Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-03-10
ii,rutur,-> cf Il Rag.



Nf''' ~ 'i' II NJ LIS = VI >''
You've seen. ~ douA. a miserable.
wrr,rhcDl "iil ichinr ditv ram> ont Of
,l.D ..u:tcr. ma:iinr thrm in:o Il horlid-
look IL. h:,r sac hI-. and carrying them
H. W,N. the history uf one Of these
rlg>. L. adventures ami won ,criul chang
-. .- moro murv,l. u> than any fairy >:olv.
Ana the h.-t oi il i. every word i tr'l-.
think N,u Il 4 Irr,. tlrtt II is mlrNclr,l>
" i,n | TIL vuu ihlt nice and neat and
dain,v a. vul rlav br. you may pat that
Auriit I:lr among Nour choicest treasures.
on HtN IclIcNC II. W ell. haven | I'll
ready told vou los of things vru have
newer heard ot, And dp you think | vt
,ulG v.l all know Wait Il lit an 'c.
Let IL follow tie la4. .oin- of on ;hc
back uf ,h. pncr Gir!. Having filled !rr
hAr -Ilo noc- at u,.c,. to m odd. Li>mnl-
.o"Dil1g Shop. I'.rt N"u Wuu ,im't l;it yo';.-
!p,l in.o. Nl.,rru Wr,:ch-l looking man
irA u.,l rou. rA-~. bottles. IN in tact.
i.,a:!r c<orythin. ti,3, other people throw
away. H. weighs the rag~, lunh~ lh-m
over. counts out her }ly GENERALLY a few
y .unir>). AMI >lr takes her lHr and GOES
out. Here we must BID her -url-bv. f,r
f.o.n this moment the rar goes up in life
wh.le. th. child. viii pick rags tomorrow.
AMI perhaps all her ijtr. and thcrc'l be
very little goin- up f.r her. When the
dealer has ,ncngh RAGS h" pats them up in
a bale. an ms thrn off To Il paper mill.
On. vc~ You knew paper WAS made OF
lnu~. didn't yuu? Well. the first thing
tha, happcn~ to thrm in th1t BIZ. noisy
rltrr i t, he taken out of the bale. pulled
oven. hy a lot of GIRLS. and assorted six
an0th,r.Nhi.e cotton to a thru. and colore
cotton 10 a fourth. TO follow the rar we
,ho1ld lave 10 20 to the colorcd cotton
corner.
From tn. >ortinr-room Our dirv r,r
viii J., carried. with lots Of others. to 1h,.
,,,t;nn-rn,u Thi. i = terrible. placc
,h.r,. urfnrtYn,tc ,rirls - ,t 3, >nrt sf
.l,r.h IN which .r, tixo1 >h,rn lniv..
Tnr .ri,]s en-, the rYrs into shrcJ.' splirtina
on,,: h,,,.. and ;akinr off buttnns This.
-, WON ,,n .urs- i f,.uf,Ilv dir1v work
rI,. r,u,n !, f,lI of dust and the Girls
look like u,it, re-pcrt,ble lir,-hc,,ps them
s,.lvr, 4 soon * fine rar j. shredded !,
.,,.. ,Lrnu,h , tr,u-I,or IN th. floor. and
fLl. intn., bio tub
Thrr,., Amt Won clad il h !, come 10 :,
v1.h;nr nl,,r9 1, t,i,lv makes one feel
II -
In ,L,t ,uh with nl.,tv of lime water !,
IniIs h,lt. :, dnv. and I'm sure it needs it.
Iimc-w,trr. pcl h,ps yol know. takes not
only the ,lirt' but every bit OF color on, of
,hinrs You oirl. who have made. "s>e,
cton leaves know all about it.
From This crv 1horou"l blth the rlr
ro,s white and clean. INFO a cuttin.r m +
chine. mi. wouldn't he a very nice place
t, fall iuto-and it, riuht on Il level with
the floor. too. 1t is Il large rounI vat,
with >harp kn;vc, revolving all the time
Th,.v cut The rar. into thrrad-. while clear
wafer run, over them all the time for tivc
or six ho.,r>. Don't think it's clean rnou IA
yet After all This cutting and rin>inr the
water i, drawn of. some chemic ii stuff
pat in. and left for two hours. Then the
water is turned on. and the knives be.
again. and cut and grind for five or six