The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1846-10-14
From the St Louis ReveilIe.1
A YANKEE IN A COAL SCREEN.
BY JOE MILLER. IR.

In order to load the coal boats on the Lebioh
canal short but steep inclined plane of abont
one hundred and fifty feet in length. is made At
the chUte which runs from a station house on the
side OIL the mountain TO large circular revolving
screen; to the loaded car is attached rome Which,
draws up an empty car, and, arrived at the screen
the lower end Of the car is suddenly unboItad
and the coal is shot with great velocity into
hopper; tins conveys it directly into the screen
Which mas three large chambers, through which
coal oil as many sizes is riddled out, and shot bv
s,ccuPpers, into just as many boats, waiting for
different descriptions of the article.
"A lew months since, Yankee of the genuine
breed, quite lnquistive, but more verdant than
Yankee should be, gained the station house and
gazed with wonder at the contrivances. He ne
cullarly admired the swittness with which The
loaded car descended and emptied its load and the
velocity with which it returned to give nlace n
another ~
Shortly his attention was attracted bv seenq
laborer mount one OF the full cars about TO make
the descent.
"GoIng to slide p inquired he.
8" Yes, going to chute; won't YOU 90 p''
" Wal, l guess iii stop bit, and see Won do
it," 9ou uo
The car swiftly descended, and, ere ii reached
the hopper, the passenger jumped off safely.
" DO you do that often % inquired be of one Of
the laborers in the station house.
Oh' yes cohunually, was the waggsh an
swer, you know most all the boatmen are singIo
men, and as they often have orders for .famii,,
COAL we always send down married man with
every car OF that kind, to let 'em know"
: W al now, du tell, uttered the eastern man
Inc more the Yankee looked at the apparatus
the more did he become convinced thai if would
beya great thing to go down the steep in that wav
something that he could tell 'to hum
trucking up courage, he approached the SUI
perintendent
" That beats sleddn down hill, don't it,"
p" 'spose it does'
you p DO"" 'Ouiu
time - imp =" ~
cob, yes, I'm reckoned considerable of iumn-
er-JumPn does me good | once jumped off a
nay NOW thirty feet high, and it made me so su-
pie that I'm give in to be he best dancer IN tho
hull township" - 'i''
g Well, get on, and take care of YOURSELF
Suddenly the car moved off, and our friend
found the speed so fearful, and the declivitv so
great, That he was forced to stoop down and pTasn
the sides of his vehicle for support The 1lace
where the laborer leapt off was reached. bur the
fankee was not in the position to lump: he had
70 mold on, and running down descent three
umes as steep as that which he had come snd.
zen click shot the bolt, and, with a violent force
out went the contents, Yankee included into the
hopper. '''0 '''0
" Murder get me out stop the consarn %
shouted our hero, as he felt himself sliding down
the hopper to the cylinder &c Murder e7oa tba
consarn-Pll be kiledp' But the motive nj ..,l,e
consarn" was water, which had no svmnoth,,
with those who pursue knowledge under ditfcmI
tes' and those who saw were too distant and too
much convulsed with laughter to Weld assistance
into the screen he slid, landing on the ton and
as he ielt himself revolving with the coal he
grasped me wires in desperation to prevent him.
sell from being rolled to the bottomLaronnd the
wheel he went, and our friends sensiblities u,ore
touched up by plentiful shower of fine coal dnst
rluuled through IRON all the chambers.
ne managed to get one eve open. and saw with
delight that the cylinder was only about 6f,oo,,
ieet IN length, and he forced his wav torvard 70
the opening with desperation but if was NOT aI,o.
gether successful; another revolution of tbe
Wheel had yet to be borne, and the next timo be
reached the bottom he was shot ont of tho sc,,n.
per into the boat beneath. To the scro,,os rs
laughter with which his advent was boiIad o,,n
nero SAID not word, but, getting out an old h,r
kerchlei, rubbed the dust out of his ovoe aad
surveying his torn apparel and bruised battered
scratched and cut limbs, he raised his vein , to
know as what quality Of anthracite he had been
dehvered-when, smashing his remnant of q bat
over MS eyes, he stumped of multering. "broken
ana screened, by thunder
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