Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-02
M1st&lIun&ous.
A New York Lady at a Japanese Fes
tiVal and Dinner Party.

Extract of letter dated Nagasaki, Oct 10, 1881
We were fortunate in arriving here INA,
asaki) just before their greatest national fe
tiysI, which lasted three days, during vbc
work was at a stand still and froIickipr III
order OF the day. The whole of Tuesday mort
ing was devoted to kind of procession an
theatrical enterta Ement performed by chldre
Inthe streets there were great MANY iifTerpi
small companies, each one CARRYING its ow
stage, scenery and dresses aud from this fac
you may judge, it was not very elaborate bu
most amusing, and some Of the children pcr
formed extremely well, throwing into tbej
gestures aud looks so much expression. tina
although we could not understand the Ian
guage wecould make out the plot by some o.
their antics. We witnessed the performance
from temporary booth or stand erected fo,
the accommodation of the foreigners, and each
little company came aud performed its rcspcc
tive piece before us, which gave Us also an on
portunIty OF SceiOg fair sample crowd q
japanese men and woman aud | don't know
whether | was more interested in their appear
ance than they were in mine for they have no,
yet seen sufficient number of foreign ladies
for our attraction to have worn of. On the
afternoon OF the same day we took a WALL
through the city, accompanied by the Captaiuh
conSigaces, two very agreeable young Hollau
ders, but | was the cynosurc, aad collected q
crowd wherever ! went the bows sometime,
running ahead and then turning around tc
have good look and if we stopped a few
minutes TO examine anything novel we were
soon hemmed in by staring audience. At
one place, where we made a halt, Young
japanese girl gave me a throughout scrutiny
and after examining my skin, hands, fingers
rings, bracelets, brooch, &c, gave it as her
opinion that the Captain was a lucky man inn
:lavjng me for wife the hoops puzzled her /
and had | not put stop to her proceedings
do not know how minute her investigation
might have been but must say that aItho'
very curious, they are not rude, and are readi.
ly checked if too familiar. We had another
rare frolic on Thursday. We were invited in
to merchants house, where regular feast
was set on. There were also present several
Americans and here we had an opportunity
of seeing the japanese at home and moreover
the gentlemen Informed me that | was proba.
biy the krst foreign lady (f0r here we mast
call ourselves tOregners) who had visited a
japanese merchants house for our host is
one of the first merchants in this place, hold.
ing among his countrymen position equiva-
lent to Russell q Co. iu China. There was a
great variety of edibIes some of the dishes
were strange ones to our paIates and as the
only implements to work with we're chOpsticks
you may imagine we had to take lessor in
> me thDmce where GentlcmenS and Ladies
Boots and Shoes made to order and warranted. at
he following prces-French Sewed Boots IS French
fine Pegged Boots % Best Kip Boots with three out
oles 50 80 Coarse Boots 275 Ladies Sewed Kid Boots
With heels 81 50 French Calf 81 80, the pegged
"A 25 Slippers BottOmed for IS cents. Repairing done
;heaper than a. any other place in town.
h5- All work warranted.
Towanda, Jan. 10, 1900 THOMAS ROSS.