Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-15
BAB00 ENGLISH.
a Characteristic and Perfectly Genu-
Inc Specimen Printed In Shanghai
journal.

A Characteristic and Perfectly Genu-
Inc Specimen Printed In "A Shanghai
Journal.
The following characteristic and
perfectly genuine specimen of 'Baboo
English was written by benevolent
Indian gentleman resident at Shang-
hal. and addressed to the editor of d
newspaper published there. 1t should
be explained that a iinrickshaw is a
small vehicle something like bath
chair, which should contain one
passenger only, and is drawn by a
cooley:
Sir: After refreigrating the mind
by the fair cooling zephyr at night,
and exhorting the mind by the arti-
fetal tune at the garden when ali
went in high glee to dream out the
scene, a poor jinrcsha coolie, a
starveling, was issuing out warm
BREATH and deprccating sropitlous
God. a trial was made to worm out
his secret grief at best, and in lieu,
the information of his that day earn
ings, which were limited to the extent
of some copper coins, was gained
After the hard muscular labor which
a sumpter-a brute quite below the
degree of man scarcely undergoes-
he gained not at all sufficient TO keep
himself up from starving. Here the
complaint is not for the fare so par
simoniously paid, but for the cruelty
of overlooking and placing onerous
burden far below the limit OF reason
ing.
"Jinricsha and wheel barrow men
are considered as brutes No one in
his Joy and mirth seems to take no
tice of them. A casual observer can
not but see poor men pushing pltesus
". and sometimes at the stake of
their lives, wheelbarrOws. A fashion
able man of the age tumbles some
twenty times over in foot Of place
if he is forced to carry single box Of
tea. Eight boxes ard even ten too
are seen on a single barrow. Not
withstanding the advantages of bar
row coolie has it is exorbitant
to drag along such heavily loaded
car.
"Mercv is shown toward birds and
beasts. To stone a swallow is OPP
probrious ia the eye of true CHRIS
tian. Men fetching a hen by the leg,
Negotiating beasts mercilessly, over
loading carts, and exacting labor
from disabled nags are fined and
punished in the British courts of Cal
cutta and Bombay and according to
some here exists the same rule in
name and show.
rs it not iniquitous fer the super
Tor class to pity and protect beasts
and allow men segregated from the
rich by wealth to remain in crucial
tortures9 Beasts rabidly goaded
sometimes give a winch but a jim
ricshia or a wheelDarrow cody can
not, and suppose he can, he starves
and ultimately selects a fine lodging
in the tomb. 1t is in the hand and
under the mastery of merchants and
other men of business TO lessen the
weight and engage the services Of a
wheelbarrow shPendiary more for the
sake of propinquity of blood because,
all are men. We are from earth and
water, and we shall be dissolved into
them
80 all those calamities a lank
wheelbarrow coolie, living on Stops,
is often brought on the point Of dying
by overexerti0n while keeping aside
the car in order to avert a collision
with furiously and pompously driven
carriages. whose drivers think TO beat
hollow and another carriage further
than his own a meritorlous, nay,
ouxotic exploit and gasconade.
''As the municipality grants license
TO iinricshamen it would be a delect-
able and a mercful act if rule to wit
not to allow more than Que man 10
sit in il is sanctioned and if it is
sanctioned Immediately actuated or
brought into action. The niggard
practice is done mostly by the Chinese,
who sit two in number, one over the
lap Of the other, jogging rs If on
horseback with a box, a cot etc.