Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIX, Number 49, 6 December 1890 — Our English Column. [ARTICLE]

Our English Column.

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UNOLE PHIL"S DESK. Here i% anotheT batch of *bort letter» from the <w:hool near the M oid hooie at homcr whieh I am pleased to put into the ~C oJumn.H Ti>cy are short, but they show that the writers are intere»ted in what Cr.cie Phil has to tell them about o'd days, and they also show ihat vchool bo>§ and g*U, even among Ha«aiians ean heeome »nterest ed othcr thingi than mone> getting. Hcre t% the first .letter, refering to thc o!d cloth manufactory: Kvi mma. Moiokai, Oct. ao. iSga !>r«r l'nc'r Phil, Thr l y<yi memioo io fo«ar eoiomn >1 ih*t Mooil b*ck of yuot oM home m whwh clo<h wa» made b enlireiy Tb« eonoo trre« tre go®e »uo, anA tbe rarmf* arc crnrcrrd with »erfl« o/ diffcreot v >rti *tv! I«ntana' known a» 'mīkioolu' berc. ng to he*r from yo«, I rnoain. V<rMr» u«ljr, Ahau. 1 am r«nr ot the Firu Ci*s* boy« to Mr. I>a*it! }{. Kahaaleho'* rooa. Vcry wMI written, Akuni, short but fuli of i»formation. Just put the word 'anei' bctwccn the words hvmt and in in thc first sentence of your and thc i<rammar will be improved. I am sorry to hear that tbe lantana is filling tbe ravinc*. aaha, Molokai, Oct. 30, 1890. I >e*r l'm le I'hil, M) U*!)rr an<l mothcr m»st have l»een ehil.!fn at lhf īnne you wcre Miling your wiliwili i>j*' in ih'* h'h poml y<>u meniion in y<vu 111:f7c*ting eolumn of 20«h, 1890. I thwk !Hm»c l»u*v 'liu* are jj f >nc. We do noi he.u tlh' - >uivl uf thc kuku kapa at all. f rftmin. \out% trulv. Kaaiiakm i r. Kaoo. I i-ne <>( the Kirsi §{irl» in Mr. havi.i KahauleUo' Ycs, thoie ohl days are past and gonc. Hut thc bmy days are with you all thc tirne, busy days, in whieh to fill your unnd with all sorts of useful knowledge. Kau AAIM, Moi.OKAI, Oct. 29, lBso, I >r*t l'nele Fhil, I f.ht>ul<l like vrry mueh t<> havc l>een with v..n *ailing my ln»at tfH», lam vcry fond of }">At .ailini» mynclf; l>ut I Mar* *.iy my grandfAthcr m.ty hivc ilone in th"<e «Uy<. Mo»l • > >y> of «he {«rcHcnt «lav are vcry fi.nd of Ihe (/.ihh- «>f \„i\r lull, and I am one <>f them. II you will intcrc<>t mf *hort notc, I le* nuin, Vuur* faithfully, Nakanii.ua Kamiki.a. < »nc of thc hoy* of the Kir»t Clais. Onc mntake, Master Kamueia; in thc last sentence t for the words, inttr• t\t my, read "be interttted in my." Base hall is .1 fine game f»r boy» without duubt and 1 am glad that the boys oi your sc hool are fond of it. K.m i aaiia, Mhlokai, Oct. y>, 1890. hc«r l'nele l'hil, I.ct me tcll you an aocount of the quartcrly mertmk'« of thc Sunday .SchooU of Kamalo An<\ Kahuaha, that wm hcld here last SunI think thc t#o Sun<lay SchooU (liil v»cy well. N\> werc very ple.iwl with ihe mnnl Suutl.iv School f»<>in Kamali». of Kiji<, SAir)<M<., South Sca Kl.n <lrrs and Hawaiian». Thc thrcr *oun<lc<l strange to n»y eai*. Aftcr n.. c»in((, thc Kcv. Manoe'* wife them ti> thcir hou*c t > ihnner. What I>lcmc«l mr m«i*t w;i* th«t thc*« [>eo(>le walkeii all ihe w,»> ii v iin Kamalo, aml ihal shewetl thcv -*eic in e«fnot an<l wi«he«l to please their Makcr a<» well a* their eanh'v teacher. Vour« truly, Kauwa Pkaiii. I am one of the A«lvance Clas* girl» in Mr. Kahaulelio'» room. Vour lcttcr. though it is short is in- j tcrc!«ting. Phosc penple all walking to church from Kamalo, five milts away, c.irries Unele Phil's mind many years bai k to the days when he was a small bov, and to the long streams of peopie coming to church evcry sabbath morn« ing, one stream from the direction oi' Waialua, and further on, and one from thc direction of Kamalo, and not a horse, or mule, or dnnkey for any of thcm to ride, only dogs ? And then they lilled up the great grass meeting housc, a house iarger than the church at Kaiuaaha, and ty>w stili they «11 sat! No ehain' right on the mats they sat They eame a foot by thousands f

Kaluaaha. Moloiu». Oct. 30, 189& Dear Unele Phil, 1 «uppow the name M Maan«oluol«" I» as fr«h in your mcmory a» it was in the yoa nrere here. Aboat a month ago, •evcr«l of my «chool-fellow«, our three teach> erft, two »ther frienUs aml mwent up there, \V« ha«i great «lilficultjr in fiading any tucr« of th<; houae; b«t »ae of a> foand a few pine«pple treei growing, antl we concluded the hou*e muit have uoo*l not far fro«n theou We followtx) the oW p«ths in ulaee», and lo»t them in others a» the firms had rrown »0 tall and tbe creep«r» hanfin£ from them we got tntannled. Il mo«t hate betn onee a k>Teljr >pot. Hoping this will interest you, lam Yo«r litt)e frieoJ, JfUA Haiku. One of tbe Adranc« C)aa» girb ia Mr. Kahauleiio'i rooo. Yes, Maunaoluolu wai a pleasant spot; and about years ago Unele Phirs father hircd men to put up a niee large grass house there. It was butlt up near # the upper level plaee, near the side of Mapulehu iralley, and near where the ravine and the ey meet to form a rtdge. Unele Phil found the plaee on whieh it was bui!t, | when he visited his old home e»ght years aga The front slope of the! mouniain was then all covered with | short mounuin grats, and ohelo bush: es, and, on fine d«ys we could see with! our eyes way across to Lahaina, and! count thc whale«shipa sailing and at aochor. Now, don't be weary in well do<ng. Keep on writing, and leholan frotn tht other ichools, make hasta and iecure plMi ia «Our Coluauu N