Show SANDWICH ISLANDS are you cold up there bethink we think 10 yo must be for our thermometers nere ce are oh assessing back and forth eteen between 70 and 75 degrees and even ind getting etting down to 68 degrees we e nd it cool enough to close the doors however we dont suppose his sort of thing will last long this little place has been and UA is at present p re nt afflicted with disease and aid da ath the the whooping cough has carried off quite a number of infants the disease seems to have nt its forchand force and we hope to see its veedy speedy disappearance christmas day came with sunny alk skies es and a great deal of excitement A sunday school exhibition had been en arranged by brother pred fred beezley eez ley at 9 the bell and band and announced the hour of meet lu 9 an and soon the ne church gha was full U of f children parents and friends the exercises consisted of class work ork interspersed with singing and recitations where everything was good it would be berhar perhaps partial to mention any separate t things ings how ever ver as an individual lual I 1 was wae particularly pleased with the excellent ra manners Anners and answers by the class of mother rOther la elihu barrell a class chass of young men their singing of a male quartette at the close cloae of their class clam was fas very fine the classes of sis teft lucy king and teedle young showed careful training they shaved behaved far better than some of the yown i wn u up people most of the queens queer ns as asked ed and answered were in and the native young peo ale aft abing well in our language the he closing exercise was quite ganal and reflected credit on carother la rother Beezley ls taste it consist ed of the recitation by the children of the articles of faith in english by the whole school in son repeating each article in the tongue this was inter rd by a number of very appropriate hymns 1011 on closed these exercises and mediately afterward a native nast feast eld in the schoolhouse the afternoon was spent in pleasant SS speeches and the distribution of prized t every child receiving some pretty trifle 10 t the late i afternoon the white brethren demren and sisters went down to the swim eada oft and enjoyed a delightful new yearns day was generally observed by the natives in family feasts the hul hui mamana leea I 1 B R S S according to their usual custom held a meeting from dark until the hour of midnight on new vear yearns s eve at nt the they came up to the mission house to wish the harries a happy new year and received a welcome from sister king in the shape of cakes and lemonade there is a most excellent spirit here and all enjoy the work of the lord in these faraway far away islands the colony all ajl join in love to the brethren and sisters in zion LATE daxe jan 10 1889 |