Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-07-14
LIFE

TIM CHIN AMEN Ar NORTH ADAMS
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. furnished
the independent an article on the
Chinese workmcn in North Adams
where he resides:
The effect OF this immigration upon
the interests of laborimg people will, IN
my judgement. be less prciudicial than
many Of them al present fear. Thc-r
Cinnamon Will not bc satisfied very long
with the small stipcned they are ready
10 work for AT the beginning. Dwelling
among NJ. their wants will multiply,
and they will need larger wages IN
order to live. And. ii bv the abundance
OF labor the products Of labor shall he
cheapcnrd. the workin. people OF TIM
country may be no worse oil after all.
II j. likely. however. that this rX-
| pertinent will drive many of our work
| Ing people into cooperation. Already
| the men whose places have been filled
| by Cinnamon have bar.ained Tor 4
| factory III North Adams, aud propose
| To be their own employers henceiorth.
| Ia that solution of The problem every
body rcjoices. The foresight, the pa
| thence. the economy that workingmen
| will learn in this way will be of meal
| cuablc benefit to them. And. il the
| introduction of Coolle laborcrs shall re-
sui; in delivering our American work
men from the thraldom OF the wages
system, and in setting them to work for
themselves, the ultimate gain To them
and 10 the nation will be beyond com
putation.
/ The moral aspects of the question. 20
far a. they appear 10 Us, are hopeful.
These are mostly Young men, free from
vices; very few, If any of them. use
their tobacco or opium. They are
bright, happy Young fellows, respectful
and orderly in their behavior, and eager
To learn not only the art OF Shoemakinp,
but also the mysteries OF the English
speech. In the former art only a few
| of them can receive instruction at a
time and, rs | visited their quarters
one afternoon, found those who were
off duty amusing themselves in variety
of ways. Some were mcnding their
clothes: others We're playing game
with counters upon diagram resem-
bling that used in the Yankee game OF
fox and geese: some were at work with
the numerical frames employed by them
in arithmetical computation; while IA
large number, lying in their couches or
seated around the tables in their dining
room, with states and primers in their
hands, or grouped before two or three
primary charts that hung upon the wall,
were learning the letters of the English
alphabet and their simplest combina-
tons. When l showed some interest
in what they were doing, they crowded
around Inc, eager and thankful for the
smallest help in their studies. Their
desire 10 acquire our language amounts
to a craving: and every person who
visits their quarters is quickly impressed
into the service of instruction
| OF this hunger for knowledge we
mean to take immediate advantage. Mr..
Pike, OF the American Missionary As
ISOLATION, has visited us, and has prom
ised us one of the most accomplished
teachers among the freedmen, under
whose superintendent we hope to Or
game an evening school, in which
these men shall be taught to read and
speak the English language; and we
expect to open school on Sunday also,
in which when they have learned our
language, they may receive christian
instruction.