Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-27
TIE risE=-MAsONEY OF CHINESE
SERVANTS.

Los. time We have heard. now an,
chen, Of Il mysticism CT signs and sig
Iais IN use anon, Chinese servants t,
indicate to one another the secret o
their II 1ve:.ieli;s from house to house
Tina; there :, i brotherhood among them
everybody who has ever employed ;
Chinese cook or wasil-man has come &c
know. Indeed, the ratcrnal relation
which. rs all books relating 10 Chinese
manners and customs inform Us exists in
the Celestial Empire, prevails in al!
their hauu.s ana habits; and all servants
owu az allegiance TO "a convenient ''un-
c-e-- g Cticc relative, anu TIE whole
community hold themselves more or less
accountat,, to their various . conra-
lies. i few years Of experience in the
tulpl oy.reat 9. tie ser.:us people Of
his p4sul;.- rscc Invariably deyalopes
these facts. namely: That once YOU axe
in tie Ene Of Liriag Chinese help, and
there Is No necessity. after tine discharge
9: one servant, of hunting another. Is
reli.IIy j. this 50, if your house IS .
fsld IL the small! piiiere-, and tie wages
agreed on are promptly forthcoming
Tn market n which this class Of sar-
wants dispose II their labor seems sub
let 10 the operations Of a Joint stock
..-raursrsut, one Of the terms Of which
i. that !; Is no matter what one Of them
e:-ts tie jsH ot working at T. place, for
money thus earned gees into common
faEd.-as. also, probably, do the steal
inc<. That each discharged servant
leaves behind him. in some secret way
and place, written token Of his apprc-
hs:.5n Il the master or mistress Of the
Lous4 l. veil known. ! house in good
.CLiaesej standing'is never subjected to
any trouble from the sudden or capri
ciUas leaving Of servants, While, on the
otLer hard The whole race OF :lcsc me-
mails seen: 70 be poste,; against the
things they do not willingly submit TO.
II fact. there seems to lie an unGiscov-
e.aU!e sign left behind him, somewhere,
by the departing Chinaman which i'm
,lediate.y tsIis the new conner that he
has struck good tLing, or the contra
t. IN the following We have confrma-
ton Of tae existence O: these curious
customers, although TIE posting OF SO
conspicuous a sigu rs the papers alluded
to IS ROT 50 usual a method as to have
cone under our observation. Says the
san jose NercHy:
4 gentleman residing on Second street
ana who las been i'll the halii3 Of en-
pioyinc Chinese help in lis Household,
lately discharged lis cook, and has Lot
been able 10 retain a singh. "Johu" fer
morning lie engaged a clean looking
Monaghan IS . cook, who appeared to lie
satisfied with the services expected and
Chung Hi entered the rs.cl. kitchen than
lc seized lis hat and walked hastily out
tie trent door. Mr.. T., Gstonishad
1t such iEczplicable conduct, ran after
and oveltook him, and leading him back
into the house. loudly demanded an ex-
p.auat.on. The China1nan at fist ap-
peareti 10th to this, but BEING urged to
several times pointed to several strips o.
red paper, which were pasted on the
pantry door, and or which were Chinese
characters. You no see what here
say" said '.JoLu.'' Boss woman
long time t0ngUe-mUch speakee-big
iaw-ilw- NE 10 stop--no can stay"
and he again disappeared without bcing
followed this time