The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-07 00:00:00

gifts manner in mihidt tie decide= were )10,L—It is • feel worthy of Pelimirk, that= MO'S
ra—Thk dam aira wee elell ellverell UAW in Ma
I made al the Greve Wel el Ile Ileableee, mike Irlel--Irtileh eentineed wiliest sine ssemer es the led, and with oral pennies
held se bawd Perk, New Iri.., ks UK far amity seem beese—esia a Mirk wee Per reeelle—an Is loner of ilie Willem sad Gibbs.
le se the may Mal ever --. in .161 do audit Ul4l "Oft *Me Warm, Ill,r 0=01.1.16 or at no ores le nen do* sad leellele IN As
depeaded, honed an doubt, egog Ali mishge
iw biprgiect as 4 Oihis
cif the eitesesking =Au. sit Walt i.v. ewes aeol bestaalli.
Is • Verrill?. anftdMerkt manner ,
.- as n, The mem is mit Amteami.
The edges were peculiarly ornapeeent, two of them t
being engMeers, and one • collar manufeeturer, one of PO trial WY made that ses nee Illiroly suesesdnl.l gg. Th. t..... . .....a.b. atubsai Gm ob..
the engirmets and the manufacturer bele, elm sewing It no ocedl• is the shortest. of any other.
mains experts. They tested the eompetiog machines 13. The needle is straight. N. It will do on greater variety of work than say
in mamma to earth of all the items that toeether con- 14. Tbs. new. is ...get
'M the efficiency end utility of a re•ing m•chtne, ni The
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.....g is i...i.. by .
patented 25.
i;thi."
mea:redo...ayin •qualsadFolva...tibectiotl•
UW ffi
thanied
from
oes
making immediate award of superiority in respect to each decries, whieh tenure it seiradjasersp, so that kind of work to &seeker.
item, In the pretence of • lams concourse of epeotators *either skill nor experenee is necessary insetting 29. More work can he dose with it in • given:time
to the trial. it. It is not ao witk any other. than with any otbeir.
The character of the tees employed is azhibited in HS. lit nem but one thread, and thee avoids the gyi It wagers b,..whigy,
the report from which we quote : - smemaity of complicated machinery, whelk is
" In regard to the deois on. of the judges upon the reqatred for two Hamada 28. It has a shield to protege the operator's dress from
the wheel.
moelel Points, it may be toolirited th" daring th• 17. It sews directly from the reel, thus making it
entire trial there was scarcely an instanre of difference unnecessary te rewind the thread. 29. Th. needle being metered In • vertical bar, it has
of opinion—as. indeod, it wee hardly poseb'e there __ Important adv.ntages over mashies. with curved
°mild be, for the plan adapted was itself a sleety both 15. 11 makes the ' Willcox owl Gibbs alike," a elect needlis eteached directly to the needle-arm.
ef esaniralty and • jest &lesson ; the latter being, in c'riOa"'d wi i ail Ruw-Ail"' .41th for general 30. To consequenos of the shorter sweep of the needle,
seek • plan, ',either more nor less than the practimi pompous is superior tone, OAP%
there is more las wear of the ooX on from ita
sedation of a mathem•tical problem. For, by esperat- NoTg.—Tbs tr.' spon this sisi. .. Very thorough, vibrating through the needle's eye in the not of
leg the re.peetive merite of each machine into element., mid the pramleal testa minute and saturate. Each sawing.
lor "points. nod milli ming each point seisarnklY to machine was mqcired to use cotton from the same at. A smeller needle owl he used with the ems sins
the teet of practical work done on each machine in reel, make the stieh of the same length, and perform of mottos, which adds to the dram% and beauty
mem* of the judges, their decision upon each roint the toot work on the same pier.. f cloth, with the of ibe seam, especially as limn or other hard
'WY IllellMild to the simple sot of recording the fasts lines of sewing ode by side. The results were all 'materials.
, developed. decisive, and in eery test in favour of the Willcox at It bee tin ban b .
" For lodes** : each oonteetant claims the most and Gibbs.)
elastic stitch. Then each is required to sew • seam. 19. The seam has the peculiar edvaat.e. 01 being 33. It bas the best feller.
side by side, on the bias of a piece of elastic cloth; readily takers eat when desirable, while ill. le. 34. It hoe the best braider.
sad the judge takes the piece and stretches it length- liable to rip, inure or wear, than the loaketitei4s9. Übe' the beet Wit.
ways of the seam., till 000 seam hrmks ; he still con-
times the stretching, bet the other seam refuges to
break at all. However disappointed his espeatationa, , n ig
the judge will hardly enter on the record that the broke. \ \
seam is the more elastic. HICK & 11 [I BBS
"Snob were the tests, and snob the inevitable de-
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After • contest of nearly riven boors, the Willem' SEWING MACHINE , .11•11 COMPANY.
sad Gibbs was declared to be the beat Sewing Machias. •
The importance of %la trial to the nubile lids. to s,
the lama that the questions decided were such as admit
of absolute determination, and that the desiMoas were
approved by a multitude of disinterested witnesses.

