The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-10-22
A Yankee 9 in a Cotton MIL

A raw, straw hated, sandy whiskored.
sizIooter---one Of the purely uninitiated,
came IN yesterday from Greene with a
,od Of wood for the Factory Company.
Having piled his wood to the satisfaction
Of the "versecr, he bailed his team with a
bundle of green grass. brought all the
way from home for that purpose, and then
having invested portion of his wood
proceeds ia ruotboer aud gingerbread al
Hams, o started to see the CITY,. 6ll.
ing his counlenauce rapidly with bread,
aud chewing it rapidly es he went.
lie revived the iron foundry and ma.
chine shop. aud was just opposite the
warp mill as the "hands" were going in
from dinner. The girls were hurrying IA
as only factory girls can hurry Jon.
nthan, unaccustomed 10 such an array OF
plaid shawls and hood -bonnets, deposited
his goad-stick on the stairs, and s:alked
In 10 see what the trouble was"
The clattering machinery and the move
ments OF the operatives, bewilderea him
for the moments but being Of an inquir-
ing turn Of mind, and seeing much that
was calculated TO perpleX one whose OBJ
Seryation 10 mechanics had been mostly
confined TO threshing machines aud coru-
shelters. he began to push vigorous in
quiries in all directions In this way he
ma @ himself acquainted succeaoivey
with the external and internal economy
pf the various machines through which
cotton.warp progresses in the course Of
It's manulagture-the picker" bsater. 4"
"hp.winder," and speeder, and 6nsl-
| ly reached the "breakers" "Gnishers"
iustns tho cardstripper was going through
the operation, technically termed "strip.
ping the ilus." In doing this, the large
cylinder Of the card 10 exposed 70 view,
65 buzz" NS, "5cSoGa'}SeiRt' WITH SoSfSnbssff'SsSS
the poetry Of motion" at ,afe dialnnoe.
our hero must needs introduce himself
between the cards, to get nearer view.
This movement brought bis uether habil-
iments in dangerous proximity to the
gearing Of the next card, aud "shereby
hangs a tale"
E "You--I say She goes poo,y-dou'
she boss?" said Jonathan euquiringly
"She don't do anyIhing elao, 4" respond
cd the stripper; ''but you must be yerY
careful how you move around amougs
this hardware. Twas only last week, sir
that a promising young man from Minot
student at The Academy here, wa
drawn into the very card, sir, and beior,
auy assistance could reach him, he wa
Iun through, aud manufactured into No
l6 super extra cotton warp yarn"
81 s-s.swwowl l believe you're jok
iagr suffered Jonathan.
"Fact, sir.H continued stripper, 'anC
his disconsolRte mother came down tive
days ago, and got FIVE bunches OF tha
same yarn as melancholy relies"
"BY the mighty that cant be truel"
"Faet, SIR, iactl and each OF his fellow
students purchased skein apiece. TO b.
set in lockets, and worn in rememblenc,
of departed worth" l.HF u.l
"ls that the treuth, now2 Was h,
rally keered, spun, and sot in lookets?'
A sense Of personal danger here sho
across our hero's mind. and he began q
retreat precipitately, without waiting 70
an answer There was not much rooU
TO spare betwixL himselfand the gearin
Of tho card behind him. Another ste
backward completed the ceremony Of in
PRODUCTION. His unwhisp'rables bein
, Of large calibre, the process Of snaFlip
them up into a bard knot was no way
, slow. Jonathan gave tongue instauiei
and b, the twentieth gyraion Of the em
bodiment the music was melodiousy- n
Gen. Scott, himself, could not have pr,
tested more forcibly against an ''attac
upon his rear"
20 hi M-u-r-d s.rl! Let gol-yeo
h.u,r.tl Blast your pioture-let gol Air
We ashamed? Git eoutl-taini pootyl-
! Dsna.ion seize ye, let alone on me, can
5 ye, dewl"
The gearing by this time had woun
y him up so that he was Obliged 70 stan
on tip-toe. His hands were reyolyiu
behind him, though be dared not ventu
. them too near the "seat OF war" III
/. oard-slrpper threw off the belt, but q
= momentum cylinder Kept revolving, an
r Tie greenun supposing il IN full operate
I, burst out anew;
!, "Oh stop herl Stop her, WON'T y,
G Stop her, devil / aint well. and | ort
n BE- ai home. Father wants the steer
e and mothers goin' TO bake, Stop .
d tarnal masheen -cau't ye? Devil o
Y dear. I'il.be keereded aud spun. and y
4 intew loekeisl Je-ru-sa-leail how wis
d | was tew humW EI0nt
: TIE card was stopped at last but Jol
Q athan's clothes were so enlaugled IN 4
a gearing shat il was no small tssR 20 e
n trioale him. Like Othello, he "was ~
easily moved. I" and il was only by GU
h ting out the whole Of the invested teFr
.s tory that he was finally released. q 8
/, "What are yon about here.S inquire
10 the oyersetr, entering. aH ali