Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-19 | Page 3 | History of Cotton Thread

HISTORY OF COTTON THREAD napoleon s se zure of hamburg di erectly forced its use ex provost dark of paisley eng land has been relating the origin of cotton sewing thread which was first used in that town in the weaving ol 01 heddles as a substitute for silk which was stopped by napoleon in 1803 when he seized hamburg mr dark s grandfather and his brother then bethought them of cotton which worked so smoothly that mr darks father then a youth took to becom mending it to women instead of linen then mostly used originally it was sold in hanks or skeins these the women had to wind into little balls as they do a cut of wool at the present day wish ing to convenience them young dark on selling a skein of thread would sit down at a pirn wheel and wind the thread on a bobbin for which he charged a halfpenny this halfpenny was refunded when the earty bobbin was returned such was the begin ping of cotton thread