The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-12-13
THE PEEL FAMILY.
now TuEr nEcAnrE so % Rlon.

Below Is an interesting history Of the in.
vcniions by which old Pesl became the foun.
der Of a family 80 eminent in their couatry
We arc inclined 70 think thr old woman wa.
Il hard working. Industrious q p4rson, a. the
-grHndmothcr OF rho American Minister,
daughter .-....-.------ 2
Almost every person has boon led 10 cup
pose, from the notices which have appeared
about him, that he was the descendant Of some
naughty house, the offspring OF a lordly race.
But this he is not' his great wealth was ae.
qpired by the sagaeity, enterprise and ingc-
nuity Of his grandfather, aud the purchase Of
Invention Tor a sniil sum. An ae.
count OF this viii not BE- unihtercsting, and II
viii enable US to review briefly the progress
OF one art, namely, calico printing. During
tho early part of the last century, calico
printing was not known In England
This kind OF goo,ls derived tho d, name
from Calcutta, from which place they wore
taken to England. Among tho men IN Eng.
land who took lively interest 10 her risin,,
manufactures, was the grandfather OF the
RobUrt Peel SniAit but industrious farmer
of Blackburn, in Lancashire. Ho was the
.inveutor Of tho card cylinder for carvilng cot
ton, and then he taught himself to print cot
ton cloth--cutting his own blocks, making his
own colours, priaaing the goods, and then his
wife and daughters set to work and irone,I
them. This was q clumsy way to finish cali
Goes, but il was the only way known thon, and
thure was an abundant sale for them, howov-
or coarse their finish. BuI the old farmer
was not satisfied with this slow process, and
no doubt he was eonsiderate mS,i, Cor he
set bis inventive faculties to work, and in
vented tho maugle, which at once relieved
has wife and daughters of their severe toll and
finished his goods much quicker and far bet.
ter. He afterwards got other machinery for
6nishiDg- kept it secret, aud produced the
best finished goods then in tho English mar
ket, and he was soon at the head OF An extern
sive business and possessed Of great wealth,
for he was prudent and economical also. His
son, the father of Sir Robert, greatly assisted
him, and became very rich man. He was
also man of great ingenuity, and is accred-
ied as the inventor Of printing caIicoea with
the pattern engraved on a copper revolving
cylinder imprcssing the pattern on the cloth
which is fed between il and another cylinder
covered with blanket This was an improve
ment for great speed over block printing but
the styles Of block printing long and success
fully competed with all other kinds, and only
for the successive quarrels between the prin-
terS and their employers, would still be a
good and extensive business. in France
block printing is still carried on quite extern
sively. II is stated that Sir Robert Peels
father purchased the secret Of making resist
paste, from person. named Grouse, for twcn-
ty-five dollars, and that no realized fifty thou
sand lines that sum out of il. This paste is
printed on white cloth, the cloth then dyed,
and afterwards washed, when all those parts
which have been covered with the paste, APP
pear white--the white and blue common cat.
leo patterns. T-s4 1.,n ~