While on @ trip to the county of Mien-yang, I visited one of our converts who is blacksmith by trade, This man is a skilful mechanic, full of rasurees, and has been very successful in business. He is for popular in the village where he lives; for several reasons: First, he is not a rative of the plice; seconilly, has committed " great offence—he has manag-d to make money by hig owa still, where others have failed. As is usual in sowing districts, Japanese ginning machines have alarge sale. One of the difficulties attending their use is the qu-stion of repairs. My friend has grappled successfully with this difficulty, and makes very good repairs, mostly with tools and appliances of hixowa making. He is h: capped through not possessing " lathe 5 but he has forged crankshafts which have been winded and fini-hed ff the file, and are very creditable producti-us Tne brass _bearii of these mach: nes he casts and finishes himself, toring the ruaer surfaces with " boring tool of his own construction, heautifwly made. It is a pleasure to see such skilful mech nical work right cutin the country. Still, there is much jealousy shown towards this man, who has committed the great offence of being successful. Had he be n content remain x maker of knives, pokers, and tongs, he would have had an easier time it, Here is x specimen of "English as she is wrote," found among some papers the other diy. "The Candy of Uin's Nest." "The candy is prepared of bird's nest, which was famous iv all the countries. We made it used with engines to take the ditty nway, and then put it into sugar, there is " great of sweetness, every young and "1d man are ought to eat, for it can make strong, There are two kinds of bones, the price of one of them is two dollars, and of the other fou dollars."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.