about six o'clock
For the information of foreigners and uneducated people in general , we must mention that there is a thriving village on the Boston and Providence railroad , about ten miles from Roxbury , which rejoices in the name of Canton . It may here be observed , that the young man 's mind had got into a kind of chronological muddle , and the days and nights were mixed up together in the most miscellaneous manner . We , who are competent to solve any ordinary problem , furnish our young readers with this explanation . John left our American soil on Tuesday morning , at or about six o'clock . He is twelve hours -- there or thereabouts -- passing through the earth . This brings him to China also in the morning , as every thing is topsy-turvy on the other side of the globe . His walk to Canton fills up most of the day , -- _ Tuesday night here _ .