Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-22
WINSTON N. c., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER a. 1888.

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MaE Of the Walking ads. are of for
eign ionality, many of them Ital-
iaI,s.sgk few OF them are Americans,
most S9hom, however, have the bar
,,i;asr their coat-of-arms The wri-
tsr Ill one white native who was
somcVG Fat communicative.
"D you remember" he was asked,
"thes Prophecy of Webster in his
Bum Hill speech: One day every
natl this country will cxclaim:
sThad> God, l, too, am an American
Tlt poor, old statue gave wrinkle
which was meant to be a smile
II Hent to the public schools" he
renlifd. Il was once up in the world.
7 nsh to work round a stable and
maLcfS15 and $40 a week regular.
Bnt by wife died my children
there fere two of them, one boy and
one ,ll-marricd wcll-off people
tbcv thpught [ was not good enough
for tho cln. | had my arm broken by
L;ck II horse, and this is more hon
oct tbap begging Where do | slcepY
7 sIee,Sin one of those ter-cent pens in
Cbath,dm square. 1t is opposite the
stat;,,.L The house vas an old ware
house The upper stories arc divided
into tails big enough to hold a man.
I onIv pay six cents, for [ am regu-
lar cnstomcr."
The-only two contented statues that
tho w,iter found were il negro of quail
;tv ON Celestial. The negro was a
fno s'.cimcn of physical humanity,
and q, IDENTIFY belonged to the quality.
He - dressed like Fifth avenue
swell 'and nothing betrayed the fact
thot WAS not the Prince of the Eb-
onv isles except tasteful advertise
n1cnt ,~his hat. Inquiry developed
thn t:,Et that he was not highly eelu-
Gated lie was paid s12 a week, be-
~ijas p;lylng the temporary use of his
suit ofSlothes.
~ nfSh | could find time to go to
school he said. 81 am SO eager to
Icar, That is the great trouble with
the olEored people. [ want to learn
.r;tbn etic SO much"
"WtE arithmetic particularly %
s.C kTSe. replied, earnestly. 81
s icy better # | knew
s'e. -
rlf7cs-.I.am:n, to speak more by
the CAIN was an cx x-statue, and his ex-
perienM was calculated to give one a
high timnion of the Mongolian intel
lect. lie was a finely-shapcd man,
and cal me from Northern province
He ha& been hired for s15 a week and
provided with magnificent suit of
cloth end pictorial collar, to ad-
vcrti. lie latter useful article of dress
On adopting hisine dress he had sur
reptitiausiy removed his old night
woven suit After few weeks his
employer, on paying him his wages,
told him he had no further need OF his
services, ami asked him to return the
properly suit Of clothes.
"Mc 40 can go naked" said the Chi
naman-when a vain search had been
made for his penumbral coverings.
"Iou rascal, do you want to steal
my clothes, l will have you arrested, y
and the angry shopkeeper ran into the
street and called for i; policeman.
Clos. GA his heels came the Mongoltan.
"Arrcst this man," said the shopkeep-
er, asst explained the case.
IL, M no steaiee," returned the Chi
naman. ''me no hurtce law, me give
up the Clothes" and he began to re
move the suit beginning at the lowest
article.
"Stop, STOP" sried the policeman,
'tthis can't be done. This case is be
yond ME. You must bring it before
the Judge" The three then proceed
cd to the nearest police station, over
which A worthy Sergeant was prcsld
ing.
| The officer, after -cudgeling his
brains for some time, sent the pair to
the Civil Court.
"MeIno hurtee the law" cried the
Monaghan, when the case had been
explained to his Honor before we'll
filed house of both sexes; "me Civ.
him back the Clothes" and he again
began 10 remove them from the foun
duti0r1.i
mo no." cried the Judge. "This
case REQUIRES consideration. Call to
morrow morning. On leaving the
court house the shopkeeper tried te
compromise the matter by kicking the
Celestial. He was promptly locked
up for assault. The Mongolian kept
his clothes and received SO damages
Nero used to indulge in the gentle
pastime of saturating Christians in tai
and using them rs candles. At least
it must be said in his favor that tht
brief agony of his victims was moro
merciful than the long exposure te
ridicule and shame which waits upor
those poor victims of greed, the
Broadway statues.