Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-09-03
The First Lady Peel.

Sir Robert Peel, the first baronet, and
the second manufacturer of the name, in
herited all his fathers enterprise, ability
and industry. His position at starting in
life was little above that of an ordinary
working man; for his father, though lay
ing the foundation Of future prosperity,
was still struggling with difficulties aris-
ing from insufficient capital. When Rob-
ert was only twenty years Of age, he de-
teImineG to begin the business of cotton
printing, which be had by this time leaFn-
ed from his father, on his own account =
His uncle, James Howard. and William
Yates. of Bluck burn. joined him in Ills en-
terprise the whole capital which they
eD1ld raise among them amounted to only
i've hundred pounds, the principal cfwiirh
was supplied by William Yates His
father kept small inn III Blackburn.
where he was known as Yates OH
Bull" and having saved morley by this
enterprise, he was willing to advance SUI
fcient to give his son Il start in tho lucra-
tive trade Of cotton printing, then ia 1t.
infancy. Robert Peel, though compare
lively mere youth, supplied the practical
knowledge Of the business, but it was said
Of him and it proved true, chat he carried
al old head on young shoulders"
A ruined corn mill with its adjoining
fields. was purchased for a comparatively
small sum, near the tEeu Insignificant tow q
Of Bury, where the works long after con-
tinued to be known as THE Ground :" and
few wooden sheds having been run 10,
the firm commenced their cotton printing
in very humble way in ITO, adding to
II that of cotton spinning a few years later
The frugal style in which the partners
lived, may be inferred frcm the following
incident in their early career: "Wiliam
Yates being married man with family,
commenced house keeping on a small scale,
and TO obligo Peel, he agreed TO take hin,
as lOdger. The sum which the latter
first paid for board ard lodging was only
eight shilliDgs week but Yates consider
ed this too little, and Insisted on the week
~ payment being increased a shilling, IL
which Peel at first demurred, and differ
ence between the partners took place, which
VAS eventually compromised. 10y the ledger
paying an advance OF Cd per week. Will
liam Yates eldest child was girl named
Ellen, and she very coon became an espoc>
ial faVorite with the young ledger"
On returning from his hard days. work
at The Ground" he would take the little
girl upon his knee, and say to her =
"&elly, thou bonny little dear, wilt be
my wife Z" to which the child would read,
.y answer, Yes, 'as any child would do.
Hfhen I'll wait for thee. Nelly; III wed
thee and none else" And Robert Peel
did wait. AS the girl grew in beauty to-
wards wOmaDhood, his determination 20
wait for her was strengthened and after
q lapse of ten years care, Of close anpIi-
cation to business and rapidly increasing
prosperity-Rubert Peel married Ellen
Yates when she had completed her seven>
teeuth year and the pretty child. whom
her mothers lodgeI and her fathers part
ner had nursed upon his knee, became
Mrs. Peel, and eventually Lady Peel the
mother of the future Prime Minister of
England.
Lady Peel was noble and beautiful
woman, fitted to grace any station in life.
Sue possessed rare powers Of mind, and
was, on every emergency, the high souled
and faithful counsellor o. her husband -
For many years after their marriage she
actsd as his amRnuensis. conducting the
principal part of his business correspond
ence, for Mr.. Peel was an Indifferent and
almost unintelligibls writer. She died IN
1893, only three years after the baruaetcy
had been conferred uEon her husband 1t
Is said that London fashionable life-so
unlike what she had been accustomed to
at home-proyed injurious t. her health,
and old Mr.. Tates afterwards accustomed
tn say, IF Robert hadn't made our Nelly
lady. she might have been living vet -
Smiles Self Help.