Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-04-23
Told bya Comprad0r.J


hy residents IN the Celestial Empirc) than
| eau give you the expression Of culni
crcduliiy with which he tod it to me. 1t
was macniicieu' night. and his grave,
munoioncus voice ma'le FOR M sooihi' .
accompaniment to the .wh'zliug Of ,h"
thousand insects which hoycrcd about us
Carefully arranging his opium ripe, and
looking '!reamiiy along the gisrening wa
tcrs, he began;
The iinc aI,l plaee suggested to me an
extraordinary adventure which happened
to ne about turty year, ago. 1t was at
the time when the ''l'anqui" (ihe name
universal applied TO foreigners III Chna)
at Canton were Offering ocormous prices
,lr .ilk, ard | iancicd could see before
me prospect Of making haudsJme prof
lis by personally purchasing the material
op the borders of Szecheul, and bringing
I, hack tn Canton carlier than any otbrrs
who might have been struck with the
,,mo idea proyi1ed mys.lr with =
Fauqui map. aud pored over it long and
,nxiou.l,. bsino rewarded ~ las, by find.
ing that could take a creek to the west
Inn, hu,arols or II, -, ma. d;ro.t .,.y
and 50 cnt IF at lens. onc.,hirl of me
;oprpcy and ,oip n yalua le ADVANTAGE
over other travellers. i.uncy.d N.
day after aay hy the creeks and ot las,
reached the ,not where ,nu>t ,urn vos,.
ward for the new route. The junction Of
The creek, waeata village and lluger.
cal there for hours. seeking from the mn.
lives inform.uim about rbc.way intend
"a TO take, Buf. to nv great astopish
questioned them. and showed NOT only al.
Ter igporepee of ,he eu,,rso Of the western
creek. but certain dread of even mem
rionirp il, which. neyerless. no one OK.
pluiucd o, eycu seemed 20 understand
Hons E.it tboyou,h corfd.,cc ~
NV man and go much acpcn1od an dis
r,,.b d;l rot h..;t,t, ~ nro,..od .Io,,
,ho ,nknown cra,t A.I mnva1 y,
cou,d rot hol, rer,,rk mo ,l,,. acsoIo,o A.,
,,.or,,co of tbe A,,. b,rn ron,t,.y tbyou,}
which roseeA No birds soro nc tho,
boA snng ia ma thropyh all the EAST dav,
Of me ;ou,nev and (which ,n.ax mar,
s,,r,linc sin in = conntrv ,yhere one No .
ot ,r;sses ,henA mn ir.cctS Autt.rci ,hou
ma WITH ,ba;r ceosl.ss and oItcn ;ntoler..
ble noise One early dawn. in this heav,
a,d onnrcs.,yc st;llness-a stiffness whicl
wos mo, res, hur utter staqna,iop-. cav
c,c,t and heootifnl city lviro bcfor,
mo IN the u;>ts Still none Of ,bc sonn1
Of tbe orc,t c,tv met me ns Innn,oacb.,
i. over If =. over tbo whale con,trv la,
flat silence which was orpre.sion nm,
,bo oir saanca ,o con. gron , hot G,r
mace 4 crowd Of war iunks snmraps
and ,apkus covered with wafer hut
o,rI1 s.e nm s;,r If l;i, !, tbs,n ,s ro,y
]
oil m to the ch,;n barrier which crosse,
,ba r;var Itw,s ,Iosc5 ,od lo.lea u,
.or,;,o a, ,b,llc,oed ~. ona .f,er w.,;,;,,
IN v,;n far n, ,nswo, 70 nv summc,s
tricd a e,,c. II Ma ,uard NOR c,e,o,
oe;,.rs c,mo fo,y,rd ~ o,rs,;o, ,,n n,,
This IF c,trso was necul'a,!y s,r,,,,co :,
,.o,ntrv rbnre i,rno,t. .r, I.v;od all
r,ro,ity uov;,o with araat l,.bor brot
an ,be n,dIock from, the nenldv nosr
na.soa n, r,oving on,ono and betwse, n,
or,,v ,ott;oa .,n,,ons wo b,vc soa. nm,
rcncbed the water cate over which
heavy crimson silk hao Emo motionles
nro, i,s stof Ucr. anain N hnm,u he
ino u.et me. 10 one greeted nor challepp
ed me. and hi, barrier fouul tborouoh
Nv ;mnas,s,ble Acain and ao.in | h1il
oil the ramnarts meetipo M rsnlv M,
sim Of lie. Louder aud Ioud,r | ham
mgred al The gates. without seeming /,
make myselr heard until at last 4 hea,