The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-26
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Tn order to load the coal boats on the
Lehigh Canal a short but steep inclined
plane of about one hundred and fifty
feet in length is made at the chute which
runs from a station house on the side Of
the mountain TO large circular ievol-
wing screen ; to the loaded car is attach
cd a rope which draws up an empty car,
and, arriving at the screen, the lower
end Of the car is suddenly unboltcd, and
the coal is shot with great velocity into
hopper; this conveys it directly into o
screen, which has three long chambers,
through which coal Of as many sizes is
rildlol cut, and shot by scuppors into
lust as many boats, waiting for different
descriptions Of the article.
y few weeks since a Yankee of the
genuine breed, quite inquistivc but
more verdant than Yankee should he,
gained the station house and gazed With
wonder at the contrivanccs. He parta.
ulary admired the swiftncss with which
.he loaded car descended and empacd
its load, and the vclo city with which it
returned to give place to another.
Shortly his attention was attracted by
seeing a laboror mount one of the f.I
'"LI IE IIo"' " No., 'i;sl,9 we y uesogtl' H.
w o,"8 oinr ~ n,.'V = -Ji aEii, 'ou ,,. ~, m
go?'
WAL, guess III stop a bit and sec
you do it,
The car swiftly descended, and ere it
nT safslr + y ~ ''''' - '''' ''''
DO yon do that often ?, iponi,o5 ho
& ~ r. ~, IaLor,w. =, ,i,o M LII a. - '-
. Ob vcs5 continued tba ,nan r,;.b .
,vocoisb answc,. IvoI, knov al nf tbo
bo3tIncn aro sin1Ie men and as tbav Of.
fen have orders for ft,}jIl coII wo al.
ways scn5 down. n morriod man with
cvcrv cor Of that kind TO lct tbon,
know,
tWaaI now. du tell uttered tlo
Eastern man
The moro fhe Ynpkaa 1ookcd ot tbo
annor,tns tbo mare did hc bccnmo con-.
vinccd that # would bo n orcot tLinr 70
go down the stcen in that wov-somc-
thing that he could tell to hum.
pIncL;no nm copr,oc no onrroocbod
the SUPERINTENDENT.
THAT heats slcddinc down hin dor,t
it2 You couldp't let a fcller down
could vou2I
con vcs TIM reconed considerable of
q iumner. 7 once iumned off a bav-
nov tb;rtv raot bic6 and il made mo eo
snnnIe That Pm rive in to bo the hest
dancer in the whole townshin'
tWeIl. get on and take caro- of vour.
self
SuddenIv the cor moved off and our
friend found tbe sneed 90 fearful and
the decliyitv so great that he was forced
TO stoop down and Grasn the side of tho
vehicle for sunnort The nlace where
tbc laborer leaned off was reached but
the Yankee was not in n nosition to
, iumn he had to hold on. and runnino
down a descent three times as steep as
that which he had come, with a sudden
click out shot the bolt, and with vio-
lent force out went the contents, Yam.
kee included, into the homer.
Murder get me ont stop the con.
earn = shouted ou? hero as he felt him
self sliding down the hopper into the
cylinder. Murder stop the concarn-
) I'll be killed = But the motive of the
: coucarn was water. which has no svm-
pathy with those who pursue knowledge
, under difficulties. and those who saw him
were too distant and too much convuls
ed with laughter to render anyassi,tancc.
Into the screen he slid. landing on the
top and as he felt himself revolving
with the coal he crashed the wires in
losnor,t;on to ,reyort himself from, bo.
io, rolln1 tD III, hot.o,, Nr,u,1 +bo