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A Belated New Year's Day.New'Year’s day seems to arrive a lit-•:* 1 ♦tie late iu China but it comes and all loval Chinamen celebrate it wherever*r 1. J K- ! •' t - • •they may be. Mbuday was the commencement of a III#• year for Chinamen and Sam Lee; t)anville’s representative of the tiowery kingdom, kept open house and celebrated quietly. Had he been at home, lie would have fired crackers and burned colored lights, enjojred a good dinner, worn a new garment and paid his debts. Sam Lee, burned no fire crackers, and paid no debts for he has none to pay. Hedid, however, have a table spread and his face would be all smiles as he would band a friend a cigar and invite him back to the banquet table. This table was fairly laden with oranges, tea,Chinese nuts, Chinese whiskey and to-* • • . • •baeco. Sam evidently filled his pipe from the abundant supply of tobacco and he kept it goingall day like a blast furnace. Eyerything was neat and clean and the whiskey was voted by Sam to be “heap strong. There was no mistake in this as the liquor could give the Kentucky product a good start and overtake and down it without*s • . ........... • • • •turning a hair. It was bottled lightning withoutdoubt aud would get in its work early in the encounter. As the originator and main-stay of jags it was entitled to the first prize. It was a great day for Sam. May he live to enjoy many returns of it.
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Danville Republican
Danville, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 04, 1897
Page 5
Full Page
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Plainfield P.
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