Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30
6eneral 9ntelIiefnte.
,gIfyT,IiSN IN NEW ENGLAND.
The Chinese at the Lspstone-o."xI
NV. and s.Ah sing' In :neir New

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the Boston Advertiser.
- All Nv is short Of statue, slight
" built and his beardless face suggests
that he is yet but boy; but we must not
Judge his age 10y home standards. HIS eyes
seem half shut, SO narrow are they, but
thew are keen and quick. His skin IS
dnsky his nose fiat his teeth prominent.
Half his head is shaved close; on the crown
is coiled the long braided cue OF Jet black
hair, terminating in tassel, which would
behsnging about All Mys heels were he IN
full dress. His cue is shorter than those
of some of his comrades, as he IS young;
there are some in the party which just
touch the ground. 1t is the de4rest pos
session of a Chinaman, and the one mem
Der of the company who is old and bald,
wears false one, pinned to his pate the
Lord knows how. All My has saved the
heads of some of his comrades since he got
in from his long journey, and has had the
same service performed for himself as the
browning act of thorough ablution which
has left him clean as wax. His hands are
very small, and delicate and soft as wo'
man s, owing, perhaps, in some measure
to his wearing long sleeves and having a
national habit of clasping his hands to
eether in the overlapping ends, as IN
muff. He wears a blue nankeen blouse,
made in China, with much care OF stitch
ing, fastened by frogs and small brass
buttons; loose trousers of the same stun,
stockings like anybody else, and wonderful
ly easy little slipper like shoes, the toes
pointing little upward, the sole an inch
thick, OF white pressed WOOL
His head is anonymously covered
with common soft hat OF
American manufacture, Mr.. Sampson
agent ending himself obliged to provide
for all his charge in this respect before
quitting San francisco. All Ny bears
himself rather shyly, but yet with Ger
tain dignity, as we inspect HIM. lie IL
studying English with all his might, and
loses no opportunity to gain a crumo OF IN
formation. what you callr' he says,
plucking at the couch by which he stands.
"Bed," we answer. eyes, | know, bed, W
he replies, shaking his head, and pointing
still more vigorously, "but what you call 2
HMattress," we reply; and whoever meets
All NV for the next hour will hear hlm
softly repeating with much motion OF the
law and manifest difficulty Of combining
the syllabes, "Mat-tress; mat -tress,
until he knows it perfectly and ready to
absorb another atom Of knowledge IN the
same slow way.
Pass we now into the next room, used
by the new colonists as sitting room and
dining room, furnished with benches and
tables, and lighted with gas-an unnces-
sary piece of liberality on Mr. Simpsons
part, az the laborers contract and expect
to provide their own candles-but adding
much to the cheerfulness of the place.
Here again the place swarms with China
men. in great variety of interesting occu-
pations. But before we begin to examine
them in detail, Mr., Sampson introduces
"Mr. Sing" the Chinese foreman, who can
explain much that would otherwise be
mysterious
An Sing is not an ordinary Chineman, A
Young man like most of his fellows, his
face shows brighter intelligence, or per.
haps rather wider culture, than any OF
the rest. He has been eight years in this
country, serving the first five faithfully as
a house servant, cook and chambermaid,
aud has made such progress in his stay as
to enable him to command the great
already mentioned. He is AmericaniZed in
many ways He wears the garments of our
civilization throughout, Remarkably natty
boot fitting his little foot; but he still cher
ishes the native tashi MS, and has brought
in his baggage for use on special occasions
Chinese shoes OF gorgeous embroidery, and
asuperb coat of sea otter skin lined with silk,
which paid prodigious duty on entering
California He speaks broken English
readily; but being fast talker of swift
ideas it is impossible, for your correspond
ent Mt least, to understand him when he
undertakes long explanation, though his
short answers are plain enough, He reads
print pretty well, lodging the hard words
as a child would. He has taken an Eng
lish name for common use, being "Char-
lie in everyday life, and Mr.. Sing only
on state occasions. More remarkable than
all, he has joined the Methodist church,
and brings letter Of credit from his San
Francisco pastor to the clergyman in North
Adams in the approved way. ! should not
hesitate to prediG: full congregation next
Sunday, 20 hear the new members rela-
ton of experience. sun another of Char
lies requirements WAS brought out
by an Incident of the journey hither. At
Omaha the bitter hostility OF emigrants
from the East towards emigrants from the
West began to make itself heard A big,
somewhat tipsy freshman, forced his way
into the car, breathing menaoes of violence,
aud drew his loaded revolver upon the tore
man. who stroye to prevent him. Charlie,
with one motion, seized the fellows pistol
hand aud held it harmlessly aloit, and at
the same instant drew his own revolver and
held it against his breast, You leave, "
said Al Sings gentle tones Me shoot
YOU Me just as quick shoot you as not "
And SO he backed the astouShed Irishman
out of the car and down the steps in way
that showed he had learned something be-
sides religion in eight years spent IN Cali
fornia and Nevada,
The young men who dill this room, rest
ing from their journey and waiting to be
set at work, are neither smoSingnor drink.
ing, talking ohsceuity nor Quarreling, AS
some classes OF immigrants wot of would
be likely to be; nor are any Of them abso-
lutey idle, Here one is reading with eyi