Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-11-17
AlTaHkee i'm a Cotton Mill.
ny "GAMBoGE.' .

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s.as ga. BY 'sGAMBoGE." R "5s'
q Did you ever see. read, or hear tel
Of IA Green aUn" IN cotton mill2
Pray don't answer rashIy don't Ioos'
voinrself among s.'Y ankees in Goa
Screens" yankees in Hot Baths,
~Yankees in Restorateurs," and answeI
unadvisedly-yesi Mine is Yankee
IN new phase. HIS dilemma IS
Yankee Fix-"sui generis, - live
Yanke ia the card room Of cotton mil
ss.Thc. plain unyaruished facts IN the
case. as politicians say, are these;e-
i raw. straw w>hatted, sandy whiskered
sixsfooter-one OF the purely unlnl:i ateo
-came in yesterday from Greene WIN
aload Of wood. for the Factory ComPa'
nv. Having piled his wood to suit the
.Spuire.'' he bated his team with a
bundle, of green grass brought all the
way from home. for that purpose
Then. after investing bis available cap
;,alin the purchase of root beer ane
gingerbread at Hams he started to see
the acity" filling his countenance rapid
Kwi,h bread and chewing It vigorous
" as he went. $50,
He reviewed the iron foundry and
maciine shop and was just opposite the
warp mill as the ''hands" were going il
from dinner. The girls were hurryins
in as only factory girls can hurry, and
Jonathan, unaccustomed to such an ar
raw OF plaid shawls aud hood bonnets,
deposited his goad stick upon the stairs,
and siaIked in 'sto see what the trouble
was" o.
The clatter Of the machinery and the
.aoyements Of the operatives soon alb
surbcd his whole attention, Being how
ever, OF an inquirinS tnrn Of mind. and
seeing much that was calculated to per.
plexs one whose observations in ne-
chanics had been mostly confined
to Ihreshing machines and corn she'll
err. he began 10 push vigorous inquiries
In ali direclions.-ln this way he made
himself acquainted successively with
The external and internal economy 'of
.picker.o "Beater," ''Lap- winder,"
aDoubIer," and "Speeder." BY two
O'Clock he had extended his reaserches
as far as the 'sBreakers, and "Flnsh.
LIS s@yZ \ 5tfs3 ~-SEI s@ I-A< 4 3 4 ? 9
He reached the latter Just as the
card. .stripper was stripping the flats"
IN this operation the cylinder OF the
card is exposed 10. view, and Is seen
revolving with a pretty buzz. Not
satisfied with contemplating the poetry
oisno,iou'' at safe distance, our hero
must needs introduce himself between
the cards to get a nearer view. This
move brought bis '..nether. hablliments"
into dangerous proximity 10 the gearing
of.he nextcard, and .'thereby hangs%a
tale.''@ s.ssn*s'Es -a'faTsa fs al ..
.You. | sayl She goes putty, don't
she sBos?'r'. said Jonathan, enqulringly.
"She don't do anything else" respond
edths stripper. But you must be very
careful how you move around amongst
this hardware. = T was only last week,
Sir.sthat promising young man from
Oxford Ia student at the academy here
WAS drawn into that very card, Sir.
and before any assistance could reacf
him, he was run through. and manufac-
tured into No. Is, super extra, cotton
warp yarn" 81 a rs
sa.si a.s-s-wowl believe yuer io-
kingr suffered Jonathan. ast''ts !!
"Fact, SIR continued Slripper. sand
his disconsolate mother came down
two days ago, and got FIVE punches OF
that samesyarn, as melancholy relics.'
sBy the mighty! That can't be
Isruein .ssee'saa ia sssa .8s-ils ii
sFacs. Sir fact! and each of his fei.
lowsstudenls purchased a skein apiece,
20 be sci in lockets. and wear it in re-
mesatrance of departed WORTH e
SIS that fact, now! was he really |
carded, spun and set in lockets?" A
sense Of personal danger here shooied
acress our hero's mind; he began To- re.
treat precipitately without wafting for
es There was not much room to spare
betwixt himself and the gearing of The
card behind.; Another step backwards.
completed the ceremony Of introduc..
ton. His unwhisperables being of
lareesscalibre," the process of snarling
them up into hard kaot was no ways
slow. Our hero "gave tongue" instan.
ter. and by the twentieth gyration o1
the embodiment the music was melo>
diohs. Hisa'expiosive tones" were sci!
enfific, and did honor TO his knowledge
az dynamies. Gen. Scott himself could
not hare protested more forc:bly against
al astack on his iear.' . '.zs ,s 80
s.(]r~h M-u I'd 6. +! Let gol Aaint
ye ashamedL-git out!-Taint pooty.
1arnation seize ye! Let alone on me,
cant ye!--do4" - - - -
The gearing by thistime had wound
him up so that he was obliged to stand
0nf fiptoe. His hands wefe revoiying
vigorously bchind him, buthe dared not
venture them asar the .seateof war;"
iest they should Be drawn into hostili>