St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-02-07

'They are dishonest ana treacherous,
SAYS one. "They are neat, industrious
and willing" says another. 'They are
filthy and lazy" says Mrs. Shoddy, land
| wish they were in the bottom OF the
sea" They are superior to the other
kind of help | have had on this coast
said an Eastern lady to me. And so |
might quote opinions ut great variance.
All of these expressions are true Ill Il
measure. There are lazy Cinnamon !;
there are thieving ones-in fact | sus-
pect this is their besetting sin-yet
there are many Cinnamon here who are
given great trusts and who have never
betrayed them. There are worthless
Chinese; but us Il whole they are pa
tient, Industrious, frugal, neat. They
are patient and untirng workers. Pass
ing the market gardens Oh the outskirts
of the town in the evening, when the
rest of the city is recreating, John is
seen toiling among his cabbages and
onions. Passing the wash houses at
ten o'clock ut night, one will see him
busy ut his ironing board. John strikes
for no eight hour law, and is evidently
not yet enough civilized to shirk.
JOHN \ MORAL PEST.
''He is il heather, ii real pagan,
shrieks one of the city press. He does
not recognize our sabbath, but keeps
right on ironing his shirts and wedding
his onions like lis on other days"
presume this is true. land pity It's It's
true" But tins same paper told us ON
Monday morning that there were eight
thousand people at Wo"dwardS Gar
deus last Sunday to witness the circus
performance and balloon ;l>ccm>iou, and
that fourteen hundred carriages went
over the Cliff House road and into the
Golden Gate Park the same day. But
these were all Christians. One never
sees the pagan Chimcc ut Wuodward'>
Gardens. or driving Il fast team oven
the Cliff House road. HcalWay> walks.
even if he has great burdens to hear.
The truth of the matter seems To he
this The Chinese are patient. d"cile.
willing and strong able with Il little
instruction to turn their hands I" Il
great variety of Labor. Morally the!
are far from perfection: they are :" i'll
their native land. and they have had
some questionable examples set them
10y people called Christian and en-
lightcncd. A. servants they are not
tye-Scrvcr> they attend strictly t"
their work; they Il" not drink. c"n>r-
qurntly do not get drunk ; they seldom
smoke; they are II" brothers. If one
word were asked III which to express
the difference between the best class of
Chinese servants and those of other
countries. | >h"uld SAY it WAS rciidbic.
Can We reasonably expect all the Ci,Ii~-
tiam virtues in pagan people
The Chinamau l. fast Learning many
American customs. lie has already
learned how I" get i good price t"r hi>
ing are equal t" White folks. and ~ he
does il generally better. he ha> most of
il to do. A. IL cook he commands -
to so Il month. The fact that he i
sober. industrious and reliable. and that
i'll being 50 he is gradually supp anrimg
the lazy. drinking. unreliable stun from
L.,
measure for the Treatment he gets ut
their hands.
CHINESE ECONOMY. THEIR END AND
The Chinese are Il frugal people.
They will live well on what Americans
waste, and lay up money besides. which
very likely these same wa>tctul AmcIi
cans will afterwards rob them of. How
they live do not know. have visit
ed their joss houses. but not their chop
houses. As long AZ they look neat and
healthy and dress we'll. it Is not best to
enquire too closely into what they eat.
Ii is evident they do not 90 hungry.
The Chinese come to California just aS
New Englanders formerly came here
as Il means to an end. None at them
intend To- live here always. They ar-
cumulate money and then 20 to China
to spend it. They dwell here III eN-
pectation of some time returning to the
Flowrry Kingdom and many of those
who die here make arrangements to
have their bones sent back To their ma
tive land.
laborers i'll this country are virtually
owned 10y two or three Companies. If
Il lady wishc, Il cook or laundryman.
she goes To the representative of one of
these Companies and is provided with Il
man for II price. and he is guaranteed
to her. II he proves dishonest the
Company is responsible. suppose
this only applies to the lahorerS. There
are educated Cinnamon i'll this city
mer chants, physicians and capitalists. 3;
THE CHINESE WOMEN.
| am told that there are but two or
three Chinese ladies III the city. and
that such is the custom that they never
go ont, and no outside barbarian is al
lowed to gaze upon their faces without
IL permit. There are II good many
women here, however, but they are of
IL low order, and are supposed to he
brought here solely for commercial pur-
posts. These facts that the Chinese