Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 26, 27 June 1885 — MELE KUKE. [ARTICLE]

MELE KUKE.

[ke kahuli leo lea.] Ke aneane nei ko kakou hoa'loha kahiko Mere Kuke e haalele iho ina kaiaulu o Hawaii aloha, a ua alo pu iho nei hoi me kakou no na pule uuku 1 hala ae nei, a e holo aku ana oia no Enelani kahi ana i manao ai e noho paa. A oia kekahi ona hoa i alo mau aku i na la Sabati a pau, no ke Kv!a Sabati o Waikiki i na makahiki 1 au ioa aku la. Aua hooikaika hoi oia no ka pono o ko kakou aina; a i keia wa, aia kona ola ma o kona himeni ana mai, a oia no hoi ka helu ekahi o ka poe mele i hiki mai i Hawaii nei; aua like ke kani ko'u ana o kona leo me ka leo 0 ka pele. Ahe mea Himeni maikai no hoi kana kane, a o kona lua, he aneane loaa ole.

Ua ano kaumaha ka noonoo 0 ko kakou mau hoa'loha, no ka mea, he kakaikahi loa o na makamaka Hawaii i hele ae ma na Aha Mele, Aole paha lakou 1 hoomaopopo i ko lakou poho mamuli o ia hele ole ana. E malama ia ana kana Aha Mele hope loa ma ka Hale Mele Hou, ma ka hora 7:30 o keia po, a malaila oia e hoike mai ai iaia iho ma na ano nani like ole ekolu ma ke ano opera. He kupaianaha a nani lua ole na hana ma keia po. Nolaila, ena Hawaii Ponoi, eku nui kakou a e hele i keia po e hoolohe i ka leo hone o ko kakou puukani Himeni, a oia auanei kana aloha hope ia kakou.