The Dillon tribune., 1881-04-30
Hisrellanes.
An TONG'S TERROR.
4 Most Thrilling Tale Of Celestial
Credulity.

! III been an aStrOlOYcr ~ BRUSH NoluHp"
,ut having i,een mixed up in kidnapping
a<e there, found it exl,ed.cnt 10 place him
eli under the more lil,e raj civilization
California. For rras ms best known to
:, ,nself he went to reside in the scclusio'
the camp at Hunters Point with cous.
/. named All Tong, who owned q half-in-
rrest in a junk and was thriving in hi
business. Chung leing regarded as mar
of deep learning, was well.received by hit
humble relative, and his wife, prer ssess
ing da,ns.l, whose early years had beer
a .,ent on a scow ut Canton. AmOngs
other information the honest fisl,crma,
confined to his accomplished relative thai
his partner WAS lazy rascal, Of whom h.
had better he rid The serious questio,
t.,at presented itself wa, how to shake him
ntf, Il. tho business Of netting small fish and
killing l"r,e ones wit, Giant powder. |
though dis, rac..uly Legal, was chceriully |
profitable. I'h: a.trOlog.r svmpatllize.
readily with his relative and promised I.
invok. the evil spirits Of the l'otrero. Tru,
TO his promise, he proceeded With his in
Z nations. ind raised such cloud Of mis-.
fortines for tho undesirable fisher that his
lii. became a burden to him.
HAUNTED.
One morning, when decorating the ster'
o. the junk with text from Conf,cius sup.
posed to b. irresistubly attractive to the fin
ny tribe. u threc-pouud cOl,bie fell from un
en- hands on tn. hack Of his neck and IL.
,;,acit,;ed him tro,, work. The astrolo
Ks'r, rs matter Ut course, wis called IN t.
,res>r l,e out of The Celestial pharnacowria
fr III. injured man, and did 10 with sucl,
SKILL ti.at the patients life became burdr,
1, him. His physician assured him that
hc was afflicted by dcvi!s and dosed him
10 literally with decoctions oil snake skins
cMi Tar and Celestial pills as large as Ala.
,netla sq;iisfes that III the end Of weel
the unfortunate fisher was able to see spir-
it. enough 10 run dozen distilerics. Al
the earnest cutrraty ri the astroIoycr the
.utferin2 fisherman r. linquishcd his inter
..t in the junk and jayt,'lly departed from
the camp on u strrtcher, having been AZ
cured that change Of scene wonll bring
him comfort. Everything went we'll With
the conspirators for several weeks, whe,
news arrived that the viciimized part,,e,
h d ten drowned onthe Sacramento river
VIII ther he went to recuperate. On the re-
ceipt ri this in'ell gence All Tong became
the ol jet { what seemed to he supvrnatu
raj attcntion, but which was in reality tn,
a,al,cious trickery ri his relative. Invisi
bic han Is were constantly hurting some
thing at him, and whenever he got nca,
anything capable of falling down OH him |
generally came down viii, n cra,h.
hMndrvtl.pound rock came down the chin,
nry one morning as he was Lighting In
fire like dutif,l hm.h,nd. The mast q
junk slued over next day, and struck hin
witt, such force that he was unable to wal
straight Tor n week lie applied to his rs
alive tor assistance, aud w;srch, criul.v i,
formed by that accomplished person TIM
tie go>t .f. the victi'nixed partner ";
h .unti,g him, ind that unless he TOD
speedy and energetic steps to thwart Il
malice If the srook he wou d SOM be ab
to indulge in spiritual prank. himself.
DESPAIR.
The onl, remedy possible WIS to anoi
III ,>e;f three times day with an oil call
p.nyan. ginseng. which i il,a,,n,act,,rc,i
the rrie>thm If Soot,ny, a small Villa
in the extreme norti, Of China. The mel
81 ot preparing this oil, which is high
;r.i,,atic, Is a secret. The oil Is regar,l
tv certain orders ot Chinese AZ ros>,s.i
supernatural properties OF healing. and
wonderfully extensive. Though 10th
lart with his har&l-carncd coin, All Ia
s.ra:~d together $,n, which his a>tro
~ pockctct, giving him IN return
yeats worth q. sperm oil perfun,ed With
% ,uce oi Fl.rida water. The nos,rum Y
applied with appropriate and impress
4 .rcn,nn:es, but proved intellectual, TOR
sim. nj :t,t the affl icted t.,il r Of the III
MAS hcaved out %! his uneasy b Il and p,,
,ncled sever " by what seemed to tc
counterfeit prcsentncnt ut the dead fish
n,an. Another twenty .hve-c'.nt bottle
sperm oil AMI Fl ri h water WAS pr.nur
the hara>sed Monaghan having rak.d
I'll his old debts to procure the coin,
mortgaged his junk t, her fall value. I
second application was not more success
than the first. While the unhappy fish
man was tossing in tevcri-h dreams II r
WIS twined around his holy, and he
whipped up IL the raftcrs Of his sha t.! ;
lett hanging there until his dutif..l wife
hi, devoted relative cat him down. As
matter Was lc coming serious, the a~tr,
::rr h. ID an exc .utivc meeting next
With the vindictive slooks. The col,
c.we seemed to inspire him with ca
tlencr, and he suggested Il novel plan
which tn. suffering fis' .er..,an could relj
himself from his troubles.
LIGHT Al LAST.
~ t.,c rising Of the n,nm the same NJ
H.. was to st III alone in his junk,
=. 'vr southwark until he should hear
telling ut bell, which would bc the sil
I, him that the evil spirits that trou
hin " re len: Gale back. Mean,
the astro'ogcr was to use al HIS cffirt
have the unru'y spirits placed under
AMI key. ~ hong as the bell kept TIL
the fi.hcrn'n WAS to keep his craft hc