St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-06-25
Letter from China.
TEMPLE HILL. Apr. Bird. II

Dear Mr.. Stone will Nou allow me
through y"nr paper t" say thank go" T."
Il few st. .Iolnshury friends, who will
recognize themselves. even though | do
not give their names. nor tell for what
give them hearty thanks. Their kind
ness is gratefully appreciated. May the
Givcr of all good reward them. | will
improve this opportunity Ia express my
appreciation of the CuIcIonidh, each
No. of which i warmly welcomed in
this Eastern land. When / read the
local iitrms, sometimes. revealing the dark
pictures of st. bloomsbury life as we'll
as the bright ones. feel to send on
some Chctoo locals: but it is too long Il
journey for brief locals" to travel. and
the telegraph gives all news of imp"r-
lance.
The death of our boy Emperor. the
death OF his wife Immediately after.
from eating gold leaf the I,coI'ir say. and
the succession of IL child Ia the throne.
'iIt - Ntil hIoN u. Il'l' ll't> ptfIl
Il Slight disturbance near the capital of
Shantung III consequence "i his success
sion. and ii is supposed Il few Cinnamon
will lose their heads in consequence OF
this embryo rebellion. Now 1t is re
ported that the queen mother il dead.
She has been the power behind the
Throne all the time of H. l. NJ Fung-
Che's reign. see Il New York paper
credits the dead Emperor with one hun
drcd and twenty wives and c"nruhines.
That i ncTs to people who live in Chi
IA. 1t il true that he had several. pIoh-
ably about the twentieth pant of the
one hundred and twenty. The same
paper gave dissipation a> the cauSc al
his death. 1t is supposed here that he
died from smallpox. or from Il Iclap>..
of that disease. The paper ais" gives
an account of an eloquent Young China
man. who j. lectuling on Contuciani>n
Don't invite the youth To- lecture at It.
,johu>burN. He is the grandcSt Chinese
humbug in the United States. lie saw :
he j. the son of Il Mandarin. Che has got
Il suit of Mandarin clothing which he
bought here in Chetoo.) whereas he is
the son of Il hcggar. His father l. now
Il prn>i"ncr of the same lady who pick
ed up this eloquent youth when he was
Il small boy, taught him to speak Eng
lish in her family. while she WAS edu-
'ni1ed St;Iles to finish his education and
prepare for Il missionary Ia his OWE peo-
pie In due time he returned To China
and attempted To become EmptIor' but
his plan WAS discovered. lie fled to he
'nltcd States W here he Is Il missionary
of CunluciuS. The noble old sage is
not homorrd 10y such Il preacher of his
doctrine. which is good as ial us ii goes.
This hcdfhen Chinee has Il wife and child
after her husbands escape, that he WAS
lost overheard and drowned between
China and Japan. \ Chinese newspa-
per. which copies from the home papcr,,
spoiled that beautiful fiction. He tells
one truth That is. that he is Il political
refugee. lie would lose his head if he
were To return.
\ Young man. well known here was
bchcdtied in IunIlan. with several Chi
ncSc followers, and THEN heads put up
on poles over the city gates. This
young man, Mr.. Margary, was in the
English Consular service. and going
Though to India by order of his gov
eminent. The English Minister and
other gentlemen from the Legation and
Customs have ISt gone from Pehin To
Shangai on this business. Vigorous
measures will he taken to have it in
vcstigated aud satisfaction rendered by
the Chinese Government. But all this
You will know before this letter reaches
you.
Judging from the accounts given of
the extreme cold in the last CaledOnidI,
received here, You can scarcely he
| thawcd out yet. We have had IL very
comfortable winter, and now the gar
dcn> and fields are beginning to look
beautifully green. and fires are not an
absolute necessity. We shall hail the
time with JOY, Il few days later. when
the wadded garments, which have been
on unwashed bodies all winter. may he
laid by with the crreping things that have
Il home therein. Human nature and hea-
then nature are about the same the world
over, only heather nature is dirtier er-
terndIIy than the average human nature
We never have scandal suits here
When there is occasion for il, the cul-
prits are buried alive without ceremony.
and that settles the question without
wasting time.
! Yours very truly, c. B. ID.