Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-19
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packed !, we use no pals, but have buckets our
money is not reckoned In shillings and cents,
but In dollars and bits. These and numerous
other expressions, seemed odd 10 me at first,
but speak the whole thing now, with os
much gustO as a native Californian. Our cur
rency Is gold and silver one occasionally sees
half dime silver piece, but as general thing,
We are aboYe taking such small money, and
viii not stoop to handle anything less than a
dime If you purchase anything--no matter
how small an article in vahie-thcre is nothing
less than bit IA shilling) ic Vou make the
change dime passes for u bit, if they make il
to you, fifteen cents Scrip, nickle money and
cents, are as much of curiosity here, as gold
and SILVER nre with you. Let person under
take 10 pass greenbacks or scrip in exchange
| for goods, and he is looked upon as n suspi.
| cious character, not worthy Of fellowship.
These stores along the Coast sell their goods
at an enormous profit, but they do CREDIT
business and the money they get, has To bal
ance what they don't get so thai IN the end
they come out about whole. They depend on
the mill mrn for their support. Saw mills are
erected every few miles along the Coast, and
each ono employs many men; first comes the
choppers, who fall the trees, and it is no un-
common thing TO see four men chopping on
! the same tree; they generally leave u stump
about ten feet high for at that height the tree
has better proportions; each chopper has
board about five feet long and six inches wide (;
he first cuts "A notch in the tTre at ihr r, quired
height, drives in his board, on which he stands
while chOpping. | have seen trees cut off fifty
/ C.,,s g.s,, st,.
his narrow b,Nrd in mid air After the trees
aye tclled they are stripped Of their k and
saved into lDgs. Ii then takes host OF men,
horses, mules and oxen 10 get them down the
sides of the mountains and to the mills from
the mills the lumber is taken on wooden
railway to the Coast, where ii passes over
! sh GtcS into vessels and is sent To market The
! lighter work al1,ut iii, se mills is all done by
Cinnamon. Tncy will wor;, for dollar day
and board themselves The chvapncss of their
Labor is generally driving out tue white labor,
and can see there is II bitter cnmity growing
between them.
These Chinese are II small and puny race,
slow in their movements and with very un-
inlellisiblc look II is surprising 20 see with
what trnacily they cling 10 the customs OF
their country. Those that have been here the
longcs; are just the same us the latest arrivals
in dress, munneys and habits their dress is
generally Of bule material, and they have the
appearance Of IL man with loose over alis on,
with his SHIRT on the outside. Most Of them
wear the wood n soled slippers and white
stockings, Others have the slippers minus the
stockings. The back aud front parts Of their
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tcriwincd with hong silkcn braid, which is
tw istrd over the back OF the head in the shape
ui IA huge waterfall" or hangs down their
back nearly tr their feet. The women are
small in stature, with dclicnte features, and
hey dress "a IA Chinese They always seem
to be idc--ihe men doing the work These
Chinese are doing the dirty work of Califor
MIA common day mborcrs cannot compete
with thcm-thcy will work cheaper, and IL
few spOouSiul Of rice day is all they ask to
cat All the track hands uf the Central Pa
cihc X. IL" are Ciiinnmcn. Most Of the far
mcrs employ them, and they have gradually
pushed their way into all branches of mrnial
labor AS II general thing, they have no de-
sire to learn our habits aud cdsluns, only as
iar as is necessary lor their own convenience
~ every turn one meets these almond-eyed
& lcstinls, which, in inc, are to become us
much OF problem in national politics, as the
negro has been In general appearance they
very much rcsemble the rude pictures that
adUrn their tea chests,
In going among the inhabitants cr these
mountains one fad; spirit of contenment
and ease pcrvadins thea all. The houses OF
These runChcrs are from one 10 five mikes apart
| N,ishburs nre not troublesome, and ncighbur-
hood gossip is unknown. In approaching one
OF these houses yGu are first Wcleopled by the
barking OF from TWO To eight dogs, the inmates
then puts In an appearances at the door, and
you are requested To aliaht ana enter Upon
passing over the threshold, You nrc al once
reminded Of a hunters cabin; on pegs around
the roo.n are arranged the guns aud other
pnrhphrlnaiia of animal warfare. Dcrr's horns
are matted to The gate posts and the chairs are
bnitonled with their hides A clock, looking
glass, and II tcw pictures cut from pictorial pu-
pers ndorn the walls; laLic, with lew
! chairs and dirty stove, embraces the furn-
| ture of the GOun. Tncse houses are peliioned
OF into small bedrooms, with one larger
always welcomed in m',st hospitabc mau-
ner, and u pressing invitation is ever extended
10 wait until grub is ready" This grub" is
not always of the greatest variety, neither Is
1t served according to French rules, but il Is
offered in generous manner, and this soInc-
tunes makes ii relish well Houses of this
kind are generally kept 10y single lncn, well
On in the years ot bnchclorhood, and some of
them ike very hltny indeed. Whenever one
10 found in which The domestic work is done
by tue "gentcr SEX" things present different
appearance. and SOME I lhem are MS neat and
coy rs the hand of woman, only knows how
tomake them. In the cabin uf our nearest
neighbor is found piano, OF ten times the
value Of tho house this instrument was look
cd upon NJ first ns II queer thing 10 have, upon
these mountains, among the deers and bears,
aud almost equally as wild people But MS
we gather around il and listen to its sweet
stratus us they are echoed and rc.echocd
among the eanons, and along The sides OF the
mountains, II carries our memories back To
other years, and we feel that indeed, Music
hath charms IA soolhe a savage"