The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-01

! his Job T. further our foreign policy
Tn news " the coming iv this bed1
/ " migrants - enrich tn pppE tat4or
iv tn province was received with Sflc
enthBsyaem be tn hearty British
artisans TIL dav tn boat arrived
nearly all tn facchries an shops II
tn city were shut down. III houses
were decorated with Chinese. HindoC
an British flags. an ~triumphal arches
were erected in IN sthreets bearin IN
notices All coons look alike %
, US. an 'Jow Soor.' Bonares were III
be tn popyiace in tn Jap'nese an
Chinese stores an there were many
sffctlonate reunions iv British sub
ticks an SubjiCks iv tn Miksdoo in
which two were stabbed an three were
shot. Tn MUNICIPALITY fined in tn
spirit ~ tn occasion by issuin' tn Gus
toTnary holiday proclamation p n
people to keep off tn Sthre-G an ne
ordherin' the milishy 70 remain un-
dher arms At last tn gr-reat day
arrived. TIL RECEPTION comfy was out
early an firm tn break ~ day thou
sands ~ sons * Britain. armed with
guns. pistols. crowbars, hunks IL coal.
coplin pina. hatchetS. bricks an sling
shots marched down 70 tn docks TO
greet tn visitors in a names suited 10
tn delightful frindly relations " two
gr-reat people. But just at tn mo-
ment whin all seemed finest, as tn
throng " BritainS rushed forward 70
embrace tn an pat thin
on tn back " tn head with tn lmple-
minis iv their toll. an enormous swarm
il at least thirty Americans appeared
on the scene an attacked u dark
with cries iv: XIII Thin
Knock their looming eads off"
Fave a 'arf a brick at Thin an 50
on. tn BritainS sturdily turned TO
the defense " our alleys and thried to
protect thin by THROWN thin into tn
harbor. But tn crool Yankees, in
famed with hathred, were too numer-
Gus FIR tn small but indomitable con-
course fv British polisemen an civil
ians an all that cud be done for our
visitors was to git thin out iv BARNS
way by chasin' thin three or four
miles out iv tn city. Thin tn citizens
with that rare presence w mind that
is characteristic iv tn A~nglo-SaXon
alone among nations returned to tn
city an burned tn Chinese quarter
to prevint tn American rowdies firm
dom SO.
"Th' affair has caused great in
dignation at Ottawa. On hearin' tn
news Sir WilfuI Laurier ti~llygrafted to
tn mayor " Vancouver: Shocked
panied be th' news. Was amy ~
fellows hurt? Can't We keep tn
boys quiet?' To which tn mayor re-
piled: IF We give me amy more w
y Z CT JAW II snip III NlOlt Iol ~
Mongolyans to Ottawa His majesty
tn gov'nor gin'ral iv
Canada, has taken a position worthy
w tn best TRADITIONS iv his high of
flee. On hearin' tn dhreadful news
he Immediately wint to his rooms an
his UNIFORM. Whin he
emerged he called together tn Gun
cillors iv tn Umpire an submitted a
despatch f'r their approval. They APP
proved, an late asst night, pacin' up
down tn vast %auJoence chamber
where SO many Englishmen have per-
iv old IN so many Canajeens
V fright, he dictated tn message that
las sine rung round tn wurruld:
Fancy that other sayings iv gov
gin'rals iv canada have passed
nto histhry. We presoom that ivry
schoolboy is ramilyar with
Ripon's I say an tn Markee
V Lorne's Wat a country But
that is no mere saying; it is
more thin a watch-word:' it is Eng
and. We nave no doubt that it will