St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-29


throw of the present dynasty, while
neglecting his wife and. wasting his
substance in riotous living"
In consequence of il quarrel, he fled
from Shanghai to Soochow, where he
continued his efforts to make himself
Emperor of China! One of the few,
whom he had induced to join him,
wrote to him, detailing some of their
plans. This letter fell into the hands
of another Wong, who handed it over
to the Mandains. That was the end of
that rebellion. a price was set upon
his head, which WAS wanted ut the exc,
cution grounds. His market value had
Increased since his father took two dol
lars in exchange for him. This time
those who wanted him did not get him.
He succeeded in getting on board n
steamer bound for Japan, and sent bacl.
word, thai between ,hrse two pia,>s:
he hdd fallen OrerbOdrd and UdS drOWned i,
Thus ends the history of Wong Lakcc.
Missionary friends gave money to help
his wife and child back to Shantung.
/ They were kept very quietly in this
place for some months. then hidden
/ with some country relations for time
! till it was thought safe for her to go to
| her fathers. She is now earning IL
comfortable support foI herself and
] chi /,
standing it has been reported in Amer
lea that she too. is dead.
of souls. Can it he possible that Wong
LaKec's soul entered into another
Chinaman. and while his body lies in
the depths of the sea. goes marching
ON" through the United States 1t i>
certain that soon after his death (?) Il
man named Wong -- appeared
in one of your large cities, trying the
religious dodge, which however failed
when the character of the woman going
about with him waS known. Afterwards
Il Chinese political refugee appeared in
another city. lecturing on Contucian-
ism and Vet again. "a man bearing the
same name, is Il Buddist priest. lectur-
ing on another subject.
When Wong La-kce returned from
the United States, he h"a>tcd that
American gills had fallen in love with
him. and even proposed to him. Let
me assure the girls who read this. that
fllting with a Chinaman is rather dis
reputable business. for every rcspecta-
bile Chiuaman l. married before he i
old enough To know how to firt If it
WcIc not 50. there would bc no Young
lady in his own country for him To
practice the accomplishment with. t"I
if Il ten year old gill has not mother
imlaw. t" whose house she can 90 ear! q,
in her teens. She j. regarded aS an uu-
t"ltumato little being. and looked upon
hN her own family as Il failure.
This hrIthcm of whom have written
was cicnH. Put that down L" the credit
nt missionaries. His lies and other
fashionable deeds of shame. put down
To hcdth,HLSm. from which the mission
allies tried to save him. But remember.
We all are more or less hcathcu bN
nature. for "Pagani>m is in the human
heart. And many facts have proved
that hcathrn sinners and Christian (pru-
tr>>lng) sinners, are alike. sinners. Re
mcmhcrmg this may give you "a fellow
feeling" towards those heather. whose
minds and hearts have not been cmptied
of idolatIou> heathcniSm. and swept
and garnishcd only To Ice taken posses
sion of hN ''scNcm other worse spirits.
as WAS Wong La-Kcc'S.
1t was ot these millions of blinded
hcathcn | Intended to write. Webster
SAYS Il heather is zone who worShip>
idols. OF is umacquaiutcd with the true
God. II this is true. is it not also true
that hcathcu are not confined to pagan
Lands For not all idols are the hidrnrl>
images made with human bands. And
are there not many, who attend our
churches. and have heard of God it is
true, who have not even Il speaking ac-
quaimtance with him The Bible "iyp>
Il better definition of the heather than
does Webster, for that gives IL photo
graph of the unregcnerate human hemt
The picture of the heathcn painted bv
Paul, eighteen hundred years ago. is Il
true one yet. of these Asiatic heathen.
Externally, they may differ much from
civilized sinners, but enmity to a hol,
life is essentially the same in st. Johns
bury, and i'll far away Cbefoo, where
gods many and diverse. are worshppcd.
as well as ''llraven and EARTH" deitied
men, the Sages and ancestors and
where they beat their gongs, and make
the greatest possible noise. to keep the
Dragon from swallowing the moon
when there is an eclipse, and where
they burn paper houses, horses, ser
wants, etc, at the graves, for the use of
the dead i'll the spirit world. We for
get that our ancestors were heather.
with Superstitions us foolish, and more
cruel than these. Perhaps it is because
we forget this, that missionary papers
and the words of returned missionaries.
fail to make home Christians under
stand the condition and the needs of
the heather, whom they regard as be
ings of another, and an unknown world
so unlike known, ordinary beings that