The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-09-04
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vel, while the bridegroom hasred silk twist
ed into the. end of his cue, A Chiuamap.
whoifisports" watch generally carries it in
an outside-pocket, made so as to show its
face to the public. His shoes are polished,
not by blacking, but by having their edges
whitsned with white, lead The ladies'
instead Of wearing hoop skirts, the cir
cumference Of which increase in wonderful
progression from the waist to the feet, have
their skirts widest at the waist, and taper
ing toward the feet. ,~
The ,dressmakers and aoasherpdn,en are
all men! It is no uncommon thing TO see
man working diligently on 10 lady's
dress, er washing clothing, among which
are articles of female apparel, gu..,
School children turn their backs to their
teachers when recitiug to them. The
other day was presentut school in which
some Of the boys had been taught to ciph-.
,er with Arabic figures. and noticed that
on making their 0's,' they began at the
bottom instead of at the top. ..,., .,'t
Chinese boatmen speak of east-south and
east7north winds and to say"a north east
wind would seem as strange to them as if
one should speak to- US of a chesnut-
horse, and mean a horse 7chesnut tA,,
When a Chinaman calls upon you, in.
stead of shaking hands ,,oitk you he clasps
his two hands, together and shakes them
at YOU; which, considering the cutane.
GUS diseases so prevalent among the mass
es, is rather a commendablc custom. We
lnvitca guest to stake a seat" on his ar
rival, but Chinese guest invites his host
to 40 So, as he is about leaving him +; and
the host. replies, ''walk slowly, which
may be considered equivalent to, stake
care of Yourself .rr ,-g ., -, ..,,4.- y.
With US, soup generally comes first at a
meal and the dessert last but wealthy
Chlpap,an will commence with fruit and
finish with fish and soup. - 5F1--ss Z.
When a marriage has taken place. the
bride, instead of being favored with trip
to Saratoga or Newport, is shut up in her
husbands house for u month, during which
time she must be seen by no outsiders
A Chinese mother will show her fond
ness for her baby, not by kissing it, but
by putting it up to her noseeand smelling
oi it. .a. n Aar'aos. LAX a5gaI. sjo,mr
1t is sort of proverb among us, "Doc-
tors never take their own medicines :"
but the quacks who vend their wonderful
plasters and elixirs in the streets here, will
pound their own breasts until they are
black and blue, and then put on q lotion
to heal it, and convince the people of the
efficacy of the medicines; or they will cut
open their flesh, and heal the wound with
some extraordinary medicine, which is Of.
fered to the astonished by-standers at d
low price. Tsl W i@'& 81, ~.
A few other things may be mentioned
in brief Horses are mounted on the right
side; vessels are launched sideways men
| fly kites, and haye crowds Of boys for spec
taors the left hand is considered the
place of honor at a feast; to uncover the
head iafentering a persons house, unless
you ARE intimate with him, is an act Of
uubecohing familiarity the seat Of the
human understanding is located BY Chi
tnese writer's in the abdomen. 8''s'2 Y y
.r. - 10 "a H-f L.