Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-03

the river.
If a man falls down sick in the
street, sick unto death, you naturally
think there will be a rush to assist
him. Not so. Some would enjoy
the mans agony; others would take
the other side of the street. Why,
even the untutored savage will assist
his own kind Not so a Chinaman.
/ have seen a boat capsize with two
Cinnamon in it,when fifteen or twen-
ty Cinnamon stood close by. What
did they do? They pulled away from
the spot fast as ever they could.
/ copy the following Uer6atina from
Hong Kong daily paper, of yes
terday's issue GA Chinawoman, who
was carrying flour on board junk
near the Canton wharf, yesterday
morning, slipped off the plank on
which she was walking and fell into
the water. A large number of cool
les saw the accident, but no effort
was made to give assistance to the
drowning woman, the spectacle evil
IDENTIFY affording great deal of amuse-
ment. Fortunately for the poor wo.
man one of the detective staff from
HongKong, who happened to be pass
ing, heard her cries, and Immediate
ly jumped into the water to her as
sistance. He succeeded in getting
hold of the woman and pulled her out
of the water, no one offering to as
sist." Unfortunately such occurrence
es are not rare. Put penny in the
contribution box for the poor heather
in China, by all means. Some peo-
pie faithfully believe that they can re-
form such people as these-a people
utterly devoid of the commonest in
stincts of humanity. | admire their
faith. The Chinese are the most un-
feeling people regarding the suffer-
ings of others in the world, believe.
| wondered what manner of govern
ment existed in Canton to allow such
things. That there is government
of some kind is quite evident from the
heads that are exposed in iron bas-
kets at the execution ground. / was
alone and knew no one, and the most
l could learn was that the city was
governed by Mandarins, who WELD a
despotic power. l never had much
faitE in Chinese missions, and what
/ have seen has not tended to increase
that faith. The Chinese in Hong
Kong have been religiously labored
with for half a century. A new gen.
Grafton has sprung up since, still they
cling to their old pagan customs and
heathenish pomp of ceremonies, and
always will. / have seen compare
lively nothing of China as yet-too
little to make comments regarding
work. / should like to
see more for my own satisfaction. l
can only speak and judge from what
1 see, and l think l am fairly observ-
ant of what goes on about me. No
matter how intimately acquainted one
may be with the Chinese, | imagine
that it " uld not be easy to form a
fair and impartial judgment of them.
There is, no doubt, plenty of right
feeling and generosity, only | have
not seen it. Those who have resided
for years among the Chinese, and
know them well, differ widely in their
opinions. They are wonderful peo-
pie. You hear great deal about
opium smoking, which certainly is
great curse to the Chinese nation. 1t
is harped on as the Chinaman's great
est vice but it is not to be compared
in its evil effects with the European
vice of spirit drinking habit to
which the Chinese as a nation are not
given. Instead of making such an
outcry, and wasting large sums of
money in trying to reclaim the China
man, one cannot but reflect with how
much greater advantage it might be
used nearer home in attending to our
own need of reform in respect to in
Doubtless it will surprise some of
your readers when say that there is
no such city as Hong Kong in exist
ence. Hong Kong is an island con-
tanning % so. miles, and a British
Colony. 1t was ceded to Britain by
China in 1912, although the British
occupied it previously. On it there
ire four settlements. Victoria, the
city that many foreigners regard as
Hong Kong, is the capital, with a
population in the neighborhood of
10, 900, Europeans, Americans and
other foreigners numbering perhaps
1000, and the balance are Chinese.
The city of Victoria is built on the
side of a mountain, similar to Gibral-
tar. Hong Kong is separated from the
main land by deep channel, varying
in width from one to three miles,
making one of the finest harbors in
the world, and is capable of floating
the worlds shipping. 1t is some
what dangerous during the typhoon
season, but there are means of warn
ing the entire harbor of the approach
Of typhoon, and artificial places of
safety on the other side of the har- |
Dor are provided.
There are no horses or beasts of
burden of any kind in Hong Kong.
All building material is transported
by coolies, who carry bamboo across I
the shoulder with load at each end,
if light, but if heavy, such as build