Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-03-02

of our Japanese friends and seated
ourselves on the mats. Tea was
served us in small cups from teapot
sitting on the stove; small square
box filed with ashes and charcoal,
fire burning on top. They do not
use milk or sugar in their tea We
sent Sada to buy some sugar and on
his return we put some in the tea aud
invited our friends to join us; they
tried it but threw it out when one
who could speak a little English said
"Splose Japanee makee drinkee; he
makee soon die" Their houses are
compile ely devoid offurniture. Their
bels are mattresses laid on the flo II;
quilts with sleeves in it are used for
covering The pi.low is block of
wood about six inches high and
|twe.ve long on top of this is a little
pillow stuffed with h.ir about three
inches in diameter and while sleep
ing they lay thier neck on this little
pillow On entering a house they
take off thier shoes and leave them
at the door. During the day one
floor of house is all one room at
night by using screens they can
make as many rooms as they please.
On leaving the tea house we asked
the amount of our bill and were told
it was nothing and invited us to cali
agan. Jumping in our Rickish IS
we were soon in the business part of
the city passing numerous stores
with Japanese characters al over the
fronts. We pass d a large fine
looking stone bu lding and on inquiry
learned it was for ahe ministers of the
different nations. A beautiful park
surrounded this building Informing
our "Rickisha" man we would like
to visi the Bazoars we soon stopped
in fro"t of a large store cover d with
Japanese charac- era, aighting we
we're met at the door by Japanee
who bowing low invited us to enter
and eximine his goods. AS we en-
:ered and gazed around We were
unable to repress an exc amation Of
delight as we saw on every side
articles of rare and beautiful work
man. hip which he requested us to
examine, we informed him we were
only sight, seeing and did not wish to
buy. on pr celng several article, We
were surprised at the low Fl lures
asked for them. = He insi ted upon
showing us all his store contained,
II hough we bought nothing We were
treated just as politely as if we had
bought several hundred do lars
worth of goods, and on leaving were
invited to call again. jumping in
our "Rickisha's we started for the
Europeon quarter of the city, and
soon turned down long street lin d
with buildings of brick and stone,
three and four stories high. We
were informed that tbs was Main
street. We saw. quite number of
familiar names displayed on signs in
this street. There are a great many
Eur peans and Americans here
dealing in rice, tea silk, etc. There
are graf many fine buildings in
tn S city. Post Office, Custom House,
Banks, Club Houses, etc.
Thcre is a Railroad running from
here to the Capital, Toxic; several
trains day run between tn, two
cities The snow capped summit of
Fusiajama cln be seen from Yoko- |
hama on clear day. This volcano
has long been extinct. We found
the Japanese very intelligent and
courteous to strangers; th:y are best
natured race of people we have ever
met Sada informed us that there
would be a show at one of the thea
tres this afternoon and asked us if we