The following is a summary of the decisions in favour
of the Witi.coi and Onus :-
1. It is the simplest.
2. It is the leaat liable to get out of order.
3. It is the beet made maehine.
4. It is the cheapest.
5. It is strictly noi,elees.
& It work, the easiest.
7. It works the fastest.
& It cannot be turned backward.
9. It requires the least mechanical skill to operate it.
10. It requires the least time and instruction to learn
to um it.
11. It lithe most certain and reliable in operation.

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Samples of Work, Prize List, and "Practical Suggestions concerning
the Selection of a Sewing Machine for Family Use," sent Free.
Unlimited Instruction free to all, whether buyers or not.
Every facility afforded for judging of the Machine before Purchase.

Machines

Buyers, u well aa Makers of Sewing
Mark, are cautioned against infringing our

NOTICE! PRIZE STEAM ENGINES.
TUXFORD AND SONS,
BOSTON AND SKIRBECK IRONWORKS, LINCOnNSHIRE.
AT the Worcester Trials of Steam Machinery in 1883, by the R. A.S. of England, TUXFORD
k 8088 ware then again aocciaarot, over ALL Competitors ; their Eiglaihorse Engine surpassing in
thosonty and effectiveness all other competing Engines of every kind and power.
Last year (1867) at the Royal Society's Trials at Bury Bt. Edmunds, TUIPORD and SONS' Filed Steam
Engine was aeraerthid a PRIZE of £10; their Singlet Cylinter Portable Engine was awerded a PRIZE of El 5, and
their Double-Cylinder Pultable Engine of FOURTEEN Hone Power for Cultivating with, is., under the
Inspection and Testing' of the Society's Judges and Consulting Engineers, with 50 per tient. increased load, or
when working at TWENTY-ONE Horse Power, ECLIPSED the duty of every other Maker's Double-Cylinder
Engine under the wane teats, the following being the consumption of pounds' weight of coals per hone power per
hour by the Different Engines :
TUXFORD k SONS 3.17 pounds I Clayton k Shattleworth
Ransoms & Sims 3.35 pounds I Brown k May 4.42 pounds
TUXFORD k SONS* FIRST-CLASS COMBINED THRASHING MACHINES, mums. Doung, AND
MESA BLAST. TUXPORD'S NEWLY-PATENTEED STRAW PLEVATORI4, STEAM CULTIVATING
APPARATUS, ORINDINO WILL, SAWING MACHINERY, CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS, is.
ILLUSTRATED CATAIAGUES FORWARDED FREE OP •ITIJOATIOIL

in the form of the letter G, our Trade

DORCHESTER AND COUNTY OF DORSET
BUILDING AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY.

(Nirr4Bussza 1847.)

For the Porto's+ of enabling Persons to Purobase Roues
L 481416 •
Redeem Property already in Mortgage;
And to Acesunolal• flavinp.
Sharer, £l2 eaoh.—lrritranee Fee. is. 6d.
THE advantages of BUILDING SOCIETIES
are—that the Tenant of the Property who, in •
few years, actually pays its full v•lue in rent without
ever becoming the owner thereof, may, by paying to
this Society a sum equal to his root, with littic or no
additional demand on his own resoutoss, become the
absolute owner of the property.
The advantages to borrowing Members a,,:
I.l—The mortgage is liquidated by easy instalments.
2nd—Whilst the instalments are moistly paid, no
demand can be made of the mortgage money.
3rd—Fle stay at any time sell, eichaep, or redeem
s property.
4th—Advances made during the progress, of building.
sth—The Solicitor's Fees for Mortgage, and liar.
veyor's Fess for Valuation, are limited ar follows :
Solicitor. Surveyor
Lid. E £s.d.
Under 50 2 2 0 Under 100 "• 010 0
„ 110.330 „ 300.110
For each 100 ... 1 1 0 1 Above 31.10 ... 110 0
&elusive of Travelling expenses.
6th— All Mortgage Deeds are saempted from Stamp
Duty.

Tbe Monthly Meetings of the Directors are held no
the Second Tueed y in every Mouth, at the Towr.hall,
Dorchester, at Seven o'clock in the evening, whea
Adventies are made and other Business in connection
with the Society transacted.
Pincus desirous of availing themselves of the benefits
of this Society should make application to the Solicitor,
Maus/ger, Surveyor or Agents.
• FIENRY LOCK, Solicitor,
THOS. W. PE RCS. Manager, Dorcheetet•
HENRY BARNES, Surveyor
or Money always ready for Immediate advance.

AocaiTa:

Braaten,ler C. B. Baker.
Poole . Mr. W. O. Chialett.

IT: Edwin Fear.
WernorgA Mr. IL Damon.
Whabonse Mr. hablood.

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