Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-26
Bor on America.

town in America The cntrnst wih the
English system Is highly f.v,rabl ro,his coun.
try. The fol owing 10 Al cSrart:
81 happened to arrive at the first factory just
as the dinner hour was over md tfc giri were
returning to their work rndre', t4e stairs o'
the mill were thronped with them as aeon
ed. They wore al well drcs -ed, but not, 10
my thinking, above their condition; for like /
,n SOC thr humhl, class's OF society careful of
tncir dress and appearance, ard even, If they |
please, decorated with such little trrnkcts as
come within the compass of thrr means. Sup !
posing it confined within reasonable lint-l !
would alwavs encourage this kind rfprde, a. |
worthy element of selcrespcC,, n any person !
employed, aud should no more b. deferred
from doing 50, because some wretched female
referred her fall to love ct dress, than would
allow my construction Of the real intent and
meaning ofthc Sabbath to be Influenced by any
warning to the well disposed, tourdei un his
backslidings on that particular day. which
might nmanate from the rather doubtful au-
thori'y Oft murderer in Newgate.
"These girls as have said, were all well
dressed, and that phrase necessarily includes
extreme cleanliness. They had scrviceable
bonnets, good warm clOaks, and shawls and
were not above clogs and pattena. Moreover
there were places in the mill in which they
could deposit these things without injury, and
there were conveniences for washing. They
were healthy in appearance, many ofthem re-
markably so and had the manners and deport-
ment of young women not Of degraded brutes
of burden. If | had seen one of those girls (but
I did not, though | looked for something of
th- kind with sharp eyc) the most isplng,
mincing, affected and ridiculous young crea-
ture that my imagination could suggest,
should have thought OF the careless, moping,
slatternly, degraded, dull, reverse. q have seen
that.) and should have been still we'll pleased
to look upon her.
"1he rooms in which they worked were as
well ordered as themselves. In the windows
o' some there were green plants, which were
trained 10 shade the glass; in oil there was as
much fre h air, cleanliness, and comfort, as the
! nature cfthc ocrnpntion wonid possibly admit
Of Out Of SO large a number Of females, many
/ Of when were Just only then v"rgng upon wo-
manhoo5. il NAV be- reasonably supposed that
! some were delicate and fragile in appearance,
no doubt there were. Bot solemny declare,
that from all the crowd | saw in the different
! fctorjes that day, | cannot recal separate
one Young face that gave me painful impress
sion; moi one young girl whom, assuming it 10
| be matter OF necessity thst she should gain her
daily bread by the labor of her hands, | would
! havc removed from those works if ] had had
'hn mower.
'Tnoy reside in various boarding houses ncar
= hand Th" owners ~ tho mills are p7rtjcu-
| nrlv careful 10 allow NJ u mr~onS to enter nprn
! the pn-srs>rua o'' hose h"n-rs whu,e characters
have not unlnrgrnr the most scar hing and
thorough inquiry. ANY c"molsr't that is made
again-t them bv the botrder-. or hv any uI
else, is fully investigate and It c"d Gr"nn :
of comrliint b" shown to exist against them,
! they ARE removed, and their oCcaprt u T.
banded over tu some more deserving pecsnu-.
At,r stating the astounding fact, rhar in J
Iy.l IL, nine hundred aud seventy. aht o
I rs girlS were dcposor- III the Lowell 5 ~.
,ng, Bank 10 the amount jointly Of 100000
dollars, or f20OOO, &, il po,slbl' y Mr.. Dick
ems goos onto say
al am now going 10 state three frrts, VIII CT
will s'ar,lr large class of readers on this side
of the Atlantic very much.
"Frsrly, there is a joint-stock piano in q
great many ~ the boarding houses. Secondly
nearly all these young ladies' subscribe 10 cir
cuhting libraries. Thirdly, they have got ny
among themselves, perudlc called TH'
LowEIL OrrrrING, 4 repository oi origlna
articles, written exclusively by females active
, lg employed in the mills winch is dnly print
ed, published and sold and whereof brolGa
away from Lowell four hundred good sou
, pages, which have read ftom beginning t
end
The large class Of readers, sta ar'led by thes
facts, will exclaim with one voc", How yer
preposterous On my detereu'ially Inqurin
y why, they will answer, These things are &
e bove their station In reply TO that objection
- | would beg to ask what their station is
r. alt ia their station 10 work, and they
: work. They labor in these mills, upon a
D average, twelve hours day, which is unique
tionably work, and pretty tight work too Pc
haps it is above their station 10 indulge in snc
. ,.,,,,.,r,suts on any tpruR Are we QuI