The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-12
CIR ON Cornar.
A YANKEE IN A COTTON MILL

Anw. straw hated. sandy -whiskered. sir
foorer-one Of the purely uniniaied, came IN
Yesterday from Greene with load Of wood
for the factory company. Having piled HE
xs,,l Ia the s,tisf. ction OF the ovcrseer, be
,it.l his team with handle OF green grlss
br,uyht all the way from home for that pur-
n,,s' and then having invested u portion OF
his WOOD proceeds in root beer ana ginger
bre,d nc Ham he started g. see the city
filling his cOuntenance rapidly with bread aud
chewing it rapidly as he vent. :,
He rev viewed tie iron foundry and machine
shop. aud was just opposite the warp mill a'
the .hnnds' were gIing back from dinner
The girls we're hurrylng IN only as factory
Girls can hurry-and Jonathan, u naccustom.
ed Il, such AN array OF plaid shawls and hood
bInneis, Deposited his guard stick on the
stain ;, and s,alked in' 10 SO what the trou-
bis was
Tie catering Of machinery and the move
ments a. the operatives, bew,ldered him Tor
the moaient but being OF an enquiring
turn Ui mlnd, and seeln2 much that was
calculate 10 perplex one whose Observation
in mechanics hal been mostly connned I'd
thre,hing machines and cOrn shelters ne 10
gan to push vigorous inquiries in all diree-
tons In this way he made himself acquain'
ted successfully with the external and eter-
nal econo,ny Il the various niacnine' through
which cotton warp prOgresss IN the coarse
its IuLnuiacGure-the'p packer, Deaier' ZAP
winder.' .doubler, AMI 'sPeeier, -and Nh.
ally reaching the breakers and hn'shers
just a. tho card striPper Was going through
the openltiJn technically termed stripping
thc hts.' In doing this. the largo cyiinde'
oil tile card Is exposed "a view. anu Is sce" W
yOlSlng with very pretty buzz Not con-
tent with contemplating the poetry OF mo
ton at "a safe distance. onr hsro must neei'
iniroiaes h,mseli between the o''is Va 81
"A nearer Wow. This movement brohS hI'
neither hahllimenls in dangerous pr'ximit,
10 THE g,slrins Of tie next card, AMI there
by hangs u tai
you Il say She goes pn1ty-don't 'h'
bJss . sld Jonathan, enquiringiy.
- ~ don't 10 anything els, Responded
the slrippcr but you must be very careful
Il ~ YOU move around alnoi gst this hard
ware.
Twas only last week, sir. that a promls
Ing Young uIan from Minot. u student at th'
academy here, Was drawn into that very
card, SIR. and before any assistance could
reach him. he was run through, and manu-
featured into No. IL super extra cotton
warp yarn
Is s-.wuw I believe your joking slut
terei Jonathan
Fact, sir, continued the stripper, 'and
his d..cOn-oL,te mother came down two day
no, AMI got hive launches Ot that same yarn
Us melancholy relies.
by the mighty that ca q be true
.Fict, cir, fact , and each Of his fellow
stud.nls purchased ssein apIce to DC SCI
ia Iockrts, and worn in remembrance Of de-
parted worth -,
is that the treuth, now 7 Was he raiHy
keerdrJ, spun, and SIT in lockets
A sens Of personal danger mere shot across
our hero's mind and he began to retreat pre-
ci,itttely, without waiting for an answer =
T'.rre was not much room Ia spare bctwix'
hims IL and the gearing Of the cnd behind
him. Another step backward complete the
crruInOn, or introduction. HIS un~hisper.
,.hle. b,ins OF large c.lI're, the proccss oil
snarlins them up into hard knot was no.
ways slow. Jonathan gave tongue lnstan-
ter and by the,twentieth gyrati9n OF the EN-
hJdiment the music was melodious Gen.
S,s,tt himself could not nave protested
more forclbly against an attack upon his
rear
.O.h! MUIR der Let 90 !-yeou
hurt! Bast your pic ure-let 90! Ain
We ashamed GiI eOut faint pooty
DtrnatiIn seize We, let alone on inc. can I ye
dew -
II 9 gearing by this time had wound him
up 80 tl,at lee was obliged To stand on tp-toe
lis hards were revolving vigorously behind
him. though he dhrcd not venture them too
near the .sat 90 war The card striPper
ran of t',, belt. but the momentum cylinder
krut revolving, and the green an supposinS
it IN IuIl operation, burst out anew
,Oh, stip her Stup her wont ye?-
St,p her, dew 1 ANT we'll and Orter be
NJ home. Father wants the steers, and
mothers goin' TO h,ke. Stop the mrnal
masi,cen-cru't yo?-dcw Oh dear, Ill
u, kvrrded AMI span, and cot lntsw lockets
J,.ruS =, lem how wish was TO hum :
Tic card w,ls stopped Ut last but iona
th..n's clothes were ~ entingled in the gear.
in, that II was no small task Ia extrIclte
INN Lake Othello. ho .wrs not easily NOV
cd. and Il was only by cutting out the
whole Of the invested territory that he VA
finally released.
What are you abCu; here ? inquired the
Oycrsscr, entering.
No,hr.g, SIR, only stripping aats'answer
Cd the strlpler. =.
Junati an not caring tn resume his Pnrs"''
OF knowledge under dlibcultigs, lar 4"
oyerLaals weie charitAbly i"aned him. ant
hc st,rtcd with hrs steers on "a last walk 10
wards his home. giving series short Kick
with ei,hrr leg as he went. Us II to assar'
himself tia, he nd bUoght away h', i"l
compliment uf lim's ir'm the 'c1ssed ma