The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-11-19
A Yankee in a Cotton Mill.
BY 'GAMRoGE.'

Did you ever see, read, or hear tell OF a
"A Green 'Un' in a cotton mill?
Pray don't answer rashly; don't loose
yours IL among Y ankees in Coal Scraens,'
Yankees in Hot Baths Yankee in Re
storateurs,' and answer unadvisedly--yes!
Mine is Yankee ia a new phase. His
dilemma isa Yankee Fix--'suigeneris.'
IA live Yankee 10 the card room OF a cot
ton mill!
The plain unvarnished facts in the
case, as politicians say, are these:'--A
raw, straw -hat,ed, sandy y-whiskered six
footer--one Of the purely unimitated--s
came in YESTERDAY from Greene with ~
load of wood, for the Factory Company.
Having piled his wood 10 the satisfaction
of the Squire he bated his team with q
bundle Of green grass brought all the way
from home for that purpose. Then, after
investing his available capital in the pur-
chase Of root beer and gingerbread at
Hams, he started to see the scity filing
his coun,enance rapidly with bread, and
chewing il vigorously as he went.
He reviewed the iron foundry and ma
chine shop, and was just opposite thewarp-
mill as the hands were going 10 from din
ner. The girls were hurrying in as only
factory girls can hurry, and jonathan, un'
) accustomed to 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 clatter Of the machinery aud the
movements Of the operatives soon ahsorh-
: ed his whole attention, being. however,
of an inquiring turn of mind, and seeing
much that was calculated 10 perplex one
whose observations in mechanics had been
! mostly confned 10 ,hreshing machines
. aud corn shelters, he began to push vigor
aus inqai ries In all directions. In this
) way he made himself acquainted success,
! sively. with the eternal and internal econ
: my Of the Poker .Beater,' 'Lap-wind-
err 'Donbler,' and Speaker. By two
o'clock he lad extended his researches as
: flr as the Breakers and 'Finishers.'
; He reached the latter jnss as the card.
stripper was Stripping the fats 10 this
9 operaton the cylinder Of the card IS ex-
y poseu 70 view, ard sSaa ssss5 u
e very pretty buzz. Not satisfied with
/. contemplating the poetry of notion al
j safe distance, our hero must needs in
,roduce himself between the cards to get
nearer view. This move brought his
'nether hahiliments' into dangerous prox.
unity to the gearing of the next card, and
thereby hangs tale
You, | say! She goes pooty, don'i she
Bos!' SAID Jonathan. enqniringly. She
: don't do nythiog else responded the
stripper. But YOU must be very careful
how you move around am ,ngst this hard
ware. Twas only last week, Sir, that a
promising young man from Oxford--a
student at the academy here--was drawn
, into that very card, Sir, and before any
assistance could reach him, he was ran
through, aud manufactured into No. l6,
super extra, cotton warp yarn.
Is--s--wow! ] believe yuer joking!
suffered Jonathan.
Fact, Sir, coptinued Stripper, 'and his
disconsolate mother came down Two days
ago, and got five bunches of that same
yarn as melancholy relics
: by the mighty! That can't be true!'
Fact, Sir fact and each of his fellow
students purchased skein apiece, to be
set in lockets, and wore 10 remembrance
ofdepar,ed wortL! ~.
is that a fact, now! was he re ally card
ed, spun and set in lockets? A sense of
personal danger here shooted across our
hero's mind; he begin to retreat precipi
lately without waiting for an answer.
There was not much room to spare be-
twixt himself and the gearing of the card
behind. Another step backwards com
pleted the ceremony of Introduction. His
INV hisperabes being of large 'calibre.
the process ofsnarIing them up into hard
knot was TO ways slow. Oar hero gave
tongue iustanter, and by the twentieth b
gyration of the embodiment, the music
was melodious. His explosive tones
were scientific. aud d,d honor to his
knowledge of dynamics. Gen. Scott,
himself could not have protested more
forcibly against an attack on his rear
sO--h! M>u,r d.e-r !--Let go!-you
h,n-r.t. Blast your picker--bet go! Amt
We ashamed!-Git out--Talnt pooty!--
| DarBation seize sc! Let alone on me-
can't ye!-do! -. $500 sGa=
The gearing by this time had wound
hIm up so thai be was obliged to stand on
I tiptoe. His handswere revolving slgor
ousIy bebind him, but he dared not yea
! ture them near the seat Of war, lest they
should be drawn into hostilities.
The card stripPer threw off the belt,
| but the momentum of the cylinder kept II
!