Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1892-10-29
QUIET And PIGS
ButChered to Make a Chinese
Holiday.
A Noisy and Gastronomlo Com
memoration of the Fame of a
Certain Mum Wun Lung.

The Chinese colony yesterday morn
ing sprung an unsupported holiday upon
Phoenix without a proper excuse. When
pinned down TO an explanation of the
cause of yesterdays demonstration a
Chinaman said it was in honor of a
famous secret society organizer, or the
| first walking delegate of the ancient
| order of hghbinders or Chinese free
masons, who died on the 2Sth of some
October between $50 and 400 years ago.
His name WAS Nun Wun Lung, but q
history OF what he did to entite him to
such pandemonium as vas started
yesterday morning has never been
translated out of the Chinese language.
The traditions held by his fol-
lowers on the subject are exceedingly
vague, but they know that from
remote period of antiquity great
deal OF noise has been made on the an
niversary OF the dav on which Nun
Wun Lung died. The customs of the
celebration were observed in aggregate
and detail. There had been much
music since the day before, but for that
music in the Chinese quarter. There
was also much shaving of heads and an
array OF holiday clothes, but nobody
observed this until attention was pain
fully called to it by the subsequent
performances. About 8 O'Clock there
WAS an explosion OF firecrackers on
Montezuma street which might have
been mistaken for the explosion OF
dynamite factory.
Joe Potts was on the street with his
team only half block away at the
time. Before he could calculate, John
Robinson, Esq" the horses were sev-
eral blocks away and he had lost what
little influence he used to have with
them. They have since been stopped
and are undergoing treatment for
chronic timidity. The wagon to which
they had been attached is coming in
after the manner OF election returns
from Kentucky voting precincts. Mr..
Potts, pending these operations, is
making q study OF the Chinese ex-
clusion act and has discovered several
weak places. He sees how it could
have been made more stringent and
effective. The registration feature,
to Mr.. Potts mind is we'll enough
in the cases OF Cinnamon who are
dead and not likely to take any part in
holiday festivities but he would have
arranged for the emperor of China to
attend to the registration of the live
ones. He has also come to the conclu-
sion that the law was made to late. He
will prepare memorial to congress
recommending the insertion Of a clause
providing for the extinction OF the
Phoenix Chinese.
One pleasing feature OF the noise
which h-d disturbed the equaniinity OF
Mr.. Potts horses was that while it
lasted it kept the music in the back
ground.
Over the headquarters of the colony
adjoining the joss house there hung the
triangular red flag and dragon and the
doorways OF all the stores in that quar-
ter were surmounted by blood red ban
ners.
The front room at headquarters was
arranged with an altar upon which
burned bright hued wax tspers and in
the background was crayon drawing
of the immortal Nun Wum Lung behind
whom stood fierce looking individual
with glittering scimetsr and who
seemed to be irritated by the racket,
and in sympathy with Mr.. Potts.
In rear room banquet was in pro-
gress. The gastronomic display was
oriental, varied only by two roast pigs.
Everything was free and in consequence
did not last long.
Chinese reporter to do this occa-
sion justice would probably stretch the
account into the third column and
might even make it break on the fourth,
especially If he could ascertain what it
was all about. The American reporter,
however, Is unable to weigh the import
snce of the affair, and prints only what
was visible to the naked eve, and all
OF which was Chinese to him except the
episode OF the runaway and Mr.. Potts
subsequent expression Of feeling.