The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-02-10
NEWS FOR BATH IS
NEWS FOR HAWAII
Some Things About Ourselves
Which Few Here Have Either
Known or Suspected.

The following, from Bath, Maine
publication, viii be found Of general
intcres. to Hawaiian readers, There
may be one or two widely separated
truthful statements contained, but
these need not detract from the amusc-
mcnt with which the whole may be re-
coivod. This is what the people Of
Bath, Maine, have been told about fIa-
wall;
Mr.. and Mrs L. w. s. Blanchard,
who arrived home last week from Ho-
nolulu where they have been residing
for the past two years, are entertain
ing their friends with interesting in.
formation concerning that far away
colony of the United States. They
we're both delighted with and enthu-
sastic over the picturesque scenery,
and although happy in their personal
experience during their residence in
Honolulu, they are glad to be at home
again the States
! Mr.. Blanchard remarked, ''The beau
tiful scenery and flowers the year
round are all right, and good, but one
can not live on them.
Mr. Blanchard, who among his
friends is known to be a close observer
of things about him, has given the
Times some interesting facts in con-
nection with Honolulu and the people
and customs, and his first illustration
was the high cost of everything re-
qnired in the household. When a Times
reported called, Mr.. Blanchard had just
returned from a local store, where he
had purchased small wash basin. The
same basin in Honolulu would have cost
i Just twice as much as he paid for it
here.
Honolulu has peculiar climate on
account of its location on the line be.
tween the tropics and the temperate
zone. Eight islands compose the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, and the population
is about 10000, divided as Follows:
Hawaiians, 30, 1000 ;part-HRwaiians, S4S5 I;
Japanese, $4,000; Chinese, $4,000; Por-
tuguese, $4,000 American, 1000; Brit
ish, 5000, and the remainder are Ger
mans, French, Norwegians, South Sea
Islanders and representatives of other
nationalities. All the white people are
called "Haoli,'' and all the business
houses and merchants fly foreign flags,
which renders them neutral in case of
, any disturbance Honolulu is 2l50
miles southwest from San Francisco.
The formation, location and size of
the islands is what determines the
climate. The residents do not require
a change of clothing, for the winter
, and summer months are both warm. In
the summer months the temperature
ranges from SO to 95 in the shade and
1876 to $50 in the sun, and in the winter
about 1876 in the sun. The nights are
/ pretty comfortable, after the sun goes
, down. The wealthy residents live in
the mountain districts. The city
{ proper is in the lee Of the mountain
1 and is infected with wind which il
, called by the natives "Sick Wind. ,
, Showers in the valleys occur at fire.
! quent intervals, and the rainbows are
] too beautiful for description. Night
1 rainbows are frequently seen.
The climate is such as to seriously
affect everybody except the natives
After the cOarse of two or three years
= a white person is liable to be attacked
by all diseases known to the human
{ race, for they are all there; consump
tion, bubonic plague, typhoid fever
' and coughs and colds of the worst kind
which develop in nervous insanity
t and in part this is the result of what
+ the people eat.
y The vegetables grow to enormous
size. Cucumbers two or three fee
I long, hard and worthless, with littli
Q string of seeds along through the cen
: ter. The squashes grow several fee
s long with more of gray appearance
K with string of seeds in the middle
J. The radishes are a foot long, ant
I watery. 1t is wild stuff, and the PEG
h pie who eat it become wild themselves
On top Of the highest mountains ar,
8 found sea shells and snails. The pear
j. are of peculiar shape, growing biz
! end up, and are perfectly tasteless. M
; grass grows there. There is vine tina
: grows with spears on it but it is no
! grass.
There is coarse weed that cattle
. will eat, the principal fodder, however
being the long bean which grows OF
the AlgArba tree. 1t would cost
fortune to keep a cow in Honolulu, ant
= the price of milk is any price the mer
= chants want to make it. All butte
q comes from California and the price i
;. from 40 to so cents pound.
n The beef is the toughest stuff imagin
o able, and eatable beef is so cents
IT pound.
d 1t was reported that the governmen
at one time considered a movement no
to allow the sale of meat grown on tn
island, but it was not carried out.
q The fish trade is arranged to hav
L just enough of a supply to meet tn
'. demand, and the price is 20 cents
/. pound for all kinds.
d There are twenty varieties, handsom
to look at in their brilliant colors, blu
% not very palatable. The crawfish take
r. the place of our lobster and is not 3
10 bad.
l. Eggs are 70 cents a dozen and YER
t. small, cream is SIPS a quart. The dru
g store prices for drugs are just twie
n. that in this country. The merchant
o are ahead of date in regard to tn
is price. Up to the present time Their
m are no pennies in circulation, and 4
r consequence the small articles whic
10 come under fye-cent price are rate
at FIVE cents, no change coming bacl
"a The postage stamps are sold for fiy
y cents each unless the purchaser Is post
y cd and makes his purchase more tina
u one stamp. The white people on th