Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-11-15
oUm ClLIPoRNIA LITTER


The lI'icmpe MRS 6,oo, Home-"Tie Srai.
imr Hmerari fG" and the Fowls Of The
dd tO their Slmiera Homes HE - Rain
Norm The Greri Debris Triad The Con-
ddmionm Coarcption at Work The Chinese
Question.
DEAR JOURNAL No visitor receives
NOR ecordial welcome than you, with your
news Of home and friends far AWAY. So
familiarly do yon chat Of home aud home
scenes that we are inclined to forget, for a
time, that We are thousands Of miles away
and almost see ~ in panorama the per-
sons aud places 40 dear to our memory. Ii
any one wishes to realize the value Of a
local paper, let him go far away among
strangers and into a strange land.
Well, California ut this season Of the
year h as delightful climate, Ms all the
fowls Of adjacent Territories well know.
Our rivers nre teeming with countless mil
lions OF geese and ducks which have re-
turned from their Summer homes IN Ore.
gon Washington Territory, and British
Columbia, to revel in our sunny waters
and feast on our broad wheat fields, while
nll the surrounding world surrcnders o the
icy ietters Of old "Borens" "You bet, a
boy with shot gun is happy.
Since last | wrote, we have had another
rn in storm, mostly wind, which carried the
rain sidewise 40 swiftly that it seemed
more like spray than randrops. This
storm also left heavy deposits Of snow in
the mountains, but the valley is as dry as
| if it had not raincd.
"The Great Debris Trial" is still indef.
| nitey postponed meanwhile the most gi
| ganlc preparations are being made for its
| prosecution. The Farmers Anti Debris
Society have raised their subscription list
to the enormous sum OF $3.50, 600, and sill
the list is increasing. The miners also
are combining for defense.
The Constitutional Convention is in scs-
sion, and is not likely to get through much
short Of the 100 days allowed them by the
! legislature. The convention consists OF
| 1872 delegates, aud the cost 10 the State
! during working hours is about 50 per min
nle. The different committees are ut work,
and bills are being presented, but little OF
! Importance has been done yet. 1t is pro-
posed to change the Constitution in regard
| to judiciary affairs and immigration, es-
| pccially Chinese immigration; aud a. is
! usual in such conventions the whole instru.
ment is being criticized The principal
| excitement appears to be ON the Chinese
| question, and kearney says, "The Chinese
must GO
Permit me here to present to your read
ers picture of the Chinaman as see him;
also, some Ol my own reasOnings on the
great question Of his becoming Il citizen.
| ask information Of some OF our clear
headed "Buckeye" Republicans, that
may settle the question rightly in my own
mind The Cinnamon is II brown, almond
eyed specimen of the genus homiorm, with
the front of his head shayen and the back
part supporting a queue or pigtail from
/ to 6 feet long. lie seems to possess an
intellect equal to average Americans in all
kinds Of fhandiwork only that his language
seems to bear no relation to ours. | find
him in all departments where he hns been
admitted displaying skill activity, honesty
and economy; and so industrious and eco
nOmica is he, that lie seems destined to
leave behind him the IIibernian, and even
the lower classes of prodigal Americans in
the race for wealth. lie is social and in
offensive, but rarely seen away from his
business. lie is said by some to be filthy
in his habits, but the most refined Califor-
mans seem to deny this by the confidence
they place in him as u cook. Everything
considered, he seems to me to be human
Of the same origin in common with the
American, the European, the African, and
the other inhabitants OF Asia. If so, does
not the clause in Republican principles
"All men are by nature free and equal"-
include him also? In short, can follow
out the principles of Republicansm and
vote the "Anti. Chinese" ticket? The chief
of the Chinese Embassy, when asked where
the Chinese would go, replied: "We will
go to Ireland that is the only country
the Irish do not rule"
Yours, \. SHRUB.
YUBA CITY, Oct. 81, 1878.