Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-19

CHINATOWN. like many another objec.
Of interest and investigation, is not
clean. Neither is it sweet. Nor is it
handsome. Viewed from the rear of its
! tin-clad roofs and untidy novels, it is
not unpicturesque, but it is Individually
| squalid The Chinese are an indus
trious and frugal race; but they are
| not gifted in the art Of making pine
boards into handsoms structures. Their
carpentry is not altogether insecure, but
it is far from ornate. The reader will
guess that we visited Chinatown yester-
day. We did stroll, ia a discursive fash
ion, through its streets and commons
pensiveiy and in the manner of an un-
commercial Traveller. however. At the
lower end Of the chief street of that su-
bur we found two stout Mongols, one
~ hsppy-taced. swarthy man of
...a r-a,s. whom We recognized as one
long since sweated with
over & not remunera-
splitting which was
cOrsent. and the
1rave and stern
Jlought, with |
-..1 FL. --lc3 lie was deyot- |
III d. a--.5ss abilities. These |
... H.r- melting the tin of from |
i ut {aH r,a a.
tiaa--s AIT. Making solder" said
car knot-mauliDg friend. We note that
a turgid stream now roars down the
channel where, in later days of the sea-
son, will trickle lesser volume of wa
ter. We stopped, while opposite the
joss house, to see what disposition two
stout-limbed Cinnamon meant to make
of Z great bale of hay which they were
tuggiug at. 1t lay near the gate of a
cov.yard or corral. 1t might have been
tumbled along lend over end" We
thought; but end over end is evidently
not in the Chinese vocabulary. SO they
pushed long piece Of scantling under
he ballng ropes. and then, one at each !
and, they shoUldered the bulky mass
ma toted 1t easily along to its destina-
ION. How much does an ordinary bale
II hay weigh? A ton? We note that ,
N the south side of the thorouehfare,
where the merchants mostly do conpre- {
,ate, &Ia three seyera! business houses
whose slgns. in English, read as follows. {
tuck, Chung L Co.; Soon Chung; and !.
'hunlee. We fancied that the name
'HlaaIed out, as It were, with too much
frequency Of using; and that Chunkee =,
My got the driblets at the end of what,
a the outset of its career, rejoiced in the Il
ignity Of beginning with Tuck and s.
nding with Co. Up at this end of ii
ne street We met our wise-looking old s.
led, DIR. All kee, who was smiling
smile a. the earnestness
18th which two OF his cronies were car II
ring on debate IN the drug store there. =
oubtless some Confucian theme was
le subject Of these hot wrapglers-s. F
ny rate, what they were saying was a
infusion to our upcelestial ears, Z
A CAT may look upon king; also, :,
ben ali this world is hushed in a sweet
pose, cat. single-handed and alone, p"
ny (and frequently does) make night Al
deous. A yowl illustrative of this
ct, was borne, with painful vehemerce,
ION the evening air of yesterday. "
lahspeare knew what he was talking :"
out when he mixed cat with his Glib
T OF witches" Thrice the brinded =.
hath mewed, and thrice the hedge "
3 wEined." -
Mortimer Fuller and
erif Fife of Lincoln County were in
3 city yesterday. Also we had the -
sasure Of meeting Parson Hammond,
10 has just returned from long visit
California. Mr.. II. J. Stewart said a
cd bye to his friends in Carson, yester- a
=. He is going to San Francisco to
IKE stay more or less protracted.