of that time were more
respected by the seamen and lands
men than was the chaplain. He off,
ciated on Sunday at the Bethel to the
small congregation that attended the
services during the off seasons. Dur
ing the time that the whale ships were
in port the room was generally well
filled with sailors from the ships.
Speaking of the chapel reminds me of
an incident that occurred there which
(, caused me some embarrassment. A
Sl1j ha in orf for a ND
water with a large number of Nor
mon emigrants, under the leadership
mon emigrants, undtr the leadership
of the afterwards famous Sam Bran
nan of San Francisco notoriety. An
evening meeting was announced, at
which the said Brannan acting as a
Mormon elder presided. 1 had in some
way become possessed with the idea
that these Mormons had been recruited
from the Methodist denomination.
from the Methodit denomina ton.
During one of the pauses in the SER
vice, / started to sing to a familiar
''Ponnyroyal meter as it used to be
called at home the well known hymn,
when I can read my title clear,
with the Pennyroyal variations, and
wipe my weeping eyes" Two or three
voices in the crowded room essayed to
help, but left me on the second verse
to finish it alone. Not willing to ac-
knowledge defeat, I started the third
verse, which 1 had to sing entirely as
solo. AS I could not read a note of
music and sang only by ear, remem-
bering only the old fashioned peculiar
tiles of the tune, my effort was not
a success
Branching off from Fort street as
We go mauka, there was a bit of road
extending it's somewhat crooked way
from Hotel street to Beretania street.
On it's left-hand side was a long two
story coral building in which DR.. R
w. Wood had his office. In the unDer
story, it might have been a few years
later, Capt Newell and his family re-
sided. Capt. Newell will be remem-
bered by the residents of a little later
period as the commander of the vessel
which bore away from the islands to
China. Hon. George Brown. United
States Commissioner. who had ceased
to be persona grata" to the Hawai-
ian government, and also the well
known and popular CaptJohn Dominis
The vessel and her passengers were
never heard from after sailing. 1t was
generally supposed that she was
wrecked in one of the fierce typhoonS
of the China seas. though for many
years the devoted wife and mother
was ever expecting to hear of the res
cue of her beloved husband.
On the Waikiki side of the street and
mauka of where the only engine house