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LOWELL AND ITS OPERATIVES. 331
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Two Hundred Years Ago, The Fawtuckets, A...
the ' character . The most efficient guards were adopted in under establishing the charge * boarding of respectable -houses , at women the with cost every of the provision company for ,
, reli respectable gious worshi farmers p . were Under readily / these induced circumstances to come , the into daug these hters mills of
for a temporary period . " A library was established for the use of the containing operatives a spacious , by the lecture company -room , who with soon an erected extensive a large philosop building hical
, and chemical apparatus , and an increased library . They also furnished lecturers for a course each season .
This literary institution grew with the town , until all were permitted to share its privileges ; it has been , and is , the pride of the
peop towns le , even in affordin now possess g educ . ational To this advantages , it may in that part but be owing few , other that
to-day no town in New England has more of its sons and daughtersfilling places of honour , and distinguished for talent and
scholarmen ship , note than d as has skilful Waltham artisans . and The inventors writer could ; sea-cap nam tains e among , government these , officialsstatesmenothers noted in the professions and in various
departm , ents of letters ; and science ; military officers , from posts of the line , to that so valiantly filled by Major-General Banks . Also
the sisters and wives of these men ; women , _who , in their quiet to sph their ere , are brothers less known and , husb but ands in talents . These and educ point ation to the are not _" I _^ inferior uinford
imparted Institute , " to which them was and started cultivated by the an Factory early taste Company for reading , as having and
stud Thus y . the _" Waltham _system" in manufacturing was inaugurated ,
and was afterwards grafted upon Lowell , and other manufacturing lacesand has tended to render the character of our factory
p operatives , the admiration of the intelligent in onr own land , and of distinguished visitors from abroad . The names of the
highbered minded for men their who enterprise originated and thi skill s system , but intellectual far will more be honourabl for culture their y wise remem of and the
benevolent workinclass plans . The for result the moral is best and illustratedand their praise g , best spoken by living monuments—the lives of great and good men
and women scattered all over the Free States . The success of the Waltham company prompted the directors to
extend their operations , provided a suitable water power could be obtained . It was found at Pawtucket Falls in Clielmsford . When
these gentlemen first visited the spot in _November , 1821 , to scan the some "capabilities of themmi of ht the live p to lace see , the the remark lace contai was n made twenty by thousand one , that
inhabitants . , Those g who lived until p 1840 saw it contain over
twenty The water thousand power seven of the hundred Falls . was purchased of the " Proprietors
Lowell And Its Operatives. 331
LOWELL AND ITS OPERATIVES . 331
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 331, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/43/
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