The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-07-24
WHOLE NO. 134S
A Yankee In a Cotton Mill
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Pray don't answer rashly; don't loso
yourself now among Yankees in Coal
Screens Yankees III Hot Baths. yam
KEGS in Reslnraleurs, aud answer unad-
yisedly-yes! Mine is Yankee in
new phrase. His dilemma is Yankee
Fix--'sui generis. live Yankee in the
carl room of cotton mill!
| The plain unvarnshed facts in tho
case as the politicians say. are these
A raw, straw hatted, sandy whiskeredr
SIX footer-one Of the purely uniuitiated
came in yesterday from Greene, with
load Of wood for the Factory Company.
Having piled his wood 10 the satisfaction
"f The Squire he baited his team with
bundle Of green grass, brought all the
way from thence for that purpose. Then,
after investing bis available capital in the
purchase Of root beer and gingerbread at
Hams he started TO see the city, filling
his couuteuance rapidly with bread, and
chewing il vigorously as he went.
He reviewed the Iron foundry and ma.
chine shop, and was just opposite the
warp mill as the hands were going in
from dinner. The girls we're hurrying in
as only factory girls Can hurry, and Jon.
athan, unscsustomed to such an array of
plaid shawls and hood bonnels, deposited
bis good stick upon the stairs, and stalk
ed in TO see whatthe trouble was
The clatter Of the machinery and the
movements of the operatives soon alb.
sorbed his whole attention. Being, how.
ever, Of an inquiring turn Of mind and
seeing much that was calculated TO per
pleX one whose observations in mechan.
les had been confined to lhreshing ma
chimes, aud corn shelters, he began to
push vigorous inquiries in all directions.
In this way he made himself acquainted
successfully, with the external and inter.
nal economy of Picker, 'Beater.' Lap.
winder,' 'Doubler.' and 'Speeder.' By
2 o'clock he had extended his researches
as far as the Breakers and 'Finishers.'
He reached the latter just as the card
, stripper was stripping the fats In this
. Operation the cylinder Of The card is ex-
posed TO view, and is seen revolving with
, a very pretty buzz. Not satisfied with
, contemplating The poetry Of notion at
safe distance, our hero must needs intro.
/ duce himself between lhe cards tn get a
nearer view, this move brought his Meth.
er habilinents' iulo dangerous proximity
To the gearing oflhe next card, and there.
by hangs tale
You, say! She goes pooiy, don't she
Bossl' said Jonathan, enquiringly.
She don't do anything elsr,' respond.
ed the siripper. But you mus, be care
ful how you move around amongst The
hardware. Twas only last week. sir.
that promising young man from Oxford
"a student at The academy here-was
drawn into that very card, sir, aud 5elcre
any assistance could reach him. he was
run through and Manufactured irto No. 16,
, super extra, Cotton warp yarn
Il SIS s-wow! believe yeour jokin, +
stutered Jopalhan.
Fact, sir, continued stipper, ard his
, disconsoIs,e mo her came down wo days
ago, and got five punches Of The same
yarn, as me aucholy relies
by mighty! that cau't be truer
Fact, sir, fact! and each If his fellow
students purchased a skein apiece, o set
10 !0ckets, and wore in remembrance Of
departed worth
e. is that fac,, now! w5s he really card.
J. ed, spun and set in luchefsl' A sense of
= personal danger here shot across our he
d ro's mind; and he began 10 re reet per.
d cipitaiely without waiting for an answer.
d There was not much room to spare be-
r tween himself and the gearing OF the card
n behind, ahother step backwards comp ct
to ed The ceremony Of iuroduc iOr. His
II uuwhisperables being Of large 'cabre,
10 the process of snerling Them inio knot
A was no ways slow. Our hero gave ton
d que insianier. aud by The twen, eth gy-
e ration of the embud meDt, the music was
!. melodious. His explosive topes were
s. scientific. aud did honor 10 his knowl-
edge of dynalcs. Gen. Scot himself
It could not have protested more forcibe a
4 gaiDst an attack on his YEAR
Oh! Mud er Let go !-you
/. h.u TT. Blast you- pictur let go! Amt
i ye ashamed Get out-taint poo;y.--
: Damation seize you! Let aiorc on me
can't ye!-do!'
The gearing by this time had wound
e nm up so lhathe was obliged 10 stand on
! Tip toe His hands were revolving Wig.
IF urousIy behind him, but he dare not ven
:, lure them too near the seat of war esl
N they should be drawn into hostilities.
: The card stripper threw off the belt
y but the momentum Of the cylinder kept
f it revolving. and our hero supposing it in
g. full operation. bust out anew:
in Oh. stop hel! dol amt we'll aud orteI
rs be at home. Father wants the steers,
I'd and Mothers going to bake!--sIoP The
ne tarnal masheu--can't We, do! Hain't ye
got no feelin for feller in distress? Oh
dear! I'll be carded aud spun, and made
n into lockets Jeru sa lem !! How |
ST, wish was to Greene"
adj The card was stopped at last, but JON
as a,Lan's clothes were so tangled in the
ed gearing that it was no slight job 10 extri-
he cate him. Like Othello he was not ea-
~ siIy moved and it was only by cutting
: ont the whole of the invested territory,
that he was fiually released.
III What are you about hereP said the
a overseer, entering.
Nothing, sir, only stripping fats an
" swered the stripper.