Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-19
From Scoit's Weekly Paper.
A YANKEE IN A COTTON MILL.
BY cAMBoCE"0

BY cAMBocE"
Did you ever see, read, or telfof a Green
I'm in cotton mill:
Pray don't answer rashly ; don't loose your
self among "Yankees in Coal Screens"
Yankees in Hot Baths Yankees in Resto-
rateurs,' and answer unadvisedly-yes Mine
is Yankee in a new phase. His dilemma is
a Yankee Fix-'suI generis,'-a live Yankee
in the card room of cotton mill!
The plain unvarnished facts in the case,'
as politicians says, are these "a raw, straw
hated, sandy-whisk cred six footer-one OF
the purely uninitlative-came in yesterday
from Greece, with load OF wood for the Fac
tory Company. Having piled his wood to the
satisfaction of the Squire he bated his team
with bundle OF green grass brought all the
way from home for that purpose. Then, al
Ter investing his available in the purchase of
root beer and ginger Thread al Hams. he star
ted to see the city, filling his countenance
rapidly with bread, and chewing it vigorously
as he went
He reviewed the iron foundry and machine
shop, and was just opposite the warp mill as the
hands were going in from dinner. The girls
were hurrying in as only factory girls can
hurry, and Jonathan, unaccustomed 10 such
an array of plaid shawls and hood bonnets,
deposited his gOad stick upon the stairs, and
stalked in to see what the trouble was
The clater of machinery and the move
ments of the operatives soon absorbed his
whole attention. Beng, however, OF an in
quirlng turn of mind, and seeing much that
was calculated to perpIey one whose obser-
vations in mechanics had been mostly confn-
ed TO threshing machines and corn shelters.
he began to push vigorous inquiries in all d.
rections. In this way he made himself &C
Qualnted success rely, with the external and
internal economy of the Picker Beaten
Lap winder,' Donbler, and 'Speeder' By
two O'Clock he had extended his researches as
far as the Breakers and Finishers.'
He reached the latter Just as the card strip.
per was stripping his fats In this opera
ton the cylinder of the card is exposed to
view, and is seen revolving with pretty buzz.
Not satisfied with contemplating the poetry
of motion at safe distance, our hero must
needs introduce himself between the cards TO
get nearer view This move brought his
neither habilments in dangerous proximity
to the gearing of the next card, and thereby
hangs tale
You, | say! She goes poorly, don't she,
Dos ? said Jonathan, enquirIng ~. She don't
do any thing else,' responded the stripper.-
! But you must be very careful how you move
around amongst this hardware Twas only
last week, Sir, that promising young man
from Oxford-a student al the Academy here
was drawn into that very card, SIR, and be-
fore any assistance could reach him, he was
| run through, and manufactured into No. Is,
super extra, cotton warp yarn
/ s-s-wow! believe youer Joking -
suffered Jonathan.
Fact. Sir continued Stripper, 'and his
disconsolate mother came down two days ago
and 60, five bnncnes of that same yarn, as
melancholy relics
BY the mighty That can't be true
| Fact. Sir, fact and each of his fellow stu
! dents purchased a skein apiece, to be set in
!! lockets, AMI wore in remembrance of departed
worth =
: Is that a fact, now was he really carded
spun, and in lockets p A sense of per-
! *onal danger here shooted across our hero's
mind; he began to retreat precipitately with
out waiting for an answer
There was not much room 10 spare hetwix
himself and the gearing of the card behind
Another step backwards completed the cere
mony Of introduction His unwhisperables
being of large 'calibre.' the process of snarl-
| ing them up into hard knot was no ways
slow: Our hero gave tongue instanter. and
by the twentieth gyraton of the embodiment
the music was melo !ious. His 'explosive
tones were scientific, and did honor to his
knowledge Of dynamlcs Gen. Scott himse
could not have protested more forcibly a
gainst an 'attack on his rear
oh NJ ride r.! Let go!-you hurt
Blast your pickpr-let go! Amt We ashamed
Git out faint poorly Darnation seize we
Let alone on me,-can't ye-dor
The gearing had by this time wound hin
up, so that he was obliged to stand on tip oe
His hands were revolving vigorously behint
him, hut he dared not venture them near tn
seat of war; lest they should be drawn int
hoStilties.
The card stripper threw off the belt, but tn,
momentum of the cylinder kept it revolving
and our hero, surprising it in full operation
burst out anew:
oh, stop her stop her, do amt we'll
and orter be at home. Father wants TIT
steers, and mothers going to bake! Stop th
tarnal mashen-can't We do Amt yc 20
no feelin' for Teller in Distress Oh dear
I'll be carded and spun, and made in lockets
Je-RU-sa--lem! How | wish was t
Greene
The card was stopped at last, but Jonathan
clothes were so tang led in the gearing that
was no slight task to extricate him. Like 0
thello, 'he was not easily moved, and it wa
only by cutting out the whole of tle 'investe
territory that he was finally released.
What are you about here' said the over
seer, entering.
Nothing. Sir, only stripping flats answer
ed the stripper.
Our hero not caring to resume his pursui
of knowledge under difficulties. pair of over
hauls were charltably loaned him, and he scat
te'ed suddenly towards Mill Hill, giving
series of short kicks with either l,g, on hi
way, as if to assure himself that he had bro
away his full compliment Of limbs, from tn
cursed machine'
Il Legal Cure for Ce'ebicy-Mr Gregory
a member of the u Y. Legislature, has intro
duced into that body the subjoined bill, whic
threatens 10 pass. Should it do so, Mr.. Gre
CORY vii! have immortalized himself wi.
the ladies'
Section l. The assessors of the sveri
; towns and wards in this State, shall levy an
!, impose poll tax of seven dollars per annun
upon every old bachelor and on every widow
er resident in their respective towns and ward
2. Such taxes shall he collected in tn
: same manner as are other taxes, and shall
: paid over to the supervisors Of the sever
| towns, and shall constitute fund for the SUI
I port of common school education OF the poo