The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-11-06
The Sewing Machine Considered.
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py our oNcT-lasheu HOuseNSci. ULt ohiS
for the advantages that it would possess
A. iabor-sayiug machine, but E . health
giving one also. Tor there is no labor 50
productive Of lung disease IS that Of sew
ing, aud which has sen, 80 many Ut our
most Intelligent females 10 premature
grave, No sooner had the first notes Of
victory subsidized and the public mind be-
come assured of the success of this new
triumph of genius, than the price of the
machine was put beyond the means of Il e
great mass Of the people most directly
interested, thus making it ii sort of arts.
tocratc implement to grace the parlors of
the rich, or the workshops Of coucentra-
ted capital.
Genius had taken her highest fight,
she was jus. about to kiss the cheek of
Labor, and restore the roseate hues of
health, which had boon stolen by over
tasked toll, bnt the almighty dollar claim
ed the reward, and at its bidding the new
boon was wreuched from the hand of the
toiI-worn sewing girl, Tic industrious
wife and overtasked mother, and given to
those who could use it only as IA pastlne
and to further Cypress the deserving and
industrious, The needle was again re-
sumed, ard the new born hope family
faded FROM view, when new attempts
were made not for an imp owed machine
that could be sold at price that should
come within the reach of all, but for a
machine possessing equal merit which
might be brought in competition, thereby
compelling a reduction of price. This
has now been accomplished, and we have
cheap sewing machines of high merit,
doing work III all respects as go ID as that
done by the NEST deliberately finished,
$3.50 machines
Notices Of cheap machines have from
time to time appeared, but in most cases
they are mere catch pennies to
sell running we'll for time, but soon
out Of order, like mock auction watch.
| These have been and continue to be hawk
cd about the country, preventing the in
PRODUCTION Of those really worthy Any
person having a slight knowledge will
see at once that good sewing machine
cannot be sold for ten or even twelve
dollars and leave moderate profit to the
inventor; at the same time he will ad nit
that the one hundred and one hundred
and fifty dollar ones must yield princely
| profit TO the maker Put there is limit
to all things. and especially to these ex,
trayaGantly high priced ones In our
humble opinion, the owners Of these
machines have missed figure in their
calculations by putting the price SO high
that they have driven of the largest class
Of customers, aud have awakened a con-
petition that will bri & them dowa from
their high position and compel them to
divide the business with men of more
utilitarian views
Some time since Mrs. Rural visited
the Garden City with view Of purchas.
ing one Of these cheap machines, and AZ.
ter looking about aud examining their
several merits, she decided to purchase
"Qlakcr City" machine, which sews
with two threads, making a doube-lock
tight stitch in the same way as that OF
| its aristoc:atic cousins, This NJ chine
was found at the shoe store Of Charles L.
| WisalI, 1873 Lake Street. They have o
machi,e at so, but this runs BY hand
seven dollars added, gives to it stand
and foot power. and three dollars more
puts it IN a neat case This il adapted
| to ordinary work, and from its chcapnes.
is The most popular They also have one
at $40. This is adapted to the finest
cambrics-to making quilts--for tailors'
aud for saddlers' use; it is strong and
| durable, and has a capacity for both light
and heavy work Mrs Rural selected
| this in preference on that account, as her
seven boys will need considerable in the
way OF tailoring and quilt making before
they are ready to swarm from the pater-
nal hisc.
Most persons suppose that j. requires
an experienced person to put onc Of these
! machines together and work it; but this
| We think is quite an error, as the one
! shipped US was in the original package
as i, came from the shop in Philadelphia.
| This We unlocked, and put its several
/ parts together, and commenced work up-
on it, being the first attempt of the kind,
| and in which wc had no difficulty ia sue.
| ceeding to our wish There can be no
! difficulty in having one of these machines
| shippep to the country like other freight,
aud put in o:,eration by person of or
| binary experience in machinery, especial
| ly when one has the printed directions,
! (Which from some cause were not sent to
u.s. 1t IS therefore nearly useless to
| spend tine IN visiting the city for the
purpose OF taking lessons. Sepd for one
at once and have. your fall sewing done
up before your tardy neighbor can diyest
herself of the supposed mystery sur
rounding it.
That these machines are good we have
| ample evidence from the fact that the
high priced machines are being greatly
reduced in price, one Of them being put
at so, and others So to $50 less than
heretofore. The time Is not far distant
| when sewing machine will as surely
form a part Of the family as the rocking
chair Ii will add to the health of our
female friends, and by relieving them of
the drudgcry Of sewing, will enable them
to adorn their minds By reading and place
! them in more Independent and social
condition. We will not be understood AZ
saying that among the lower priced ma
chimes there are no others worthy Of at
tention, for in this We mi git unwittingly
iujurc the reputation Of some worthy
machine, but We have tried the Quaker
City, aud find it all that could be rea-
sonably expected OF anything of tie
kind. II will sew the finest cambria,
make shirt with the exception Of sewing
on buttons and making the button holes,
it will sew heavy WOODEN cloth, quilt our
bed spreads, stitch and bind our carpets,
m 4 that tao with tho snaol thread an,n