Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-08-07
New York through Japanned
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[Correspondenee Of the Yeddo Ban Kok-Shin-
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NEW York, May 70, 1867.
DEAR SHIE-BAN:-I take my pencil
in hand to India ink you in low Dutch
my first letter from the great Yeddo Of
the Yankees of New York.
1t is a feast to-day and our troupe
can rest their soles. As write hear
the bells of the different temples peal
ing, and the streets are crowded with
Yankees going TO their sacrifices. The
women are allowed to accompany the
men, for such is the custom in this
strange land. Yet they go in fear and
trembling, for the most Of them are
clutching the arms Of their men least
they should run away. Think Of
native of Nispon allowing his Japoni-
ca to have such q nip on him.
The costumes of these females are
peculiar. They all wear long tunics Of
silk and satin, and beneath these gar
ments Il am told) they wear wire
cages, called in the language of the
land, duplex elliptic. These cages
hang in the windows of many bazaars,
and have q great sale. As they, are
always changing in shape-either ex-
panding or contrscting-they are
bought new every month. The old
ones strew the highways, and are used
for mending their roads. They sccu-
mulate SO rapidly that carts 60 about
the streets gathering them up, herald
ed by q man with bell. He buries
them in a place set aside for the skele-
tons of females. In other lands, dear
Shin-Ban, gay plumage is generally
seen within cages; here the order of
things is reversed, and the fine feath-
ers hide these wires.
Another popularity strikes me-
These females, without exception, from
the ages of l6 to so, are cursed with
huge tumors. These tumors, strange
10 say, in the lower class grow. on the
back of the head. They are called |
nchignons," or waterfalls" They |
are epidemical just now, but it is sup
posed that the disease has now reached |
its highest point and that it will make
no further headWay. el-
Toddy. .No-Kami, one of our troupe,
Was 50 impertinent as TO examine one
of them with q powerful glass. He
vas sick for several days after, and the
light of one for 8 long time, threw him
nto commissions. Nor will Tod; ;dy tell
IS how it looked. he says he hopes
hat the little bits Of plaster which they |
year on them, called honnets, will cure
hem soon. .-..... ~. -
The Dandy, a species of Yankee, af-
ords Us no end Of amusement and /
hould like to bring home to the
kingdom Of origin Of the sun" one Of
hese original sons. /
He wears, invariably, windows TO his
yes, connected BY little bridge that
ests ON hls nose. His legs by some
,rocess have had the flesh taken of
hem, and the bones encased in snug
inks like Yeddo sausages, look no big /
er than his arms. He wears loose
ut very short tunic, generally blue, and / I
is hands are dyed yellow or purple
1st as he may wish He never shaves
is upper lip, ana wears two tails at his
ostrils, which, 1 am told, It takes him /,
be better part Of the morning to curl. }
These people travel in Junks on I
heels, called omnibusses. They are !
rawn by aged horses only and are !
riyen by Yankees selected from the 4
lost ferocious tribes. This driver is )
lstened to his seat, which is on the
ID, by q leather strap running along 4
he roof and fastened to the door. Peo- |;
le when they wish to get out OF these
inks on wheels, commence 10 annoy
le driver by pulling this strap. At
rst he does not seem 10 care, but by
,rking it increasingly for an hour, he =
snerally gives in and let's them out /
here the mud is the softest for their r
,rns, but this depends mach upon
neither he is racing or not. !,
The fare for . ride in one OF these /,
nnibusses is a young green5ack called :
N cents, half of which goes TO the
liver and the balance 10 The owner Of
ie vehicle. o
To protect old men from the bar Il
mites of the ferocious dryer, BY Way o
experiment, q bridge has recently a
zen built over their great thorough 9
re, Broadway. We have visited 1t b
ID from its heights, dear ShIn-ban, q
,e panorama is to be seen. On one 81
ks watch; it's on the temple OF ii
/. Paul on the other, astreet leading b
the Brooklyn ferry. Across this street d
Ings q fine American flag, with the b
otto of the country attached to it Z
short-cake every day. G.
lis Is e great country for banners, and u
have seen many old men who spend g