The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-23

untss Nnh klHf street, q haw
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Wfuha r1fht Uf huIahu 4ni uffs
|thHhi ffftUfs fiuHl th0 siHft IN one
Hf iba mns nHi0I th infs 20 thn
i0RN ~ stephen Reynolds. miFinhi.
'f fnu nNtfuf1 Mass li hHl b'n
trff manf Yfafa no Csc is'aHif Hnd
Waa uue 20 ths most remarkable men
|in Honolulu &c. waf vrrt peculiar in
ihIa dress as we'll be his th'nklnr iiis
lrlnthEs wofa cut w HE own fshlon,
GENERALLY Nhst We know ~ the Jacket
land trousers and made " nRit col.
or.d nankoan Ills shirt was always
Of unbenched cotton cloth. destitute
Of any linen bosom. buttoned IN front
at the throat with wide turned over
collar white stockings and low shoes,
and Panama hat destitute OF any
ribbon completed his costume. This
style ! do not recall ever to have seen
changed. The simplicity OF the cos-
tune was somewhat characteristic OF
the man. 4 visitor 10 his store went
up the half dozen well worn planks to
the somewhat rickety varanda and en-
tering within found a most mlscellane-
Gus assortment OF dry goods and no.
lions In what would be TO him an In
describable confusion. yet the kindly
gentleman, past middle life, with a
g.r,, ,io,s,,, manner ia HE native
customers. found no difficulty In meet
ing their wishes. and enjoyed a large
share OF their confidence. II was not.
however, so much as a merchant that
he impressed himself upon the COM
lmunity, but as n man of mental abili-
ty. Naturally a student, with an evil
dent prediction for the study OF the
law, he was. in the absence of any
educated attorney residing in the town,
the person who was generally consult
ed on matters that were coming be-
fore the courts. In two most impor-
tant cases which 1 recall, one the trial
of Mr. L. L. Torbert, and the other
the celebrated case of Messrs. Laid
q Co. against the government. which
forms a part of the history of those
times, Mr. REYNOLDS was engaged as
principal attorney for Ladd &, Co, and
his conduct of these cases was con-
sidered very remarkable for an I'M
professional man. | may add here
that the Kindness of Mr.. Reynolds
heart was shown in later years by his
ian girls, where he gave them the best
education which could be provided for
them.
IN tho makai side of the road (now
,torcba,,. s,raan from, Nuuonu RI
Kaabunoapu streat Uere apontv lots
,,,,th hIocl,s of ca,.a, for fannas TIE
next building IN tho mauka side was
the stora of Nessrs Jobn and william
patv , tyo-storv buiIdinq the SEQ
ond story heirg usad for offioe Can't
Ioh, patv and Mr. V,l1iam paw were
brothers from pIvmoutb Nass The
Icon,air had m an,,iah,a ranu+ation q 6
cantain of tho bark Dop ouixote tho
regular nacket nlvinp between Homo
IuIu and San Erancisco Some Years
,ater ba wac comn,imentad With n
blue si,l, commentaries aae with the
fiqures 100 In white unon II Indicative
~ bis ono bundrad,b nosso,o wade
hetvoe,, tbo Coas+ and the islands
NJ, wiI,ior, tbo hrotber nod cbarge
NJ tho general merchapdise store
v,hich stood ar tho head NJ Koobuma-
mn street
Tho descendants NJ Mr. and Mrs
Uilio,, pat. or, tho VOL, xnou,, fam-
i1y of tba Niott-sn,itre ltt,a Incl
dent &c WORTH relatino. bore Tic frst
fine tbat sumciar, ru,,ba, of 10 dies
could ho gatberad ,ogetbe,. to form, two
sats for dancing was in tho home of
Mr. and Mrs william patv on Rere-
tanio straet
Continuino an, wall, .,ore Merchant
street IN tbo manic eide ,ba rext was
a ,yooda,, buiIding of two storias with
a loolxont unor tho ton II was GEN
eraIy usad h,, tho n,h,ic whenever
tho c,,,, ~ "soj, ho,u ro,,or +houoh tho
strao,s >-ao,. ,ba oorna,. 90 ,,arohont
and Eor+ streets r,aul,a side wac a
small ona-storv huilding arected nv
cant spow chin rnostar wbo hod
followed tba tr,do hatu,ae,, pos,o,, and
uono,uI, ana retirad ond antarad into
penera1 business On tho roa,ai side
Of tho street ,,ara ,ha ,,.a,,,isas ~
Mr. Vim French Tbesa extarded
from Eoabunooru 70 Eort s+raat srr-
roundad bv bigb ,icl,et farc, Win
SOM nobla hon t.aas stardirer t,,st
vIthi, tbo line Of tho farca The
building was ouita q sizaobla ono Of
wood with n bigb hosan,ent ana LARGO
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