The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-02-27

are dissatisfied whea tss sau shines
slonously aad the thermometer stands
- sitiy above zero through tie m0ath
q JAuaay They l5ag f9f good
bfaciag. kAslefa weather They pine
fof a healthy iros, o. = cbarmiug
sos storm. This Water these ma.
cUuteuts bare bad il 81 their y way
uith barely the sboS storm eft out,
AID that could ouly be seen 10 the dis
lance piled up white and glorious on
The tops Of The n~eighboriug mountains.
Il Is 70 bc hoped ,hey arc Sufficiently
breed - 70 last ior several years. AZ
fof Us. ue have shivered aud shTiyelled
and sighed ior big Eastern coal stoves.
Neither have we bad our usual rains. so
the farmers have been blue, and sli
business dali Lately the sky has been
more pfopiliOus aud the gentle rain is
psttsring down to-day. Everybody
bngbteus up, there Is yet time for a
fair crop. il only the rain will lAst.
We groan over bard times here as ia
the East II The world really too iull.
| wonder, or l. the trouble that we
baye too many wants 1t must be the
fault OF people who have things TO sell
| think areu they always trying to
make us believe We ueed "a thousand
things which VI are only too willing
to do without l leave il to the politi.
teal economists. OF course when we
say political economy here we immedi-
stely 6nd our thoughts taking on q
Mougolian hue. The poor Cinnamon
II they could hear half that is said
about them should think they would
all "ruu A-muck But never war
there apparently 80 meek and patient a
c Long ages Of oppression and
semi starvation have made them as
stolid and hopeless as beasts OF burden.
Yet there is q dormant manhood IN
thom all aud sometimes it shines out
very brightly through its thick environ.
ments. Whatever we may think Of al
lowing them to come in an unrestricted
way to California, Christian people can
take but one view Of our duty to those
who are here, and / think all reasonable
persons must see that they have been
a powerful factor in the rapid develop
ment and prosperity of our State. They
take the hardest aud most servile work
SO meekly, they are so fearless of mala-
ria or any sort OF exposure, so steady,
temperate. and with SO few wants. Is
it strange that people employ them
when Kearney and his compatri-
wage war on both employees and
employed 1t takes one quite a while
to get used TO them, they are such an
uncanny, o%utlandish people. But 1
know Of many a household where some
or Chin or Chow" is a true
member of the family, loved and honor
ed as If his skin and features were
Caucasian aud his dress American.
They are trusted implicitly with valu-
often being left alone with the
house while the family are gone, aud
in every way regarded as friends as
well as servants. 1t is amazing upon
how little they can live and how pa.
they toll for scanty wages. The
vegetable boy who supplies our table
starts on his rounds every day with
from two to three hundred pounds
hung in baskets from a pole across mis-
shoulders. He tolls along like a pack.
from door TO door, and 10 happy
If he can sell from five tc ten cents
worth of fruit or vegetables to each oil
bis patrons. He takes it "all samee,"
however. whether you buy or not. If
| shake my head he says "Ali lightee,
but il | step out at the
ioor aud say, well, John, what have
you got this m%orniugl" be sets down
lis heavy baskets aud begins to un-
cover his treasures. This morning he
had first OF oil a box OF fresh fish, her.
log and cod then a dozen bushels OF
crisp aud white as an epicure
,ould desire then a tray Of turnips.
Deets. carrots, parsnIps, radishes, spi-
zach aud onions-all S~rst-class; then
sack Of sweet potatoes,a dozen heads
II cabbage. a bag Of oranges. another
# lemons. aud a sack Of peanuts
his basket a tride. be smiles IN
he blandest fashion. gives each, Of The
hildren a handful Ut peanuts. SAYS
tank. tank" and smiles again. points
0 the little Toy Herbert aud says, "0h
q heap smartee baby T. tuen loads up,
avs goodbye" aud uots OF, still
beneath his heavy load. The
hiIdren say to hin sometimes, You
citing rich, John I" Then how he
buckles over the joke How much
. you make in a day, John ON
| have heap luck maybe one dollar"
Ut, with a patient smile. maybe not
ing. (,
We are greatly Interested III the
mission work which Is carried
h here by the various churchs. In