Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-12

SEWING MAcHISEs.-Phough already the country
seems to be full Of sewing machines-fOr they are
to be seen at every turn-it is really surprising how
few families have come to avail themselves Of their
assistance in tightening She labor of their female
members. Those in the various trades that not long
since required many needles in human hands, have
everywhere, where they do extensive business re-
sorted to the sewing machine; end in so doing, in
tead of essening the demand for female lab have
been compelled to employ thousands Of women and
girls at advanced Wsges-perHOns skilled in the use
Of the sewing mschine-wiihout decreasing the
number Of their employees engaged on hand work.
The explanation Of this fact is that the of the
sowing machine Mas cheapened their manufactures
as greatly TO increase the demand for them and has
also created it we're, heavy demands for articles
which previous to their introduction we're not man
ufactured outside Of the family circle Thus, until
their invention, NJ ore heard of business houses
employing hundreds of females to make bags, or to
manufacture ladies' skirts SC In this way the result
of the use Of the sewing machine by manufacturers
has served to demonstrate that Improvements in ms
chinery benefit the labOng classes as clearly as the
result of the invention of the machinery of cotton
mills long since demonstrated the same fact though
when first coming into use the operatives lin Eng
lsnd for some years did their best to destroy them
clandestinely, under the erroneous impression that
they would take the bread out of their mouths
We have watched the progress of the sewing ma
chine with earnest attention, because long stree
impressed with the belief that other invention Of
modern times is likely to prove more beneficial TO
society at large In our eWn family, one-a Grover
& Baker machine that cost S125-is employed, and
We can safely say it more than one half the
previous labor of making up large amount Of
wearing apparel; an economy of labor of which |
every housewife will Instantly comprehend the i'm
portance and value. Its management is so simple /
that after hours attentive study of the working
of the machine little practice will enable enc to
use it with much facility and certainty though
experienced with it for years. 1t answers ali pur-
poses required of it, from stitching ladies collars to
patching and making the clothes Of plantation /
hands, and making up plantation bags That is to
say, it answers equally we'll and satisfactorily
for fine or coarse work. It's use enables a SEEM
stress to accomplish at least ten if twenty times
rs much work as one can possibly accomplish when
sewing by hand. Such is the result Of our own ex
perience with Grover & Baker sewing machine
and we therefore do not hesitate TO cay to all who
necessarily have the sewing of family carried On
that the they provide themselves with sew
ing machine the better, at any reasonable cost
The work is substantial, and much neater and more
regular than is usually done by hand.
Tie Nashville Sewing Machine Company, at No.
1, Public Sqnare, prepared TO fill orders for
these machines to any extent. We refer our read>
srs, especially ladies, to their advertisement in to
days paper.