Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-27

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Il have not been so vain as 10 suppose so,
sir
The mechanism is most ingenious you
are indeed a clever workmen, NJ. jacquard |!
Monsieur is very good TO say so.'
you must have studied deeply, TO have
gained such an insight in the ART
Il monsieur! In truth | know nothing
'And this flet!' SAID the project, as he
took from his desk the model which jacquard
had given TO his friend.
1T certainly is mine, sir; but | had alto
gether forgotten it until a few minutes since,
replied Jacquard with n%aivete.
But your friend has not forgotten it, nor !
either aud | have got the orders Of the First
Consul 10 send the model TO Paris
jacquard thanked the kind magistrate and
withdrew.
After the lapse of a few weeks, he was
again sent for. Ga his entrance into the Of.
fee, the project addressed him.
You must Immediately set out for Paris,
NJ. Jacquard
For Paris replied jacquard. set out
for Paris, sir And by whose orders, may |
ask
Those or the First Consul
1T is impossible there must be some mis-
take as to tht name, sir. What have ] done!
What can the First Consul want Of me-a
poor, unknown workman
The orders of the First Consul admit Of
no delay, my dear NJ. jacquard they must
be obeyed. | shall let your family know of
your departure. A postchaise waits for you
at the door Of the Prefecture and further this
man Che project pointed to a gendarme) has
orders TO accompany you, and not lose sight
of YOU
But ] have never done injury 10 any one.
] declare solmnly that | am neither robber
nor criminal. Believe me, sir, there must be
some error as TO the name,' said jacquard in
extreme agitation.
Calm yourself, NJ. Jacquard said the pre-
feet, as he conducted him 10 the courtyard.
BE assured. the First Consul is a man who
knows how TO appreciate talent wherever il is
found. Even if he never does anything for
you, continued the project, would it not be
worth your while to leave your family and af-
fairs for a short time for the sake of seeing
Paris =
Indeed, sir, I should not think so.'
We'll no matter you will find that he has
gooc reasons for acting thus. Come, get into
the chaise, Nj. jacquard (; ] promise that no
harm shall befal you /; and as il is most likely
that on such short notice you may not be pro-
vided with money, the gendarme will take
care that you want for nothing. Good-by,
sir, and a pleasant journey TO you.'
jacquard had never before been in Paris
and the first place they stopped at on their
arrival in the capital was at the Conservatory
of Arts. The first persons whom he met
with were Bonaparte, then First Consul, and
Carnot the prime minister.
is it you who call yourself Joseph Jac-
guard = demanded Carnot, in a brusque tone.
is it you who pretends to do what no one
aica n aooo,nDl;eb 20 Corra In,
stretched cord 2
Surprised by the tone of the speaker, and
awed at finding himself in the presence of
such high personages, the youth did no, i'm.
mediately reply. But Bonaparte with that
~suavity he could well assume, having asked
Jacquard a few trivial questions, led him by
degrees into an animated conversation, and
one which might be considered the founda-
ton Of his after-success in life.
jacquard was at once installed in the Con-
servatory /; all the secrets Of mechanics, which
till then he bad been unable 10 study, were
laid open to his inspection. In the midst of
these and other wonders of industry, all diff
culties seemed to vanish as he thoughton his
long cherished idea of constructing a loom
which would meliorate the condition of the
canuts of his native town. The first task to
which he was put to work, was the construc-
! tlnn a Iull-SlLeu mdCUiUt dIteI Tue mOuel tIldl
had been of such service TO him, and which
when completed gave general satisfaction. A
magnificent shawl, destined for Josephine,
the wife of Bonaparte, wrought in a loom
that had cost more than twenty thousand
francs, made him form the idea of applying TO
these works Of luxury a less complicated, and
at the same time a much less expensive ma
chinery, in which he succeeded beyond his
most SanUuine expectations,
While thus employed for the emperor, he
had steadily persevered in his endeavors TO
perfect the machine which had occupied his
thoughts from 5oyhood, and in 1901 compile
ted the one known as the jacquard loom,'
which was exhibited at the Exposition of
Arts in Paris the same year.
vi.
We shall now see how the jacquard loom
was received by those for whose benefit it
was expressly intended. Having received
from the French government a pension Of a
thousand crowns for his discovery, jacquard
expected that, with such testimonies of its
value, he should have no difficulty in estab-
fishing the loom in his native city. Filled,
therefore, with the hope Of meliorating the
condition Of his fellow-townsmen, jacquard
returned 10 Lyons. Alas! these hopes were
quickly dlspelled. Having, at his own ex.
pense, constructed one of the machines, the
Consell des Prud'hommes* were invited TO
inspect it. and give their opinions. Great
was JacquaTd's dismay when he found that
they not only opposed the introduction Of the
loom, but gave orders that i, should be pub
licly destroyed /; which was accordingly done
in the Place, amidst the shouts and reioicings
Of the populace and his invention excited
such an enmity against him amongst the
weavers, that he three lines narrowly escaped
with his life.
1 A few years elapsed, during which the
. English had made rapid strides in the manu-
4 faclure of gold and silver tissues, and it was
only when the French began 10 feel the eff