Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-12-02

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ters still remain as they we're before.
This aristocratic aud highly antiquated
form of doing business, in which the mer.
chant practically holds himself aIoOf from
his customers, is an inheritance frum the
foreign merchants iu the ports of China.
Ignorant of the language Of that country.
trusting their affairs to "compradorc"
who spoke pigeon-Enelish. they Ived and
grew rich. without throublins themselves
to learn the language of tho pigtails
around them. Few Of the merchants in
Jaban, to their dIscrsdit let it be said,
have seriously endcavored to master the
speech Of their producers. and being il.
norant of it, the ''compradore" is, in such
state of things, a necessary evil This
old-fogy method of doing business must
in time give way before the enterprise and
energy Of the younger firms, who refuse
to employ ''eompradores,' and the mem.
bers of which are beginning TO acquire
the language of the people with whom
they deal. There might have been ex.
cuses TO the 6rst-comers for not learning
a language for the acquisition of which
no teachers or apparatus at that time ex.
isted; but at the present. thanks to
American missionaries and the gentlemen
Of the English civil service, an excellent
apparatus of grammars, dictionaries, and
phrasc-books exist - e1s' "-0e'
The three great steamship companies at
present in Yonkohama are the pacific Mail
Steamship Company, the English PENN
sular and Oriantial, Navigation Compa-
ny, and the French Messageries Maritime
Paquct Postcs Francais. Tho Ocean
Steamship Company has also an agency
here. Two native lines of mail steamers
also make Yokohama their terminus, The
coming orthodox bridal tour and round.
tte-world trip will soon be made ora ia.
pan first, then Asia, Europe, and Ameri-
ca. Already the circum.mundane tour.
lists have becom so frequent and tempor-
arily numerous in Yokohama as to be rec.
ognlzed us distinct class. In the easy
language Of the port they are called
globe trotters," Webster's pcnderous
"mrndivagent" not having as yet obtain.
ed currency. sa'
The most interesting portion Of Y onko.
hama, alike to the new conner and the old
resident, is the Bluff Coming to port
opened primarily for trading purposes on.
ly, one expects to fud shops and store
houses, but few anticipate seeing such
dwellings and homes as are to be found on
the bluff. In the afternoon, when the
business Of the day is over, and the high,
grand and mighty event Of tho day, the
dinner, has not yet been coDsumated, the
visitor on the bluff may expect to see very
6ue specimens of horseAesh, good turn.
outs, and plenty Of pedestrian and cques.
trian humanity out for fresh air. The
trim dooryards, lawns, gardens, fences and
hedges help to make picture of funexpect-
ed beauty. The villas and dwellings are
not high, being bungalows Of one story, or
houses of two. Though not remarkable
as architectural triumphs, they are pic
turesque without, and full Of comfort with
in. Added to home attractions Is the cv.
er present lovely scenery Of tho bay,
the distant mountains, the peerless Full,
and the smiling valleys, Nearly all the
professional, and many of the business
men live on the bluff, and, whether from
the natural altitude, the inspiring fresh
ness of the scenery, or otherwise, the bluff
dwellcrs are apt to consider themselves Of
a slightly higher social order than the TO-
habitants cf the plain. The bluff spreads
over an irregular tangle, and its surface is
rather undulating Macy Of the dwell.
iDgs are snugly embosomed amid groves,
or on the slopes and in the hollows, but
most them crown its spurs and ridges in
commanding positions. The legations Of
the Treaty Powers are situated 10 espec-
tally choice spots. Strange to say. the
foreign diplomatic representatives, instead
Of residing in Toxic, (Yedo) the capital,
live at Yokohama, preferring society to
the doubtful charms of the Japanese cap
ital. Besides the legations are the fine
American hospital, the General and Brit
ish hospitals, and the public gardens. On
summer evenings one Of the bands from
the fag.sbips stationed in the harbor plays
in these gardens; while flower, beast and
bird shows, and various sports and amusc-
ments, fireworks, etc., are furnished BY
the most indefatigable proprietor that ever
catered to public taste. Beyond the ,..for.
eign concession" Of land, that is, outside
the limits of foreign dwellings,, is the race
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