American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-06-28

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has too much acidity. They both contain
/ salt, to remove which is very expensive
/ They are things of the past when sugal
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lent quantities. In Europe brown suga
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| A Legend Of Feo-Chow-Foe.
In the maritime city of Foo Chow-Foo
lived Man Lee and his wife, Win Loo
with life and each other icontented One
fair little girl, who was christened Wee
| Fung by her wealthy old sponsor, the
merchant Woo Sung, the marital bond had
cemented. -
On her they bestowed all the good Of
the day that books could impart or pro
feesors convey: they taught her to sing
tend they taught her TO play; they taught
her to dance and they taught her croquet;
to her slightest desires they could never
| say nay
In short, she had everything in the way
of q liberal education. Her feet were
| compressed in the smallest of shoes; her
| face was a marvel of delicate hues; her
name was toast which no one could re-
| fuse, and she became with the local muse
! the regular Inspiration.
And thus in learning and wit she grew,
the belle and the beauty of Foo Chow-Foo;
until in her thirteenth year, when papa
Nan Lee thought it prudent that he
should get her a husband whenever he
could see the right kind of . lover appear.
OF course she had suffers both young
and old; some for herself, andssome Tor the
gold which they supposed she would in
herit; and some brought rich presents to
forward their suit, Of jewels and satins,
CONNECTIONS aud fruit, and splendid con-
ysyances bearing their loot; while others
came medestly trudging afoot, with moth
ing to urge but their merit.
Along with the rest of the love-smitten
throng, was an amorOus young fellow
whose name was All POng-a poor little
tailor's apprentice What hope he could
possibly entertain against the rich gal
1ants she had in her train, would seem a
most difficult task to explain-unless, like
some others who fall deep in love, his very
audacity tended to prove that he was quite
c0mpOs mentis.
But love is not easily turned aside, when
the prize to be gained is an opulent bride,
with figure Of faultless perfection, and,
in spite of the barriers that well might
appalI heart that loved less or loved not
at all, he gained the young lady's affcc-
ton. -.
OF course it will readily be inferred
what o terrible scene it wasthat occurred as
she was in love with tailor. The mother
did weep, and the father he swore that if
ever she spoke to the wretch any more he
would have her confined to her room, and
the door consigned to the charge of q
tailor.
And poor little Fung, who could see
aoe a..ns Poss1 yIs oss s5 heart se
self sick, crying all day long and bewail-
ing her innocent passion. And when the
young man would have pleaded his suit
with her pa, he received most shocking
salute from the vigorous toe of the Man
Lee boot, in a most unmanly fashion.
But in spite of most viglant watchful-
ness, the lovers had many stolen caress,
and this was the promise he gave to her:
he would hasten away 10 some far distant
land, get rich, snd come back, and de-
mand her hand, and prove himself worthy
to have her. =
A thousand leagues DER the great blue
sea Pong heard of the land OF the great
Yam Kee-a country of marvellous riches
and thither, in one of the great steamships
her form in his heart and her name on
his lips-sailed the poor despised patcher
of breeches.
: In the great Yam Kee land Pong tried a
new trade, and such was his skill and the;
progress he made in the new way of life
he had chosen, he soon became head OF
the '.firm,r Pong & Lings, who washed the
cemmunity's linen and things at so much
per piece or per dozen.
The money came into the till very slow,
as Pong & Lings company had to wash
tition; but surely, though slowly, the little
pile grew his hope was still strong and
his courage stin true to the one great alb
sorbing ambition
Thus acting obscurely his own little
part, mid scorn and cOntumeiy that cut
to his heart; enduring, likewise, not few
ticks at the hands of the cruel and barba-
rous hordes who inhabit the land, with no
end of hard words, for the sake of the
precious spondulicks;
And cheerfully toiling from morning
till night, he needed not time, except rs in
its flight it bore him still near his desires.
At last he "sold OUT of the Laundry con
Germ, and made preparations once more
to return to the land of his love and his
sires.
His passage secure and his plans all
complete, Pong elbowed his way through
the crowds on the street, toward the
steamer, equipped for the ocean-when
bark! a sweet face from the region above,
fell soft on his ear, like the accents %
love, and thrilled him with tender emotion.
One glance at the window, one bound
on the chair, and almost before the fair
Flung was aware, she was locked in the |
arms of her lover. What rapturous glad
ness beamed out of their eyes, as they |
wept with each other in joyful surprise
their troubles all happily over!
And sad was the tale, and the picture
she drew of the life they had led her at !
Foo Chow Foo-full of infinite peril and |
danger; and how she was kidnapped and |
dragged to the ship, and thrust in the
hold of the great Yam Kee ship, and borne
to the land of the stranger.
But little she dreampt, as she fretted |
and pinned in the horrible dungeon where |
she was confined with the great pillows |
DER her, as she thought of the |
loved ones they left far behind, and the
infamous life to which she was consigned, |
of the Joy that was waiting before her.
In the beautiful city of Foo Chow-Foo, |
where flowers perennial of every hue,
their odors eternal are blending, live the |
beautiful Fung and the faithful All Pong;
and sweet little crerub chirps all the |
day long, giving proof that their love is
unending.
LADIES' water proof cloaks, so light that
they can easily be folded into a parcel |
small enough to be ca he'd in the dress |