The Hickman courier., 1877-12-07
Japanese in America--Incivilittcs
and Amusing Blunders.

A Japanese student at New Haven
writes to the Toxic Times review of the
condition Of the japanese young men at
American schools, and gives the following
humorous touches Of their experience
Most of us have nothing but gratitude
fhr4lends. h4le ace 41e % inhipressSRonss We MAKE on
the ignorant mass are somewhat curious.
The fact that we come from the other
side of the globe seems to be the cause OF
great wonder to them. Do you have
the same sun and moon over there ?" WAS
once asked within my hearing. "What
part of the West Indies is Japan p is
pretty bad. No difference, as a general
thing, is recognized between the Japan
ese and Chinese. DO the Chinese ever
have gray hair % was once asked Of me.
" WHY'S it that you don't have tailsT
Chow likee Melica ?" and other ques-
tions, asked from pure impudenoe, are
too numerous to mention. One is at first
annoyed by all these attentions, but soon
learns to take them good-naturedly. And
then there seems to be an idea that every
Japanese in this country is nobleman.
An esteemed but not aristocratic friend
of mine has tracts sent to him quite
often by some unknown friend whose
kindness exceeds his Information. They
are always addressed TO His Highness,
Prince -" One of the tracts was
in praise of some virtuous prince, and
sentence particularly exhorting all noble
men 10 be good was underlined. A Ja-
parese " nobleman died in Washington
a short time ago. Three young ladies
studying in this country are set down as
"princesses.'
There is, of course, comical side to
our student life. Anecdotes of blunders
which we have committed would make a
very laughabIe book. One ordered a
well. known meat by saying, want an
OK" another by putting fork and
knife UP to his head, initiating the horns
of cattle, and then lowing.
shall here give you one of our most
famous stories. A student living alone
in P-(Princeton?) thinking that, II
any serious accident should happen to
him, nobody would know what to do
with him, wrote twoletters giving certain
directors providing for such an OCCASION
and addressed them to two Of his friends
in N-(New Haven0 He took the
letters to the people with whom ne was
living and explained what they were.
But few days after they were mailed
bv mistake. and what CONSERVATION they
nroduced in N can be imagined
oneof the two, whom shall call M,
thinking that his friend in P had
committed suicide, toek the earliest tram
there. The other, whom shall cali
T, and who was out Of town just
then. was telegraphed to and came 70
n IN the utmost hurry. There ne
, was disheartened TO learn that there
would be no train TO P till next oay'
and he was left TO spend the time IN
anxiety and gloom. Now, one OF lne
; wishes expressed in the letter was sn",
> the bodv should be given to the medlc@'
s school in N. So T saw tsnsvey
r tbe professor in charge and arranged .na'
3 men should be waiting for the body "nnn
/; it should come into the depot. Meau%.,.. l..-sd
? NJ, who had hurried to p 49,. .1.,ot
? there, but what was his surprise - hls
j the first person whom be saw W. i n
e friend A.. whom he suppose1 y /.
a - Ata~ most comical fcen'
which each accused the other ?, !. msy b
= an explanation followed, =. ana s.asb. II Esss
n suppored there was hearty ,sss ,.sI'nr .sFy
day T. arrived At Z. f-1 ,,.It n bsaf had
e mass nassed i he was laughing = s'..ssie Y the
If would would split. Then % so..:r from com NJ,
d ou1es;rs co%esy sness sor the truth
Is sRfaSsaes sRpsnses Of A. ~ sESssome ~ regular
Of Ia,'shioe sHli ssVss, sisocE lne'f "