The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-15
THRIR RAeRRNEss no LEARN.

the lawn, or seated by tho building play
ing chess OF checkers, or studying English
asSiduOusly. -.......
THEIR RAGRRNEss TO LEARN.
Being strangers in q strange land, and
in a certain sense obliged to learn our
language, they have applied themselves
with remarkable energy and persistency
TO its mastery, and have been wonderful
~ successful. The school children Of this
town have, with true youthful enthusiasm
and philanthropy, taken hold Of the task
OF teaching them, and may be seen, morn
ing, noon and night, at the factory, point
ing out external objects and telling their
names, which the yellow boys repeat after
them as closely as possible. They have
acquired tie names of the vegetables in
the garden already, and may be seen point
ing TO each and nodding emphatically, US
they say, squash" "be.uns," "corn," and
the like. Then. they. have charts such Us
are used In infant schools, with pictures
Of COWS, horses and other animals, from
which their juvenile tutors teach them
the rMelican" for those creatures. OF
course, many have hardly learned word
of English yet, but some Of them can
already converse so as to be readily under
stood. ....... ..#
An Ny AND HIS PROGRESS,
Next to Charley Ling, one Of the most
proficient in the English is All My, o
bright little fellow Of sixteen or there
ab0uts, with round jolly face and twink
ling eyes. He did not know one word
Of any language but Chinese; when he
came here three weeks ago, and could not
understand anything that was said to him
in English. Two or three days after his
arrival, however, he surprised Mr.. Chase
by inQuiring, "BOSs.man yous" and en-
couraged by this success soon branched
out on "wlat you calf" pointing to arti-
Gle aEler article. Tho name being given
lie would repeat 1t carefully to get the pro-
nunciation, II possible, and then so of ro-
peatlng it over and over again TO himself,
emphasizing each time by nodding his
head and shaking his finger. In this way
after two or three hundred repetitiOns, It
would become fixed IN his memory, and
by this laborious process he has picked
up sufficient English TO make himself UNI
darstood in ordinary conversation. I
asked him day or two ago, swell, All
Ny, are you getting good deal of Eng
lish?" and he replied, mo, not talkee
much yet; bime by, putty soon, larn him."
When asked how he likes his work says:
"May hab like him." He Is one of tho
smartcst and jolliest of the Chinese, and Il
general favorite with visitors.
PERSONAL HABITS OF JOHN.
These Cinnamon are as neat rs cats.
The first day they arrived the whole alter
noon and evening was given up to ablu-
tons, andby ten o'clock every man had
not only thoroughly bathcd and scrubbed,
but had washed every stitch Of clothing
he wore on the journey, from llandker.
chief TO socks. Since then not a day has
passed that some Of them arc not In the
ample wash room, performing thorough
additions, several Of them taking a bath
daily, and mono less often than once
week. They shave their heads from once
in fifteen days to once in three weeks, each
performing the operation for his nelghbor.
1t is an amusing sight to look in upon
them early in the morning, when ten or
twenty may be seen undergoing this thor.
ough tonsorial manipulation and coming
out with glistening Scalps, save circular
patch rs large as the palm of tho hand on
the crown, from which grows the tress
that Is the envy of fashionable bellies for
its length and glossiness. This Is then
dexterOusly and particularly braided till
1t resembles u close, firm rope, There Is
but one mirror in the party, small one
about four inches square, hung ut one end
Of the back room, but It Is sufficient, as
their vanity appears not to be largely de-
velOped.
A TEMPERATE PARTY.
None OF the Orientals use liquor, and
but four of them, including tho two cooks,
tobacco. Neither are any addicted to
opium or gambling, both SO long consid-
cred distinctively Chinese vices Either
this party Is far superior to tho ordinary
run Of the race, or tho nation has been
grossly slRndercd, and / am inclined to
believe it is the former. Their whole up.
pearance Is far different from, and vastly
superior to, that Of the Cinnamon who are
TO be found in New York selling bad
cigars or doubtful candy. As / have said,
all Of them are educated In their own
language. and some of them have even
studied medicine and the law. They arc
capital chess players, and repay the teach
ings of their young American friends by
instructing them in that scientific and en-