New-York tribune., 1881-09-11
" BROTHER- TONG UE."
Prom The 81. James's Ga-ette.

frODl me ~ JdniesS GU-ffks.
Please sir, | telling my prayers da Silva come
teasing To me. | telling, 40 away wicked boy ne
buse me and trowing me with one eat. Then fist
ann and he blow nv nose - which is to signify that
while the complainant was saying his prayers da
Silva came and interrupted HIM, and finally threw
the cat ut hm, with the result of q light and "A
damaged nose to the aggrIeved party. This is an
example OF what is becoming last as recognized "A
dialect ~ pigeon. English in China and the c0untries
to which the Chinese flock. The Romsh religion
has done more tor the Last than any other form of
Christian belief. Not only have missionaries spent
their lives IN working among the people for many
centuries; bnt bands of Christian Brothers" have
founded schools IN all the principal towns, and
thus attacked the various forms of heathen be-
lci IN the most practical and effective way. The
language which all the scholars want to learn most
rs English because that Is the language which will
get them the situations under GoNernment, which
everybody in the East is brought up to look upon
as the aim of existence. Bnt, unfortunately, the
Brothers. mostly Frenchmen and Italians. are not
so proficient IN that tongue as they might be and
yet to brng pupils to their school, and get them
under their religious training, they are forced to
teach it. A few of the stan also half-castes
from Goa or Pondicherry, or some ol the old East
ern settlements who have acquired "A peculiar
English of their own and 40 1t comes to pass that
the form OF speech which | have denOminated
Brother tongue comes 10 be perpetual ed and estab-
English.
Parents occasionally write marvellous epistlcs to
excuse their children from school under the impress
SION common to good many worthy people In all
parts of the world that schoolmasters must be adj
dressed in way distinct from ordinary mortals
father writes as follows -" Ii is with deep
humility, and not without considerable reluctance
that am the undersigned now take the liberty of
approaching you with "A respectful representation
OF my poor sons unhappy case, in the humble and
sangu'ne hope that the same may illicit your
humane consideration, and meet with such aid as
Will tend to mitigate our suterngs He mas Sc
vcrely attack i'll nt feavcr from saturday last and
he is totally unable to attend 10 school from the
above date. Solicit that you may be forgiven
this fault foe nonnformatIon to Sou on MonGay
last ! also permit leave of absence for about ten
0O) days To treat him. | have the honor to be,
yours most obedient servant" Another writes !:
Most respectfully ,showeth-I huihbly beg to in;
form you my son John unable to attend to school
during the last week Tor he had great pauclty OF
clothing and put mo into great distress Please,
Sir, II You Will kindly do 80. shall be very much
thank. | hope you are satisfied with this letter,
and rs in duty bound, shall ever pray" Another
runs: beg to inform you that the pleasure of
business having distressed me during to-day, l
wish To assist by son. We are very difficulty to
support our poor and large families and we have
TO look after them by small. little sum of salary.
Therefore shall never forget over you till life's
last spark dwindleS into oblivion
The halt-caste has an innate love of petitions the
chief characteristic of which is their high sounding
phrases and most Objectionable habit of bringing
IN Providence rs special auxiliary OF their own.
The following is example -" HOnOred Sir,-A
time is fast drawing nigh when II shall positively
have TO die OF inantion unless you, condcscendngly,
pity-mOvcd and graciously, take upon yourself
generous and virtuous though immensely trouble
some task that Is to say to presasc me rs early as
feasible from perilous and imminent an event. by
placing me under your benign care, departmental,
personal both. Permit me, however, to anti intro
duce in brief word or two. l am born in this
county, uninitiated to Office duties, but blessed
with capital character; well-behavng ana
sweetly submissive What cravihely and humbly
solicit you for, is to a0t me some work here, so
that a needy soul of my ilk may have some means
to support himself III there be no salared room
sparable now, prav even for apprenticeship of
the lowest genus. Please not consider me an un-
couth and unwelcOme stranger, but show this some
friends in order to pick up all together for the
sake OF Him who feedeth us all"