Show CHINAMAN AS A HUMORIST good tales told of recently deceased celestial chinese as a race are not generally credited with the possession of humor but quong tart a celebrated chinese merchant of sydney new south wales who died recently was famous in the land of his adoption for his amusing sayings and do once at a big public meeting when the mayor of sydney had concluded a vig orous appeal for funds quong con pulsed the assembly by announcing in his high chanting broken english money will make the mare to go quong tart was much given to pun ning and in his early days when ask ed why he did not marry would reply I 1 have not yet enough jam on my tart when the poll tax on chidebe was imposed by the new south wales government quong s penchant tor practical jol ing found full vent on one occasion when the vessel on watch he was tal ing a trip to the north of the colony put in at its first port of call quong dressed himself to play the part of a stowaway chinaman with patches of mud on his clothes and his hat punched into a shocking shape he affected to try to steal past the collector of customs but that official promptly caput red him me on wan go shore walled the innocent captive one man he go shore two dree man he go shore wy me no go no no john was the stern reply you pay a hundred pounds first an alteria tion of several minutes ensued clenti fully bestrewed with me no salees from john then suddenly with a few lightning touches transforming his personal appearance and present tog his card to the astonished official quong revealed himself and received a cordial greeting |