Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-05-04
''CIIalk KOur BOBbIif.,s

r-.-. s'CIuaIlz EOur BObBIlfs.n
Every one knows that odd Sir Robert
/ Peel, father of the late Prime Minister
ITO EnSlauJb aid gran fathe4Soft1e pres
ent BarOnet, I2ade ghis money bv cotton
/ spinning, IN die early -part Of his ca
feer, MS business was not remarkably
extensive; bot suddehly BE b i,ie a tre-
mendOus start, and soon distlnced all
Z his rivals, zhe grew immensely rich
! q we all know, but We do not al know
I the lucky accident to which he was in
debted for all his enormous wealth.
In the early days of cotton-kBfnniug
machinery, a-great deal, Of trouble used
to be caused by flameats of Cotton adj
herring to the bObbins or tapes, flElfch
/ then fOrmed portions Of looms. These
HfilamentS accommodating, soon cIogged
the wheels end other parts Of the machf-
merry, aud rendered it necessary they
should be cleared, which involved fire.
fquent stOppages and much loss oftime.
-i. The great desideratuua was TO finf ont
= IA plan of preventing this CIoggiUg
y the cotton, and Sir. Robert, or Mr..
+ -'', a ne was then, spent vast sums
in experiments. He employed some of
the Rblest lnachinists ili the Kingdom.
among them James Watt, who suggest
ed various corrections but spiJe,0f all
Jney could 40 Lhe Inconvenience remain
Ell, the e8tt0n would adhere to the bOb-
bins, and the evils appeared torI3a i1TSur-
mOuutable. .f.- --.-.- .r-.s-rr -i-.fi
/ .Of course, these delays seriously af-
fected the wages Of the operatives. who.
on saturdays, generally came Short in
prOportiDa to the stOppages during tie
previous days. 1t was noticed hGWeVer,
that one man always drew his full paw,
his work was always acCOmpIfshetl-in
fact, ,yhls loom never had to st0D. while
every other in thefactOry Wasfdle Mr..
Peel was informed of this and Hknew
there must be a secret somewhere II
was important that It Should be dis,.,,y-
ed, III pdsslble..1 7 ." i~7- H
.a The nan was watched ishat all 20 no
purposei, his fellow workmeR tFigd to
pump him, but they couldn't: at last
Mr.. Peel sent for the man into lis pri-
+. He was rough fEalneashi ire-nan=-un-
able to read or write,-little hetter[ in
deed, than a mere animal. lie enter
ed the presence pulling ] f6qeio.k
and shmhing on the ground with his
great wooden shoes. .fs -.r.5-s fsrrer
!, Dick said Mr., Peel, 'FergusQB, the
.OVerlOOkef, tells me that your hObbins
are always clean; Is chat so?
'Ee'sg mister, Z be- a--H daflt
/. WELL Dick how. DO you manage:
nave you any objections 70 let me
Master PHI, It be soart- sd
8erstlOikey ye see, and if Of t5ld It others
ID knows as mOch.as OIL rsplied, Dick
with a cunning grin. ..--r -...
'Of course, Dick, I'll give YOU some
thing if you'll tell meLand If YOU can
make al thefactOry work as Smoothly
as yours E. ..f-z.-.s.r- ...f. o.. B.. -z.-
'Ey'Ty one'n them, Master Pill
y WELL what shall / give yOu-2 Name
your price Dick, and let me have your
secret sHI1-saH zu. Ell ellt.'-
Dick grinned, scratched, and shook
his great head, and shuif1ed for few
minutes, while Mr.. Peel awaited his re
ply. The cOttOnfOr thought his ser
want would probably ask hundred
pounds, OF so, which he would most viii
.IIlngly .I1g have hays given him., Presently
tWelll Sfastat PHI rFn tel Dee all
about tits EzEI'H give nle--h quartz 70
beer a day. long as J aul III -siie mills:
you'll save that ten
Mr.. Peel FATHER thought Le Should.
andquickly 'agreed to the terms
tasHOu shallhave it, Dicz-and thaff Il
gallon every Sunday iH-the bargain.l
Wen, then, said Dick, first looking
cautiously round to See that no one was
near, 4'hisi be;' and putting hs IfnS
close to Mr.. PEEPS ear, he whispeeetl:-
Chalk your bObbins y. .r
That, indeed, was the great secret
DICK had been in the habit OF furtfveIy
ch5ikiHg his bobbins, s6hicR sim8lgc5n-
trJ vance he'd etteetualIy prevenhg,lr the
aGlrranoe OF the cotton, As the bob
Tins were white, the chaI6ing had es-
eaPed detection 7sr HH 'l--
Dir. Peel was, a sgsaeiOus man. and
S NJ through tIe affair a. a glasreslr He
,i1ee 57lee patented tie invsH5ion,r had
'ai;;lking' machinery con rived, and
sCOH took the. letla 81 fEe cotton spiu-
ming department. This-UaS thef0uhda-
-on OF lis prWcely fortune. I5. IS but
'lSht TO add that he peusiOned of Dick
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