The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-08-28

Has often horne its thorn; vet it blows
In fragrant clusters 10y the stony road.
Beneath the harvest moon my eyes are wet
With happy telrs-l keep my lover yet.
THE IMPROVED MoNGoLYoN"
A Story OF Two Children of Confucius.
All Uuong and Wang Chin left the
sunny shores of their Celestial homes
some five or six years ago and sailed for
California under the benignant auspices
of koopmanschop. In due time they
landee in San Franciscy. and. having eS-
capped massacre at the hands of the ra-
ging HoOdlum. they We're snugly estab-
lished in the Chinese quarter. where they
remained a brief space of time. after
which they were taken, along with many
Others of their countrymen, under Il
contract to lay track OH the Central
Pacific railroad. There was nothing re-
markabIe about Ah QuOng, but Wang
Chin is described bv the local chrOnicier
a. above the average size of China
men, well built, and possessing far more
than the average ClinamanS sense and
tact II j. further said of him that he
is very IightcOlored for Chinanan, his
complexion being Il bright leuOn-colcr
instead of the dirty ochre color usually
characteristic OF his race" 1t is further
vouchsafed that he speaks English
with remarkable fluency for a China
man vino has been IN the country only
five or six years" From all this we
must conclude that Wang Chin is an
uncommon heathen," as will appear
hereafter.
But the foregoing facts are not the
only evidences of Wang ClIin'S superior
ity to the balance of his race; in fact.
they are only incidents which serves to
prepare us for the reception of the last
and crowning testimonial to his great
ness Wang Chin carries SiN shooter
''alI same Melican man, and i'll one in
stance he has shown capacity To Use
il not only AL same a., but somewhat
more skiIifully than, the proud CaucaS
ian. But before proceeding we must go
back and take up the thread of our story
where we left IT, When the Pacific rail
road was completed the contract under
which Wang Chin. Ali QuOng, and the
balance Of that gang had come over
tile SierraS, terminated, and the chill
dren of ConfUciuS were paid off and left
to look out for themselves. of course
the great ma jority of them availed them
selves Of that stipulation i'll their con-
tracts which neceSsitates their transpOr-
tation back from PromontOry Point TO
San Francisco, where they settled down
into the dull round of -'washee washee,"'
or Strayed of into the deserted gulches
to pan over again the deserted sands
which their less patient Caucasian
cousins had deserted long ago.
But Wang Chin was east in a different
mould. and his heart beat with ambi-
tions higher than the wash-board and
broader than the desert sluices of Mokel-
mune or Michigan Bluff. So he called
All Quong IL him-by the way he seems
To have some sort of peculiar control
over the gentlcr QuOng-they packed up
their simple traps, and boldly struck out
for White Pine. ltwas Il rare spectacle
to See two Cinnamon breaking for the
new mines" The traditional thing for
poor, simple John to do was to rake
over the old sluices; but, as we have al
ready observed, Wang Chin Was made
of sterner stuff.
Well, in due time the celestial pair
reached the new mines where they dived
into the bowels of the mountain and
began operations. Everything went
smoothly with them for three wears.
They worked their claims aS long as they
paid. and when they petered out they
went prospecting again until they loca-
ted a new claim somewhere. lust as all
the superior Caucasians about them did
They were not moie>ted betauSe they
kept out of eYerybOdy's way. and their
countrymen were not sufficiently numer-
Gus in that region TO arouse the antago-
miSm of races But time wore on. and
Wang Chin and All Guong concluded 10
migrate TO PiUche To facilitate their
movements and carry their utensils they
bought Il mjil-. and this brute Was the
cause OF ali their troubles. The mule is
Il troublesome animal anyhow. Wang
Chin and All Quong reached the Phoebe
country with themselves and their mule
in good state Of preservation. and they
straiShtway located a claim. Their APP
pearance i'll tine streets of the mining
town created some little surprise and
clu.e a good deal of comment: not be-
cause of their nationality, for the Pagan
Chinee. though scarce. was Vet To be
found in Phoebe: tut because the manly
loinS of the bright lemon cOlOreG..
Wang Chin We're encirclei by a belt, and
because in that belt reposed a siX-shOOter
of the ugliest dragoon pattern. and
Wang Chin wore that peculiar ornament
OF our higher civilization with all the
easy grace and charming uonchaience Of
a fighter TO the manor born.
Ii was diStresSin-iy obvious that lie
was no ordinary CLiuaman.
As lac passed down the street with an
easy. swinging tread. many veteran
and srizzied miner looked aSkan; at him
and shook his sage head.
WHY. boys. the id MOngolyun'S
,Iingin more style than q feller right
from the Naripo.as 1t could never be
tolerated.
But Wang Chin and his comiade went
their way III peace. and when they had
Staked out their claim they turned out
their mule in the upper flat to pick up
some hunch-grass and shrubs for him
self One day not long afterward. Ali
Quonc had occasion 10 20 10 town. 20 lie
caught the mule and rode him in. Now
there i always Il diversity OF opinion i'll
Il mining camp about the relative statJ!r
Of Chinamau and the mule. Some of
the more liberal minded are willing TO
cOncede that the Chinauan NAV. bv a
stretch OF courtesy. ride a mule Then
there are Others betwixt and between.
who think it about an even thing. But
the great majority Of the unwashed and
unterriiied will always be found insisting
that ''accordin' TO the plain intenshun
of the mater" the mule ought TO ride the
Chinaman
Such philosopher was James CuIIev.
ESQ, or. "a the local chronicIer de-
scribes him, Jim. Culley, " who. accord
Ing 10 the some authority, was "a no.
account sort of fellow. always getting
into scrapes, and not very well liked bv
anybody. \ surly. ilI-mannered fellow
who spent most OF his time loafiny. do
ing odd jobs Of tending bar and the like.
but never taking To work like a man
ought To do in this country
1t is easy to understand the sort of a
fellow Jim. Culley was. ANYBODY who