HAD A CHINESE NAME.
Archibald Was Called Archie and the Monsolian Thong-ht It Was “Ah Chee.”
In the household of a prominent Bostonian is a Chinese servant who .was brought east by the family several vears ago from California, where he h ;u i ingratiated himself during a winter sojourn at Pasadena. Recently a young man named Archibald has been visiting the family, and the Chinaman seemed to take a strange fancy to him. He Is called Archie for short, and every time the name of Archie was mentioned the Mongolian would grin and beam at the guest with a pride that seemed little less than paternal. That it was at least fraternal was disclosed one day, when lie said: “Why for you have name alles samee like Chinaman?” Archibald was rather taken back. “What do you mean?” he asked. “Why, you name,” replied the Chinaman, according to the Philadelphia Record. “When they talkee to you they callee you Ah Chee!” Sweet-Voiced Kansas Sqnenters. Following is the unique advertising letter of a Eudora (Kan.) hog farm: “To our friends, the farmers and stockmen everywhere: You are invited to attend our free open-air concerts, given every evening at five p. m., under the direction of Mr. E. W. Melville. We guarantee to you that we have 200 of the sweetest voiced squealers in the country. No such an aggregation of male and female voices was ever got together under one management, and you will be highly < entertained and pleased if you will attend one of our concerts. Reserved seals free for everybody. Special programmes will be arranged if you will but notify us. come out and hear us squeal. We will take special pains to please you. Youra till dead, .”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1859, 3 November 1903, Page 6
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289HAD A CHINESE NAME. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1859, 3 November 1903, Page 6
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