Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-29

Davenport De~oeref.
With the @. Z. I. and P. Express
from the East this morning was Q party
Of twsn,y.four Cinnamon. all having
tickets for San Francisco, and oil bound
for China. All. with two or three ex-
ceptions, were under thirty years OF age.
Among them was Q man OF about thirty
three. whose name was Foo Wung-
that il the way hs wrote Il on q GARD
Who could talk English a. though he had
never known any other language-and
10 him o reporter applied for informa.
ton concerning the movements oil this
Chinese party.
Foo wuug said that every man was
going back to his native land with the
idea Of remaining thsre-spsnding the
rest Of his days there. "Same a. you
Americans do" said he. "You gather
money enough to retire on. and then you
Quit hard work and take life easy; that
: lust what We intend doing"
Tho reporter asked how on earth these
Chinamsn came to have enough money
to indulge In such Q pleasant mode OF
living. and all 90 young. too. "How
long have they been In this country
Replied the lucid Chinaman "You
remember there val . big strike among
the shosmakers at North Adams, Mass,
few years ago; that q number Of Chi.
namsn were brought through from Gal.
cutta to take their plaees-there are
several Of those men among these. We
didn't stay in North Adams Q great while.
bat We stayed long enough to knew that
Ne could make shoes by machinery rs
veil as the Americans, and before long
thew commenced getting the American
vorkmcn back. We received splendid
vaers-splsudid to Q Chinaman-and
After getting out Of the shoe factory We
worked ut whatever we could get to do
most of Ms scattered about In Boston,
Springfield, Hartford. New Haven,
Albany, Troy. New York and other
places, and went to work at whatever We
could And to do. Most Of NJ set up laun.
dries. bat I, for instance. hired a. hostler
for q gentleman in New Haven; and what
With my wages, and presents and fees. i
did splendidly. How can We manage to
live without work in Gilman Why, We
sayed our money. 10 made all we could
and kept what We got. How much have
No? There's Ling wum (pointing to
ne OF the smallest men in the group,
has the poorest man among rs, and be
has nearly $4,000! You don't believe iti
Well, that's because you Americans
spend everything for eating and drink.
ING. and won't save. yos can't see how
a man can get along on only food
enough to keep him healthy. and not
enough to staff him three times . day.
NV employer said no could give me 20
much q month and board-and ! asked
him how much he would allow me and /
board myself Eight dollars . msnth
more-that was all, and I took him
up. I lived week after week at an
expense OF not more than . dollar .
week, for I had my room In the barn.
And that 10 the way Cinnamon make
ueney in America. They don't put
all they make to their mouth and n 1t
through their bodies! Ling Wum's
$4,000 will be Q fortune for him In China
he'll be independent and above want
with 1t there. but What would IL amount
to here! Then in China va can have
our own religion. nobody will insult us.
we'll bs looked up 10 a. rich men. Don't
We like this govsrnmsntf Yes, 1t 10
good for white men. but all the working.
men seem to hate the Chinamsn! We
shall not recommend our people at home
TO 90 to the United States.
Four or Eve Of the young men bad
been attending school In the East, the
reporters Informant said, and he was
going into further particulars concerning
the intentions OF members OF his party.
when the conductor shouted all 'aboard"
and the talk ended. But think Of q man
living . life Of ease. above want, on the
bare Chinese interest on $4,000.