. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . TheBoard Schools are large and finely equipped, and an admirablyorganised Iechnical College and School of Art provides a classof training which was never dreamed of in the past. In theFree Public Library an abundant supply of the best literatureof the day and of past times, is at the command of every person,so that the fountains of knowledge are many, and freely open toall. But more particularly does the marked absence of signs ofpoverty strike the observer, and all the more for
. The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new . TheBoard Schools are large and finely equipped, and an admirablyorganised Iechnical College and School of Art provides a classof training which was never dreamed of in the past. In theFree Public Library an abundant supply of the best literatureof the day and of past times, is at the command of every person,so that the fountains of knowledge are many, and freely open toall. But more particularly does the marked absence of signs ofpoverty strike the observer, and all the more forcibly if he isold enough to remember what Paisley was in the latter part ofthe weaving days. Thanks to the varied industries which have New Paisley 189 replaced the shawl trade, to the enterprise of the people, and tothe cheapness of necessary comforts which our new industrialsystem has produced, the frequent recurring depressions andconsequent misery of former times, no longer afflict who are willing to do well, find ample feeble and the really unfortunate are assisted by numerous. John Neilson Institution. benevolent agencies, so that where poverty exists, the causes cangenerally be traced to misconduct. The contrast between the Old and the New Paisley, isnowhere more strongly illustrated than among the young the weaving days the draw-boys were conspicuous. Theywere a rough-and-tumble lot, rude of manners, abundant intatters, and rank socialists, every one of them, for they believedin the equal division of all wealth, especially the fruits of the IQO The Paisley Thread earth, which they always held to be pubHc property. The girlsof those days were hardly thought of at all. But now in thetimes of the Pai:>ley thread, the girls monopolize attention. Todescribe all their excellences would be impossible. As Burnsrecoiled from a similar task in Tamo Shanter — Sic flights are far beyond our powr. To make fun of them is a dangerous proceed
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