Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-09-06

lam not astronomer enough 30
know whether your readers were
treated to the same show or not,
but we of New York have been
indulged in an eclipse this week.
EOt course we admit that it was in
the highest degree unmannefly
for the earth to get in the moons
way in that style, and perhaps it
was our duty to get out the tom
tens and tiupans as tIFe Asiatic
; heather do under like circum-
! stances and scare it out Of lis i'm.
Iproper position. But as our gov
lernment policy is at present one
of strict, non-Intervention we took
, no action in the matter further
than to station ourselves in our
front doors or windows to watch
| for a moon rise that didn't come
Ioff. Precisely at the moment
when fair Cynthia should have
shown her countenance above the
sands of Long Island, our own
planet had shut off the whole sup.
ply Of radiance which she usually
iobtains at secondhand from the
orb Of night; nor did we begin~to-
get out OF our own light, until the
latter got up several degrees above
the horizon. Then came the Gu
rious sight OF full moon gradu--
ally appearing out-of the darkness
of a clear sky.
The ChInaman is getting to be-
an object Of attention in other re-
latioDs than those of the mimic
stage. About a dozen of him
were up this week before the U.
is. Commissioner for selling un--
stamped cigars No description
could convey an idea OF the bland
ness and childlikeness of their
yellow faces when arraigned to an
swer. 1t seemed as if butter
wouldn't melt in their mouths
when they indicated that they
understood nothing Of the charge
or OF the language, nor when,,
finding that that wouldn't work..
they set up the somewhat start
ling defense that their cigars
being entirely made Of cabbage
leaves, did not come under the
tobacco laws. Altogether, they
proved too much fos tie COM
missioner who, unable TO make.
anything of them, finally dis
charged the whole lot after %
severe reprimand which of
course rolled off them like wa
ter off ducks back.
They are by no means such
fools as they look, these serene.
wooden-shoed rascals. NotIong
ago, one OF them, whom / will
call All Sam, procured from an
other, who shall be designated
as Ah Ling, about $12O, i'm
money which The obliging Ah
Sam told his compatriot ought
to be deposited to the latter's
credit. So the two went to-
gether and made the deposit
taking a receipt for it in NH
Ling's name. This receipt Ah
Sam retained saying that he
would keep it safe till All Ling
should want it. Next day tho
perfdious Sam returned to the
place of deposit alone, assumed
the identity of All Ling, pro-
duced the receipt and said he
wanted his money. One Of
these beathens looks so much
like all the rest that the cashier,
naturally suspccting nothing.
out the $120, but said
he must have the signature OF
All Ling to the receipt. Sam
readily acceded to this,and made
OH the paper a tea chest charac-.
ter which he assured the con-
fiding stamp-slinger was Asiat-
ic for that name. Shortly af>
terward the genuine All Ling
discovered the ways, that were
dark of his benighted brother
and tore his pigtail in an equal
mixture Of wrath and anguish
lie rushed to the cashier, ex-
planned the circumstances and
received the advice TO have All
Sam arrested for Forging his
name to the receipt. This coan-
sci was acted upon and Sam was
hauled before the bar OF Justice.
He was observed TO smile sweet
ly when the charge was pre-
Ierred, but said nothing. The
cashier excite6ly produced the
-eceipt, and showed it TO Ah
Ling for Identification. No
sooner had the latter fixed his
,lantindicular gaze upon the
signature than he gave vent to.
what was probably a Mongo-
ian expletive, and began to-
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