Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1880 — John and His Wonderful Ways. [ARTICLE]

John and His Wonderful Ways.

The Chinese utilize almost everything that comes along. This was strikingly illustrated yesterday during the gale. While bowlders as big as pumpkins were flying through the ah- and waterpipes were being ripped out of the ground, an old Chinaman with spectacles on his nose was observed in the eastern part of town seated on a knoll calmly flying his kite—an iron shutter with a log-chain for a tail.—> Virginia (Wev.) Chronicle,