News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-05-29

nothing to retract. I believe [ know
we'll built railroad when l see it.
General Hart, late manager of the
road, over his own signature, gave as
his reason for resigning: the bad con-
dition of the road and the niggardly
policy of management, which refused
to expend the money to put the road
in q safe condition. Mr.. Scribner is
mistaken as to the date of the settle
ment Of the country. The Mossbacks
came here long before Prices army re-
treated to the Pacific coast. They are
relics Of an earlier day. To illustrate
the disposition of the honest farmer
here let me cite the experience of
friend of mine who bought place
few miles out of the city. He first
tried white labor, but soon found that
he paid big price for getting nothing
done. He then hired Cinnamon. Now
the fun began. "A delegation of
neighbors waited on him and said the
Chinaman must go. He pointed out
to the impossibility of getting his
work done by white men who sat
around on the stumps, smoked and
drank whiskey all day. He refused
to discharge his Cinnamon. Then his
fences were thrown down every night,
valuable animals we're found dead
every morning, and cattle were driven
into his fields until he was obliged TO
abandon his farm altogether. What
do you think of that fer a liberal
minded community? With a climate
and soil capable of producing food
for an immense population, almost
everything is imported from Califor-
MIA on the east. Butter comes from
Illinois, hams from Iowa, fruit and
vegetables from California. What is
the single agricultural export of Ore
gon. With regard 70 Portland, when
it is made over it viii be fine city.
At present, morally and physically, it
is in dirty condition. 1t is an open
secret, published in all the newspa-
pers, that the Mayor has received
money for the appointment of the
city officers. The Chief of Police
stated openly at meeting Of the city
council last week chat he paid the
Mayor to be appointed to the office
he held and that the money was stolen
from the city treasury. The streets
are narrow and horribly dirty. The
smells which arise, especially from
the Chinese quarters, are indescriba-
BILE. l had an opportunity of inspect
iug a Chinese tenement house a few
nights ago. Hundreds of Cinnamon
are packed in little hunks under the
the pavement and in the cellar. They
pay dollar a month for the privilege
Of sleeping there. Dark, unventilat-
ed and filthy, the men sweat and rot
ted in the vile atmosphere. We went
through narrow, low passages and
trap doors into little dark rooms,
reeking with the fumes Of opium,
where the yilesL practices are carried
on. Women squatted ON little stools
looking like monkeys, blinking and
leering with their long. sleepy, wicked
looking eyes. Fantan, Chinese
gambling game was in full blast,
around which they jabbered, and ges-
ticulated, and fought fiercely. Some
were lying on the floor stupid with
opium, their glazed eyes fixed and
staring. Crowded into a dark closet
hardly large enough to admit of his
lying at full length, was Chinaman
who had that day been horribly in
Ijured by a falling timber. His face
was bathed with perspiration, paid
with agony, and in his eyes look of
wild apprehension which shall never
forget, when the Chinaman who
was with me inquired as to the proba-
bility of the mans recovery. The in
Ijured man we'll knew that if his re-
covery was doubtful, or if he was
likely to be crippled for life his fate
was scaled TIE 1,lainar-.e.. will NOT
tolerate a hopelessIy sick or crippled
countryman in their midst. The
"highbinders," a society whose trade
is assassination, quickly dispatches
him. The Chinese have courts OF
their own, dealing out justice quickly
and surely to the offender. Very
rarely is a case where the plaintiff and
defendant are Chinese adjusted in the
State courts. All this is carried on
in the very heart of the city, Second
street, but one block from First street.
the principal street of the city. There
are upwards of three thousand Chi.
namen in this city. Last summer il
was only by the exercise of the at
most vigilance that the yellow fever
was kept out of San Francisco. If it
should gain foothold there this sum.
mer it will certainly reach here, and ]
predict an epidemic of unparalleled Sc
. verify, because of the filthy condition
of the city, the miserable water sup
ply and the horrors OF Chinatown.
Notwithstanding the historical elogi
ums of Messrs. Scribner and Beecher
times are hard, and have been al
winter. know of half a dozen car
! penters out of employment, and wher
carpenter cannot get work to do The
, outlook is blue. 1t is the fashion O
J the inhabitants Of every western city
to "boom" their place, and it needs {
, "chronic dyspeptic'' here and there tt
! tell the truth. Doctor,