Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-05

on it's cool porch we had lunch We a' so went out on the glass bottom beats which I make Catchina Gardens look like thirty l cents.
 At Waialua we went throug1 a large stgar mill employing ov.- two thousard laburers and turning out over cna kCn-
 dred tons daily of. suga'. Going on we
 passed Schofield Barracks, the largest
 military post under the American flag.
 Here I stopped and visited tn Cor
 poral Edgar F. Parker, Battery B. 11ih
 Field Artillery. Edgar formerly worked
 for R. F. Smith and h.s fc.<s live at
 292 Laurel Hill avenu1. He was in good
 health, but when I was bidding him good bye, he said that he wished he waS going back east with me. His captain Is Captain Belcher of Pacific street, New 1 London, so that helps a little 5000 miles away. Then on to Pearl Harbor At this won- derful landlocked port are situated thF United States naval station and Gry | docks. Here I had breakfast with Il | Taftville boy aEd his wife. 1 had love- l ly visit here, they made me feel so at |
 home. F. L. Meyer is his name. His | 1 mother lives in Tastville now, and he i 1 has sister, Mrs. Gus Thumm, and l
 another sister. Mrs. John Puchta, of | | Taftville. I will never forget how goou | | that breakfast tasted, it started off with | l strawberries and cream and they were l l II 6dy SO. Mey6T IS IHO chief electrician of the radio station, hav-
 ing put in twenty years less one year
 and three months in the service In one year and three months he will be retir-
 ed with a substantial pension when he
 | intends to start east in his auto to visit
 his people. He has been all over the
 world and has been electrical instructor
 in the government schools. He is mar ried to girl from Louisville, Ky, and she is dear little woman and she has wonderful home. I have driven throu~h thousands of acres of pineap- pie us in every stage of growth, from the tiny plants 10 the matured fruit There are two ways of starting the plants from the vo Ing sprouts growing at the side of the old stock, and from
 the matured tops of the old apple. These are planted in rows of three feet apart and ripen in from twelve to fifteen months. The fl uit tastes much better at - the time of picking and my capacity for doing away with the fresh pineapple e was surprise to myself as I never eat . pineapple at home, as you know This O morning We visited the Hawaiian pine v apple cannery where we saw the fruit :. paired, cored ant sliced by machinery ], canned. sealed, boiled and labelled. It e was all very interesting and I hope te is visit the cannery again before I leave ,s the islands.
 if The hand work Is done by Japanese l. Chnese and Portuguese women who st wear thick rubber gloves to protect thei, ,s hands from the acid of the fruit.
 ll must tell you about a Luan (Native o- FeasO I'attended. also will enclose tn, SC tlcket of admission as you see it is . to Feast, and Hula dance. The hostess 1- Mrs. c. J. Boisse. was celebrating hel If daughters birthday
 70 There was perhaps a hundred diff 1e ferent kinds of food queer and unpalata 1s Ole looking. It was cooked mostly un ch derground. was told( in a large hole tn not stones being heaped upon it. Q.k " our clam bakes, I imagine.) This food v- manner of eating and homes and amuse lg ments are so peculiar and foreign to us ix mat you will accuse me of falsifyins sh No knives, or forks. you eat entireI "a with your fingers and all use the sam LIT nnger bowl. Raw fish. chicken. pork. a lit concealed and wrapped in a leaf spina cl ds sweet potatoes and what not. but whe ne US all said and done it tasted good ce me. After the feast the Hula rirl of appeared, then, Oh bov-thev were inc, all With the dance, scantly clothed. Yes tb re glr.s did wear anklets of flowers an on sKlrts to the knees made of grass ( 'e- sent same of these skirts home, so yo ad could try. it.) The music is sort z os weird chant bv' an old woman who ss lei on the floor beating and thumpinr q
 IS sourd drums and shaking rattlers mad so ol df'ed Fourds containing pebbles. tie On Friday We got aboard II ne S. S: Maui for trip to Hilo. This is 1T he trip to the volcano The boat is crow, CT ed'. space is at premium Fifty se, res ators are with us. all going as the yo his cano is actir: bad. Never in the men ior ory Of man living has it acted as 1t no nls was getting shave in the ship 'a- narner shop and as is quite nsturs ell where do you come from?' was astI i've ot me. I said. Norwich. Conn ay we that was all right red faced ms
 was in the chair and as soon as II cen barber had taken the razor off of h ms throat, he said. DO you really con nly rom Norwich Connecticut" show
 m nm mT credentials to that effect ar are enen' he said that in 1888 lie had journe cry ed to Norwich and said Do you kno 'nd any of the Dat family?' I assured hi = :a1o' drawing from my pocket sou < enlr menu card that Bill Oat had se the me dated February 23 his natal day ex- which he and his wife and guests h, egg penned their regrets that I was :.
 sent. We'll. he said I'm Senator r..
 Lucas. and in 1888 I went east to No .as wien with Bill Oats father, and Sc = Bill Hawaiian dictionary. iThe3 w" remember that Bill and I went to
 Splrltualist seance given by a medi,
 who spoke through a trumpet and s vice said to Bill that his uncle from the San ley, wlch Islands was speaking to him. WI will ne said l forgot. But ask Bill, he " New remember" Well. said would like
 visit the graves of Oats relatives a Vest when We arrived back in Honolulu Mrs. went and I took several pictures. rom so found one marked John P. Hen Will stead. Born Oct. q. 1S16, in New I1 tr don, Conn. Died May 25 1882 in H and olulu Aged 4s years
 ants Wasn't that a funny coincidence? and When I visited Senator Lucas hor Utter his wife grand type of woman. shoy
 the me the dining room chairs which ca who from the home of Bill Oats uncle ; rect nayoe Mrs Dat would not like to be
 and owner of these chairs. Well, have 8 and the greatest active volcano in the wo Inter situated on one of a group of islands, and most isolated of the globe.
 have Leaving Hilo at 2:30 D. rn we trave ery's via auto over 30 miles of fairly 2
 roads to the Volcano House My he aryy fur coat was on my back and up her
 are is very cold. Our chauffeur is Portug1 erv's and good smart boy. with the star Mrs, of the machine his tongue is let lo
 and and his intelligent description of all have be seen makes the trip to the crater
 rel never to be forgotten. As we neared they erRter we srnelied he odors of Peles Jaw. dron Jose, our chauffeur explained 0 iday. that Kiiauea was not mountain fl to but | efatsr lake situated on the s.d
 W.t- NaunA Loa, sone twenty miles from l the guassnA. At town in tho road the h ciiey, and freunds tG.ooo feet nbove the