Koamalu : a story of pioneers on Kauai, and of what they built in that island garden / by Ethel M. Damon. [Vol. 1, no. 2]

498 K A M A L U
raced like everything. Some of your plants have come up that
Dr. Hillebrand gave you.
You remember the queer man in Koloa who has a daughter
Sophia. Well, he went over to Lihue mill & offered Sophia to
Mr. Whipple for a wife. They say Mr. Prevost nearly died laughing at the performance. They told Mr. -- that they thought
the new sugar boiler at Koloa would like Sophia, so he came back
home. He is making a stone wall for Mr. Dole and says he can
finish it in three hours. But they think it will be a wonder if he
gets it done in a week.
It looks awful stormy. I hope we shant have any more rain.
Last week there was almost a flood. Maulili stream was very high.
We could almost Swim to School, and the bridge between Kahookuis & Dr. Smiths was all covered with water.
I believe they are going to name Mrs. Prices baby Lavinia.
Clara & Marion Rowell went up there on Saturday & they say it
is a very red baby.
I cannot write any more now so Good Bye
Your aff. sister Emily.
P.S. Dont let any one see this letter. I wrote it in great haste.
E. D. R.
Lihue Plantation, Dec. 10th, 1858.
Dear daughter Maria:
We were all glad to learn that you had so comparatively
pleasant a trip up. I am not very well again today. I have worked
too hard for my strength, but. I dont mean to do so any more.
Will you select at Castle & Cooke's the nicest sewing chair with
rockers & arms, smaller than our large rocking chairs & a little
larger than Anna's chair, a good size larger, & have it charged to
me. Either cane seat or hair cloth, as you may judge. I want it
for a new years present to a lady.
We had very heavy rain the night you left & for several days
after, so that we are wallowing in mud. Mr. Wilcox & Miss
Bishop went on toward Hanalei this A.M.
Your aff. father,
W. H. Rice