| Show THE mankee YANKEE the ile ninh manchester ester guardian published thie afie following extract from a I 1 deec speech h delivered by the incumbent of hab hall bergham erg liam llam at a meeting of operatives opera es in berke berket i ley the picture displays ma marvelous originality n y and a wondrous talent for fiction what kind of or factory operative was the yankee when a yankee wanted employment ment he put on a suit of black cloth and a stylish shirt and with a cigar cizar in his mouth and his hands in his pockets he went to the factory slapped the master on the shoulder and said well old boss ao do you want a help to day the boss turned round knowing his customer and said 1 I will wiil jast look and see he ile looked over his book and said 1 I think we can dp do with a help what can you dovy do the man rhan raan replied implied 1 I can superintend three looms but blit if you ni wait walt ait alt till I 1 have smoked my cigar I 1 will tell she ile lle then crossed his hia legs leg gs puffed his smoke intile eyes of his master winked his eyes and elij enjoyed himself after smoking his cigar he won would woula d sa bay say now then boss loss I 1 can take four looms what hat will you pay me it must be the perlar regular thing otherwise we will have a difficulty ty 1 difficulty meant that the yankee 0 iterative operative would take his bowie bowle knife and bury about out three inches of it in his masters ribs we did not do so in england he mentioned it to show the independence of the yankee yank ee the erb erh employer said well welly let me see I 1 think xou you wi will 11 be able to earn about 2 a week the operative then said cant you give me a few dollars over no it will depend upon your skill if you are an excellent may make something more the operative m made de a note of it andraid and sald said now boss you must stick to your en engagement age otherwise there will be a difficulty tire TIIE lie OLDEST SHIP the bark maria marla arrived at this port a K short time since says th the new bedford standard from a three years cruise in the indian ocean she was built at the town of pembroke now called hanson for a privateer during the revolutionary war ab she e was bought by wm rotch a merchant of nantucket afterward of this city in the year and in the same year she made a voyage to london with a cargo of oil her register is dated A D 1782 and she is consequently consequents in he her seventy seventh year she claims to be the first ship that displayed the united states rag flag in a british port after the revolutionary war which flag is in existence though in shreds her model is of old french construction tumbling home or rounding very much in her top sides and she is consequently very narrow on the deck in proportion to her size two hundred and two tuns auns it is said that there stands to her credit over and forbid the earlest history of this ship she has never been any expense by loss to underwriters except once and that wag was to a very small amount |
