The daily gazette., 1879-05-20
FIRST EDITION.
CHALK iOUR lBOBBiNs."
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In the early days Of cotton -spinnia
mRchinsry, great deal Of trouble was
caused by fllamehts Of cotton adhering
to the bobbins, Or taper, which then
formed portion Of the looms. These
filaments soon clogged the wheels and
other parts Of the machinery, ard rem
dered 1t necessary that they should be
cleaned, involving much log of time.
II The great desifbzatllin was TO find out
some plan of prevent this clogging by
the cotton, and 81 Robert, or Mr.. Peel,
as he was then, spent vast sums In ex-
periments. He employed some of the
ablest machinists In the kingdom; but in
spite of all they could do, the inco4yein-
ence remained, and the evil remained In
surm0untable. a.,sNl l.IA. .ll. .+ntul.
r. OF course, these delays seriously Affect
ed the wages Of the operatives, who, on
Saturdays, generally came short in pro-
portion TO the stoppages during the pre-
vious days. It was noticed, however,
that one man alwAys drew his full pay
his work was always accomplished; In
fact, his loom never liAd to stop, while
every other In the factory was idle.
Mr.. Peel was Informed. of this, and
knew there must be q secret somewhere.
1t was important tliat II Should be dis
covered If possible. The man, was
watched, but all TO no purpose. HIS
fellow workmen tried to "pump" him,
but they couldn't. At last Mr.. Peel sent
for the man into his private Office. r.
He was q rough Lancashire man, un-
able to read or write little better indeed
than a mere animal. He entered the
presence pulling his forelock, and shuffl-
ing on the ground with his clumsy, great
wooden shoes. .t -
"Dick," said Mr.. Peel, "Ferguson,
the overlooker, tells me your bObbins
are always clean. II that so? ?" 'f1t
''E'es, master, 7 be-"
"Well, Dick, how do you manage It ?
Have you any objection to let me know?''
"Why, Master Pill, t be . saort d
secret loike, ye see: and II OF told, 9TH
ers knows much as OIL" replied Dick
with cunning grin. ..t''b T."
cor course, Dick, I'll give you some.
thing If you'll tell me-and If you car
make all the looms in the factory work
as smooth as yours"
'tEvery one IN them, Master Pill"
"Wells what shall give yon?. Name
your price, Dick, and let me have youl
secret" -i'. f-', ul-rf -sa. s-''.7'
Connning Dick grinned, scratched
and shook his head, and shuflled for 9
few minutes, while Mr.. Peel anxiously
awaited his reply. The cotton lore
thought his seryent would probably ash
hundred pound or so, which he woult
mott willingly haven give him.
I" Presently Dick said, "Well, Master
PHI, I'll tell Zee all about 1t, ifyou'l
I'm in the mill you'll save that ten."
Mr.. Peel rather thought he should, ant
quickly agreed to the terms.
"You shall have it, Dick; and a hal
gallon every Sunday into the bargain.
"Well, them" said Dick, first looking
cautiously around to see that no one wal
near-s'this it be ; and, putting his lip
close TO Mr.. Peel's ear, he whispered
"Chalk your bobbins y
That, Indeed, was the great secret
Dick had been In the hadit of furtively
chalking his bobbins, which simply con
trivance had efiectually prevented th'
adhesion Of the cotton. As the bobbini
were white, the chalking escaped detec
| ton. -tG q 0f4,
Mr.. Peel was sagacious man, ant
saw through the affair at glance. HI
at once patented the invention, ha,
"chalking' machinery contrived and ,ol
took the lead in the cotton-spinning de
| partment. This was the foundation, O
his princely fortune. 1t is but right I,
| ad that he pensioned off Dick hand
somely. a5.i1