New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-06
THE SEWING hAChf"H'

,,,;mitsd number Of inquiries from our
7 AN si"V AZ. tonic. aside from our own personal
.he MISTER, as a purchaser, has ndacsd US
oosddersble time TO investigating not only
~ claims Of different machines offered to
too ~ T. hat also whether even the best Of them
'"e \. paying investment. On the latter point
$50 become fully convinced that nearly al k'nds
=, na,ily sewing can be done more rspdly, and even
bsa.r. By machinery than by hand. We cor.iaer Tue
s.rence in this respec fully equal to that OF tniesn
sg grain by machine and Oy hand iske a s ss
inusirstion. The other evening, on gong NOME, W
80 sbest inst blasted" ready TO be hemmea "
.s,chsa Tbonoh we have never lesrneu " L;od
fhnbie. fhsying always been favor9o w. s.tcb
other sDter. wife or fiiend to DO al ne1 s ssom
re The above occasion me Prs,pIt Of the trial wss
~ .;.ohes the edges Of the sheet, at the fate Oh
49, n tbres miuutes Including stoPpings, sua
sons good Judges present pronounce our wo,s no ~
te s1ce.d ,a n Ssns .ogsr Tbs was our fst
80 on actual needle. vork-we had played sew, win
,,soss of cloth dozen iiues bltore We have sincs
e1otlJed our fret effort. Any OF our LADY resdeis
can estimste the advantages y, Swung III,
e. strope stitch even o. only the rate OF yafd 10
We ooujd give many illustrations that have already
been developed in our own family In iess .oau JUG
months trial; but II may suffice TO say lnas "Iv,S
there 4 there rot lit lie chesperto employ COCA
msohDe, even if it cost $500 or $3OV or more. oap
nose house wife could, with machine 90 up nsl
family sewing during year s0s. ss.tancs ~ seam
~. &C. Ssals This would save, in wage, and
hos,d ssy sos which would pay the interest On 1900
and Isave All for wear and repair we esunase the
saving A. greater than this aId we are Tree 10 say
- ~ ookno AZ the subject in barely economical
noint of view il our achne could not be replaced
s would rot part with it for 500 or $500. The cos
.ss Si25-Sll0 for the machine itself, and $l5 70
having it put In an extra cabinet which serves the
irple purpose Of table, workstsnd, small chest OF
drawers, beside being handsome piece OF "furni
With regard to the difficulty of using the sewing
machine on which point many inquiries have been
made OF us we think il requires just about the same
degree Of skill, or "gumpiion as the Yankees term
4 10 use sewing machine successfully, that 1t does
10 operate common grain thresher, or moving ma
chine. Our own was sent home with only the manu-,
,oeoessfully. Others have found some difficulty,
though rot Of an insurmouItaoie character where a
eOod msohine has been obtained
Az 10 the best Kind OF wing machines we ire loath
"a say a word and have no interest in doing So There
sle three perhaps four kids now before the public
ether Of which is better than no kind We I'VE found
pope Of them sold at iess than $S5 TO $l0O and up
ward that we considered worth buying Wheeler q
Wilson's, Singers, and Grover q Bakers machines,
Al work under Howe patent and are, so far, the best
machines made, we think. We were Interested in
witnessing the operation of Robinson & Ropers, but
rot enough to give II any preference over the others
For our own family use, We became satisfied that
Grover Bakers machine is the best and we accord
irply purchased it. American Agnculturist.
To all of which, THE TRIBUNE says amen. That
The writer Of notice of sewing machines, that we
lstely published, prefers Wheeler g. Wilson's, does
not make them preferable. We know that all the
machines above named are good, aud 20 are several
other pstsnts come Of them, for sOns purposes, are
better than others. For which purpose which machine
u best, purchasers NUS. themselves decide.