Telegram-herald., 1889-08-30
OUR YOUNG FOLKS
a DAY IN A. INoloo FACTORY.


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ne evening san 1 collI COX saead and
angie cat these blue bodisd people from
saoak rhs dasxy throass nils away
coald 500 Ne sazixnt zlLsLsn on tnsir shiny,
azure sklns is lEiktt oa blue chlnA I'M
szes. aa1 q presented a very czri0ss effect
a. nrst I wo1dered what these men we're,
bat Il sooa sscarrsd - ne that l had
reached sao bsu4res district n tAe very
hsizhg of the indigo season oftsn passed
craAzinz ouloSk gaarriss carrying heavy
ioads u shs mdIko PlAnt 70 the factories.
Somstlme-, ia stretch or country which
was ooan and intersecEed Win roads. /
sou.d see sasse staczs u DARK green indigo
plAat slowly creeping from a. directions 70
one point
Al lsnzth, cue morning I srrived q, a
xreaG iadiz0 factory situated near the road.
Nos FAR from the factory was the commooi-
Gus oungslo~ of tns planter, al English
gentleman. Mr.. r, VINO aad had many
years experiences a. "a indig0- planter. As
1 fisnaInted Mr r cane cut and
promptly invited ne % remain with him as
lonxas saw a. The heat was something
terrible, and. IS was curious % SEQ some
thinz o. inti igo-ma aAnx, l readily accepted
his hospitality for ths day.
From ths factory, two handred yards
away there cane such = babel of shouts
and yells. seemingly fron a hundred human
throafs, thai stood and listened for mo
meat before follow 10 ( my hest % tho bunga-
lew
Upon visiting the factory l saw At once
how ny blue people OF the road came by
their oolorinz VS. nrst visited the beat
ing vats, which were square tan<s about
eight feet deep and tweaty feet square.
Ssvsrsl Of these vats were ranged side By
side, or rather one long vat was divided in
- several BY walls, which were Also foot
walks. Out of these vats came the pande-
montam Of bowling and shouting that had
arrested my attention A. the bungalow. In
each vst Aooss twenty naxed natives stood
waist deep IA liquid indigo.
These are the beaters." said Mr.. T.
"a rather vlt looking Jot, aren'. theyr
fully agreed with him that they were
wild looking. The oeaters IN each vat were
ranxed IN two rows which faced each other.
Eacn man was armed with a long handled
wooden spade. With marvellous dexterity
and rhythmic accord both rows OF beaters
were finging into the air streams OF indi-
go, which dashed together overhead, and
splasned about the vat and over the oeaters
II showers 0s foam and spray. The beaters
.acitad on another 20 extra exertions, some
tines by q shrtll chorus and again by fran
Ec zcls. Every man was blue as a
statue Of indigo, and was covered with
foam and splasnings. The several vats
aIled with these blue figures, who hung tho
liquid indigo high in air the weird choruses
shouted in snril cadence The aying froth
which settled on tho laoorers' heads and
streamed down their giistening skins,
made scene totally different from any
Aing had seen elsewhere
As we stood and looked on, Mr Tex
planned 20 me the various operations. and
th- part that each played IN the production
o. the indigo OF commerce. The fiinging
snd eashins OF the liquid about in the air
brings about a chemical transformation.
The fuid, "a IL comes from the stalks and
leaves OF the plant 5 OF a greenish color.
Tue Wild work OF The oeaters changes the
Lat into beautiful deep blue oy oxygen
ston.
A. The sane time that Il changes in color,
the dye sta- held in solution grsnulates and
settles 70 the bottom Of the watts. When the
beaters have thoroughly performed their
work. they climb out OF tne va; and allow
tne contents % settle.
Mr T. led the way 70 The farther end
ot the row Of bea,ing-vats and show me
ooe of them which had beeo settling for an
hour
Hers, vou see. he said. "uow il Is set
ted. the liquor kas changed color again
from blue % smoky green. Except that
it "a somewhat clearer % l0oks about as II
dlj before the beaters began 70 work on It."
The foreman now came and removed =
pluz FROM hoe in the wall The green
uq1id gradually ran to waste, and there
was revealed az the bottom of the vat
thick. PUPPY sed msut Of blue. THIS was
ths ind Eo. Men now came with earthen-
wars Jars which they n ed and carried oT
% tne boiling room Here The indigo was
strained through wire sieves of fne mesh
% remove al Impurities
After if has been sra ed. the soft blue
mass e poured into oz iron kettles and