Produced by Julia Miller, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) MIND AMONGST THE SPINDLES. A Miscellany, WHOLLY COMPOSED BY THE FACTORY GIRLS. SELECTED FROM THE LOWELL OFFERING. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE ENGLISH EDITOR, AND A LETTER FROM HARRIET MARTINEAU. BOSTON: JORDAN, SWIFT & WILEY. 1845. [Illustration: DOW AND JACKSON'S PRESS] CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. By the English Editor 5 Abby's Year in Lowell 21 The First Wedding in Salmagundi 28 "Bless, and curse not" 32 Ancient Poetry 33 The Spirit of Discontent 36 The Whortleberry Excursion 38 The Western Antiquities 43 The Fig Tree 45 Village Pastors 49 The Sugar-Making Excursion 61 Prejudice against Labor 65 Joan of Arc 73 Susan Miller 81 Scenes on the Merrimac 92 The First Bells 100 Evening before Pay-Day 108 The Indian Pledge 118 The First Dish of Tea 120 Leisure Hours of the Mill Girls 122 The Tomb of Washington 136 Life among Farmers 138 A Weaver's Reverie 147 Our Duty to Strangers 150 Elder Isaac Townsend 152 Harriet Greenough 153 Fancy 161 The Widow's Son 163 Witchcraft 167 Cleaning Up 170 Visits to the Shakers 172 The Lock of Gray Hair 178 Lament of the little Hunchback 183