The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-01-30

formed me that he in company with
the mayors of the other cities, would
tender Admiral Togo a reception on
the following Tuesday, and invited me
to be present. OF course ] accepted,
because it afforded a rare Opportu-
nifty to observe Japanese customs as
well IS to see q large cOncOurse of
people AS | witnessed the naval re-
view in Yokohama the day before and
the illumination at night, | did not
reach Toxic until the morning Of the
reception and this led me into consid-
cradle enbarrasSm On the train
| met a Japanese gentleman who
could speak Enolish. He was kind
enough to find ne a 'riilisha with a
pusbcr and to instruct them to take
me at once TO Uyeno Park He then
left me and the 'rikisha men followed
his instructions to the letter, They had
not proceeded far when [ discovered
that Admiral Togo had arrived on
the same train and that a long process
sion had formed to conduct him to the
park. Before T knew it. I was WfliSt1-
ed past an escort Of distinguished citi-
Zens who, clad i'll Prince Alberts ana
silk hats. followed the carriages, and
then | found my 'riIisha drawn into
an open space between two carriages.
Ora bling the 'rikisha man in front
of me [ told him by word and gesture
to get out of the line Of procession
He could not understand English. ana
evidently thinking that | wanted to
get nearer in front, he ran past a few
carriages and then dropped into an
, other opening. Again I got him out
of the line, employing more emph1-
sis than before, only to be carried
still nearer the front. After repeated
changes of position. all the time en-
plOying such sign language as could
command and attempting to convey
+if,ls
that I could not translate into lang
uage. I q t last reached the head of the
procession. And the 'rislliSha mon. as
If satisfied with the success of thei"
efforts paused 10 wait the starting Of
the line. ! tried to inform then that
/ was not part OF the proceSSiOI;
that ] wanted to get on another street.
that they should take me to the park
by some other route and do so at
once. They at last comprehendcd suf-
ficientIy to leave the carriages and
take up 2 rapid gait but get OFF the
street they would not. For three miles
they drew me between two rows OF
cxpectant people, whose eyes Dee"ed
down the street to catch a glimpse OF
the great Admiral who. aS the Com
mander of the Japanese Navy, has won
such signal Victories over the ItuS-
slams [ saw q million people; they rep
resented every class. age and condl-
ton. [ saw more people than 1 ever
saw before in Il single day. old men
and old women. feeble but strength
ened by their enthusiasm; middle
aged men and women whose sons had
shared in the dangers and iii the tri-
umDhs Of the navy ;StudentS from the
boys schools and students from the
girls schools with flags and banners.
little children dressed in all the cOlorS
of the rainboW-all were there. And
! could imagine that each one OF
them. old enough to think. was Won
dering why a foreigner was intruding
upon Il street which the police had
cleared for a tliumphal procession. Il
some one had angrilE caught my
'rikisha men and thrust them through
the crowd to 4 side street l should
not have cCmplained-L would even
have felt relieved but no one molested
them or me ard | reached the park
some minutes ahead of the Admiral.
How glad | was to alight. and how
willingly | rewarded the smiles of the /
'rikisha men With q bonus-for had |
they not done their duty as they un-
derstood it? And had they not also |
given me. in spite OF my protests. such |
q view Of the people Of Toxic as I |
could have obtained in no othe- way? /
At the park [ luckily fell in with |
some of the counciImen whom ] had |
met before and they took me in hand. |
saw the procession arrive. heard the !
Danzais (the Japanese cheers. as they |
rolled along the streets, keeping pace |
with Togos carriage, and | witnessed |
the earnest, yet always orderly. re |
ioicing Of the crowd that had |
at the end of the route. |
When the procession passed by US
into the park the members of the |
City Council fell in behind the car
riages, and I with them. When we |
reached the stand, a seat was rendered +.
ne on the front row from which the /
ceremonies attending |
the reception could be witnessed |
Mayor Ozaki, the Presiding officer, /
escorted Admiral Togo to raised |
platform, and there the two took seats !
on little camp stools some ten feet |
apart facing each other. with their |
sides 10 the audience and to those on
the stand. After a moments delay, Il |
priest clad i'll his official robes, ap- |