The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-12

Many Of these colonies were from the
carolinas. and in Tennessee and Al
ALBANIA and Mississippi they are found
to-day-still Scotch, stlll Preshyter
ian, md stlil anafrald. From such set.
Elements as these have come the win.
erspoons and Friersons without which
names The history Of Asmrican pres
ibyterianism cannot be written. a cen
fury old, each Of these little trans,
planted Drnmtochtys holds 10 its old
traditions. the marriages are with
Scots, and the blood Is kept pure. Wei
come to as many of the Iaw.abiding,
Godfsaring people as will come.
Over the Border Line.
onr nelghbor on the north. the fair
Dominion of Canada. sends us ttous.
ands of her sons each year. 1t is said
there are more Canadians on this side
OF the boundary than there are in the
Dominion. The manner in which this
country attracts the young blood OF
Canada is shown by recent class ri
engineers which was graduated from
McGill University In TORONTO. At III.
close of the term p young men were
given diplomas, and 10 of them left
Immediately to accept positions which
were waiting for them in various parts
of the United States. The Canadian
so little different from the Amsri.
can that there Is no reason for regard.
ing him as foreigner. To the Amer.
lean church Canada has given Bishop
Fowler and Berry, OF the Methodist
Church; to science. DIR. William osler;
to Journalism and literature, James
creeIman, Charles G. ID. Roberts and
Acton Davies; to the stage, Clara Nor.
ris. James K. Hackett, Robert Mantell
and many others.
Once when was driving through
the country districts In French Que.
bee noticed many houses whose win,
dows were boarded up and abandoned.
Each time I asked by driver what had
become OF the occupants, he replied
laconically: "Gone to Lowell" The
movement OF this class to the mill
towns of New England has been going
on steadily for years. There are so
numerous in many places that they
are the balance of power in the cleo.
tons. While they have, practically,
crowded the native population out of
the many factories, in all likelihood
they themselves will be crowded out
by cheaper Italian, Armenian and syr.
ian labor in a few years.
Thrift Of the Greeks.
Thrift and pride are the most mark.
ed characteristics of the Greeks who
are pouring into the United States
each year. In proportion to their mum.
bers they send mora money home
than any other nationality, having in
creased the amount sent by postoffice
moneyorders from s2s8,ee9 to $780,
900 in one year. This proves thrift.
They are all proud OF the glory that
was Greece" Step into one of the
Greek shoe.shfntng pariors to be found
in almost every city and yol will
find that these poor. badly dressed,
ignorant looking boys know the story
of teonidas and his Spartans, of Alex
ander and his conquests, and of Marco
Bozarris and his ally, Lord Byron.
Aside from the quarrels which pro.
coed from their violent tempers, they
are orderly and Woodworking and soon
become good Americans. The Creeks
do not care to farm, and are seldom
found outside of our cities.
One doesn't meet a Manxman, but
1t is, nevertheless, fact that 10 per
cent. Of the population OF the little Isle
of Man has moved to Canada and the
United States in the last 10 years. In
this country they scatter about, fam.
lily here and another there, so that
they are quite lost among all the 9TH
ers. At Cleveland, o., however, there
ia Manx colony of several hundred
households, and 1t is the only Ameri.
can city where the queer tongue OF
Greeba may be heard spoken on the
streets.
Here From Japan.
The area of Japan suitable for ag-
ricutturat purposes Is equal to about
one.third of the State of Illinois, and
for this reason she must either have
colonies or permit the immigration
of some of her population. The Japs
are taught religious tolerance MS a
necessary characteristic, each person
being required to worship one day
each year in temple of faith not
his own. 1t is argued that this train
ing will make them more amendablo
tic American influences, and that they
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