Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-04-25

es to the prisoners, sang songs and ran the
whole iustit ution, 90 that they came and en-
treated me to come out. But refused until
got ready TO leave.
Here the lecturer gave long account ofa
stock dinner aud stock speeches and other stock
customs But as he only gave the American
side, forgetting the English, we are obliged TO
present a one sided view or omit the whole
We conclude TO omit. )--Repor,er.
1, GEoRGE francis TrAIN sailed around the
world, 10 my voyage spending considerable time
at the most interesting places. l went to
Australia aud 10 fourteen months made one hun.
dred thousand dollars besides selling an i'm
mense quantity of buttons for over three pounds
sterling, to the natives who never use any but
tons. 1t was regarded as smart sale, and the
Boston company sent me basket oil CHAM
paigue, ne a mark of their confidence The ma
lives here are awfuy degraded. found hers,
where, in the progress of nature, the tail was
chopped of the monkey to make human be-
| ings
Were we inclined to be critical, we might
here charge Mr.. TRAIN with base ingratitude in
failing to pay a respectful and filial tribute to
our great graudfathers monkey, from whom
men OF twenty three inch heads descended as
we'll as men Of smaller dimensions. But, per-
haps as be discards all advice from relatives be
also denies oil obligations )-Reporter's note.
], GEORGE FRAScIs TRAIN, also went to Chi
ma and visited most of the important places.
China is great nation, our antipode in every
thing. They reverse the course of life and do
everything the other end foremost. They
shave their heads instead OF their faces, they be.
gin at the other end Of the book and read from
the bottom TO the top the men dress in skirts,
like women and in fact reverse all the rules OF
society. | attended dinner with one Of their
principal men. They have but one dish on the
table and all eat out Of the same dish. They
do not have plates on the table like other peo
pie. For knives and forks they use two sticks.
In that one dish they have great variety,
bugs, spiders, worms huckeberries, bits OF dog
meat, rat.meat and every other kind Of China
luxury. They have rice, which they put in lit
tic cups and conirve to shove it 10 their mouth,
with little paddle, until they get about half
Pint in their mouth, and when every mouth is
filed they contrive to swallow.
(T1ere the lecturer gave a most amusing il.
lusrnton OF his own eating at Chinese table,
lis miscarriage in trying to reach his mouth
endangering his eyes in trying to use the
sticks, dropping his choice bits into his bosom
and over his linen. In Chinese style he filed
bis mouth with rice, when looking up at the COM
ical face Of bis old Chinese friend. be was seiz.
ed with an irrepressible ft of laughter, and
with q ten horse power pressure, spirited bis rice
o-er his friend, hitting every guest at the table.
lie stated that our former Minister to China
once 6ine6 at Chinese table and was served
with dog meat, so delicious that he supposed it
must be some choice fowl. So wishing to as
cert ain, as he passed his plate for more, at
Chinese table where oil eat out Of one ish aud
never use plates, he said 'qnack, quack, and the
Chinese man said bow WOW, WOW! ')-Report-
ers notes
| /, GEORGE FBAScrs TRAIN, also visited the
mission statiors. They are all sham! Don't
give your money for such purposes. Missioaa-
res make the people worse. They never go
into the interior except Roman Catholic Mis-
sionaries, who shave their heads and live like
the Chinese. But Protes,ants live on the coast,
build 6ne houses drink wine and live like prin.
ces. Protestant Ministers never go to poor be-
ughied Africa. That would require too much
self denial. My friends, say again, do OF
give anything for such purposes. l never have
since got the bands of my eyes. Protestant
ism is all going to smash 10 this country, ull
split up and divided, wkile Roman Catholics
mind their business and maintain in its purity
their original faith. Bishop liugha, would be
the fttest man in the nation to go to Rich
mond with treaty OF peace"
Thus endeth the Reporters abstract OF Mr..
TRAINS three great "talks" in Ashtabula. We
do not pretend it is equal to the original.
Many Of bis gestures are indiscribabe, the shak-
ing of his locks. contortions Of his face Chinese
limitations, ministerial airs, English stock gri
macis, and qu;zz'ng looks. TRAIN is inmita
} BILE, and must Of necessity be original. Mature
must hove broken her mould, or badly damag
ed it in casting him. His like can never be
agan-indeed one such is enough for a smal
world like ours.
Fidelity requires US 10 notice few slight dis
ere pancies or mistakes in the statements OF Mr.
TRAIN, during his talks" Perhaps these dis
crepencies may be accounted for on the sam
principle that Jack traces of his masters oil
, blind horse as nd,-"Jack forgot to mentio
that the horse was blind" So Mr. TRAIN
memory may have failed on certain points.
For example, when be said protestant Mi
+ sioDaries do not go into the interior of Chni
but live in splendid houses on the coast"
i forgot Rev. CHARLES GUrsLAFY DR.. MoRRIso
J Dr. DEAN aud other sef-sacrfcng Missionarit
% who traveed-over China, suffered prva,ion ar
o hardship and the loss Of dearest kindred all f
d pershing men. When Mr.. TRAIs said, th
u Protestant Missionaries don't 60 to beuighte
l.. Africa, be forgot (perhaps) that Protestant Mi
Q sonaries we're in.Affca before he was Dor
d that RAYMOND, LIvISosroSe, THOMPSON and OF