New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-30

leisure most ardenty to the acquisition OF the bhgh
language They have primers and dictionaries
the purpose Of teaching learners OF their nation WIN 0
two widely different kinds characters in parallel col
umns but they appear find more agreeable 10 learn
by another system, the magnitude OF when seems up
Railing at first thought They inquire the name OF an ar
tiee M random and then repeat 1t hundreds Oh tnes
TIL 10 "a firmly fixed In the memory. Their foreman ~
bought some cotton sheeting, which was dlVideo o"s
them each man measuring his piece by q curious noO"
OF the arm which seemed much more satisfactory tna
any test by the unfamiliar yardsck "What you can
injured one Of them, holding up his materlai4ior
,owoase "White CLOTH 10 Is curious to see the iaoor
ous motion OF the lower jawiby which aChinaman strives
to convey the pronunciation OF these dimcuit Syhao'
"Watt--closs," with long pause Oh euors po."oo"
the words is about near as he gets 10 ]" 'ho
first day Yet though this method seems as SLOW a'
working through the Hoosac Mountain with mana ol'
the pupils make marvellous progress toward acquiring
the both for reading and for conversation
the technical purposes the trade they master IL III
tree calling all the component parts or shoe anu al
the mutudinous implements Of the shoebench by their
proper names after q days acquaintance. . 49,.
The Chinese are hearty eaters requiring new Suppnoo
Of rico and fresh meat their kitchens in way that
somewhat encourages the small traders OF North ADAMS
who had been led TO suppose the new shoemahers "ou
have no demand for any merchandise but rats ana puppy
dogs The cigar stores and whisky shops InusC s'ii'
hut their wants will epen avenues OF prontaDe 'o'
Their tea they will probably continue to import from
their native land by way Of California when the sup
49,, ,h h,,o hrouoht with them IL exhausted. Whether
from the greater purity Of the leaves or the superior
sk of their cooks beverage which they drink from
their pint bowls-disdaning our diminutyo cups ana
puere spoonsis certainly preferable in smoothness ana
decacy flavor most of the tea offered AT American
sblas But aside from this 1t Is impossible IOf one
trained in the ways of our ciyzaiCn to look with
sympathy at Chinese banquet There air Of haste
about IL with which the habit OF New-York boarding
house Western steamboat Is not to be compared; and
the chopsck in operation is not agreeable to look upon
But IL probable that these people will gradually
adopt the knife convenient instrument, and so
slowly rise to the high culture implied in the exclusive
use Of the fork, that may all sit down at their Ia
bles in year or two without feeling Of nausea. An
other change which they win be to be driven to
the cold months on will be the adoption Of
tune, SINCE their thin bouses flowing trousers, and
spshod shoes will be quite inadequate TO the exigences
Of the NewEngland Winter climate and so they will
gain another claim OH the respect Of the radesmen who
will supply their needs
North Adams is somewhat surprised at the interest
which its local sensation has excited in the world,
and looks with amazement at the flock Of metropolitan
reporters scarcely less strange than the Chinese them
selves who have been attracted into its pleasant valley
The Crispns are OF unconyerted but the general
sentiment Of the townspeople and Of the observers from
abroad who have come to at the Oentas Is that Of
admiration for many OF their traits The cheapness OF
their labor now that Its good quality is demonstrated,
especially strikes the wEngand mind, trained as it is
TO calculations OF economy; and there those whose
opinion your correspondent highly respects who predict
that the way will be opened under the Hoosac that tho
sandy barriers Of Cape Cod will be dug away that the
next great railroad Massachusetts will be built,
all within the next ten years, and all by Chinese labor