The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-09-10

HAL tuIunl Nuc ltbAc lLnp 10 Ouo sue anu re-
commences to swear in an improved style.
But Dennis shure and I'll get your hat
for you before its covered up wi coal" SO
saying the imp darts down into the coal
bin full ten feet below the platform on
which Dennis stands, and fishes out Dennis
bat, and climbing up with much dexterity,
presents Dennis With his bead covering. In
the meantime the blood clods on the poor
old mans bead, and you approach him and
look at the cut, which you find directly over
poor Dennis's organ Of veneratiOn and which
is not in the least a serious matter. The
cause of Dennis mishap goes back to his
post, and chuckles over the telegraph to his
brother imps on the opposite side, Billy
an faith il was only bis sinner | took aim
at not bis head"
Imp Billy remarks with great sagacity:
Aweel, awecl, Barney, but yell dee
muckle better next time it was no a bad
shot at a mon.
And these two imps with all their brother
imps pay apparently unromitting attention
to their duty of throwing out the states
from the coal for the next FIVE minutes at
least.
In tho meantime you bccme the object Of
these worthless attention.
One imp remarks concerning you-an
imp 100, who, if born nine years ago,
this space will mark the utmost limits to his
ago Say Jack there's a cove with the
city cut, he ! pay footin a reckon. He's
big boy be is.
Tha' art rect lad, that fellows cot the
stamps. Wen form you and Pat Dough
crty intcw a committee 70 wait on UNI F"
The last speaker steps over to another
telegraph and consults with burly boy
who, despite his burlness, seems one of tue
smartest Of the imIs in the building, and
I then you are eyed as if you are to be made
the object Of some special attention. In
vain does old Dennis tell these lads to attend
to their work for it is evident that old
Dennis acts the part Of slate picker boss,
and his onerous duty Is to keep these un-
ruly imps il order; but they hold consul
tation which ends in two Of them approach
\ ing on, ana demanding from YOU footing
\ stating the amount to be not less than the
moderate sum Of three dollars and thirty
cents. which will give 10 each young imp, if
fairly divided ten cents You put into tue
hands Of the appointed treasurer a five dol
lar erecubacE, and in return are saluted
with three times three. The money j. hand
ed over % old Dennis, whose humor this dis
play of confidence tranqCiizas, as bis share
is always provided for in such instances.
During this parley for a footing, the 4 ajor-
(, ity of the boys have been busily engaged at
their posts, and they all settle to their work
as If they intended to pay the utmost atten-
tiOn Up th"ir work for the rest Of the day
The machinery now receives your atten-
ton, and in front Of you, looking over the
heads of the little ragged boys-or imps il
you pleasc-you See two long screens ranged
in line with each other. and incljning down.
wards from each other, with a space oi
about eight feet between each other over
which space the coal is conducted into them
by means Of honpers, lined with sheet iron
These screens are newly four feet in diameter
and are cylindrical, ana about twenty-five
feet in length These screens ere compos
ed Of segments, and the meshes they con
tain vary in size, and are used to separate
the different kinds Of coal from each other
and to take the fine dirt and chestnut out
and send it into small dirt screens, whicl
take the dirt from TIE chestnut. Then yol
see the different sizes Of coal drop through
the screens and run down the telegraph
past the imps, who with impish de1terit,
snatch out all pieces Of slate they bcbol,
with their impish eve, This i their duty
,, and the good people who purchase Goa
must not fail to remember when they end
| piece Of slate on bone coal among their pur
! chases, that these poor little imps, VIII
should be at school one aud all Of them
where thy might be taught to become littl
angels instead Of little devils, are the ca1sc
and Just please to refrain from using ba
language Oh their account, for on your oat
you may state that hey can make use q
enough Of this themselves.
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