The Holly chieftain., 1899-10-13

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The romantic Little soa7ma county
town Of YaIIeyf0rl can boast the dis
uug,iyn today Of NUM- 5erlnE among her
residents. one Of -ae most unique Of hu-
man f.eaE5-a white man who dresses
like a Chluamau. wears q queue and
conducts q Laundry in approved Chi
uese style. says the san Francisco EI-
smIner More than this. he will tell
you that he prefers the mode OF dress
and livery Of the M0ugo.Isn 70 that o.
his Cguutrymeu or Of the men o, any
other country. for the matter OF tha..
His name is John Neagher. To com
p.ete his enactment os the rOIe 0,
Cb!namzn John Meagher some years
ago thought be must needs have a Chi
Hese name and, go 10 speak. the last
t-e Of nationality was cast aside when
le ASSUMED the name Of Chin He. and
b. this latter name he prefers to be
known On = little emiuence OF the
main county road which passes
through yalleyf0rd IS a neat, hard
finished building with store front.
.gu lu front Of the porch informs
the world that l- Is the laundry o.
John Heagber and that his special
'.as lH 'ne business Of soap and
-gls aye washing. ironing
and f4uag The s.gn IN bold letters
a 80 announce rba, the work done ls
'n- bas. The screen door Is thrls.
a aIn and tha visitor enters the iron
.ag ra0m 0f the establishment. Al
sn- side Of the room is "a long table
upon which are a uGmDrr Of parcels or
laundry work ready % be- delivered 70
their respective owners.
Is Mr. Mragher a. home" inquiries
the visitor Of a big. burIy CAlnaman.
who Us lndgstriDusEy ironing at the
pJart HIS queue is wound carefully
OBJ The ,gp Of his head and his green
blouse s pot'essly clean
We'll am h"," came the reply
shortly
The surprise Of the visitor can be
imagined. After explaining to him
that the purpose Of his call was To
have a talk with him concerning him
self the interviewer was invited to a
snar This done. the host picked up an
empty box set il mp endways and final.
ly settled down and gazed at his yisI-
tor inteRty for several minutes. Then
he began:
90 was born right close to the
old Mission Dolores, in San Francisco.
about forty years ago. My father and
mother were Irish went to school
ia San Francisco. Born, as you might
say, with desire 10 make money, /
struck out for myself early in life
Il made lots OF money at working at
different things and would have been
pretty well OF but for the fact that /
have been robbed Of everything | had
three times in my life.
And now I come to the part OF my
story which discluscs why have adopt
ed Chinese ways When | was quite
young | was thrown in contact with
Chinese continuously; SO much so that
! found myself nOurshing Il desire to
emulate a part at least Of their mode OF
living. These Cinnamon were mostly
cooks or laundrymen. ! particularly
noticed how free and easy they locke
Ia these nice loose blouses. After a
while | adopted the dress you find me
wearing today. like it in the business
I'm in"
How do like wearing a queue5 Oh.
/ don't know. It's part OF the dress
and don't mind 1t. Sometimes
travel as Chinese peddIer. I go all
over the country dressed in the fancy
Chinese costume you have frequently
seen wsrn by the wealthy merchants /
tell you, It helps me in my business"
The man is happy in spite of the
comparative solitude In which he lives.
His face has kindly expression, his
voice is soft and he gives one the i'm
preston OF being fairly well educated.
To Obtain Emigrants for Canada.