, 1859-05-21

"SHALL GET 1 SEw1so MACHINE :'-That
family and household whose sewing is entirely
done has not existed since the first suits OF fig
leaves. 1t Is III incubus, the day.aud-niILt
mare Of the housewife, 'sthe heaps Oh heaps of
sewing - and what shall be done with them
The sewing girl may sit awhile with her busy
needle beside tho tecming work-basSets, and
the dozens and scores Of finished garments may
i. thrown OF in one If those revolutionary
periods of the domestic world when the house
is turned upside down, and the babies left to
themselves for week, while the hired needle
vumrn stoutTy battc and conquer piece by
| piece. But "stil they con,c'-the little aprons,
.he little dresses, the sheets, and all tue snowy
treasures Of the family linen chest, realizing to
the housewife the labors Of Sisyphus.
| We apprchend that the claims Of the Sewing
| Machine arc too well known, and the agency Of
its steel and iron muscles too well established,
t" demand reiteration. Every lady, every wife
! and mother has settled it in her own mind that
that which supplies to the manufacturer the
! place Of q regiment Of sewing women, which
| huuss censelessly at the shirt mannfactory, is
,,rized by the bag makers, and praised by taiors
| and mantua. .makers-in short, the Se,ctny Id
,iia<, NAV be and is the coveted agency for her
deliy.rapce. The ladies' are convinced There
arises The Question. "Shal1 I ret Machine :"
and next comes the inquiry, .Wb;ch Machine
shall yet? -
WITH an appreciation OF the questions IN all
'heir oeafihss. Aessrs. GROVER q bARER have
neea ouss ~ Tue solution OF Inc same. Inc re-
0aSs'o" T." St'e l'flee u ''e f'"'ts "acn'ae' 1hc
EAas'as II "'tu'n Tue compass o1 even 'he mod
efate!5 s'otked purse, has III hundreds aD4
thousands Of instances answered the anxious
and distressed "SAdN lF-aod the improve
"4ch's introduced, the present. perfection of
these Machines, Is doing the same same thing
'or the PeTpie1ea ana puzzled " nA'tA:
4he "of'a IS 1al4 oi patent churns That haTe
pceh ialu asloe, o1 Washing machlnes whose
earthly mission has ended in brief aud speedy
trip to the lutnber-room, and the sewing ma
chine men hare been equally busy stocking
tile shelves Of old junk shops, and the windows
Of auctiop-rooms or the out -ofthe-war corner,
Of the house devoted to ..bad bargains" with
sewing machines of MI names and dcyice. and
OF uil priccs-those Of course t1e most nun,cr-
ous which have been vigorously .urnamrl
cheap," term better applied to express the
sensations Of ninc-tenths Of their purchasers.
The GRorEn l. DAKER machine is still the
popular and well approved double thread. lou,-
stitch machine 1t makes, u Of wore. a perfect-
ly smooth. clastic and reliable seam II doos
mt ,i,ft the cd.es of the clo,h tocether In,
,ts result ;s = sensible st;cb r, ,,o words ,,f
another. it .twinrs the thread ;nto s.;tc,, so
cnnninc ,,,t xo,, may acx,xha+o ,,,. ooroe.
thc scam w;tnnut tooscn;nr tbe reu,;odor i,
the smallest ,..rrce. and vet if vou dc.;rc far
anv reason IN c.oncn it Won hare I'm, IN ur.
txist t},c thread. at the tim and with nm o,n
t,o rr1, +ho th;po; i dina, r1o conroa:orsu,
+t;. j., c,,,;t,- ,.to-o ,r,o,, .uc..;,,,. or
,,o,... ;s ,,,..,n,, aroxu ,.a,..
~.
Tie cIanscs in The MACHINE give tic valuable
result of greater cou,nactness. xi,nn1icjtv. case
in working. anl stiffness in oncratiou. in al| af
which it has no superior anon: riva! machines,
in some far exceln. al! others, An INTELLIGENT
.cntlcmn,,, 4 merchant in one of our interior
towns Of Northern Illinois. ha. from tt,r (;rover
i Hakrr in usc in Fl. oyu house been cn,.
strained to order the u,achine for others in ssy~
rral INSTANCES. We have recently been shown
!. letter from him, loud in the praises Of the ,1a-
chine whose quiet merits, unailed by any push
ing in its behalf, have won for it n place in the
adjoining households.
Aud this is Il csowning excellence OF 1hc
Grover & Baker Machine that it is its own best
other mil :no,hcr :, -. mann, ,,,or. tpo.;.,,.
wherc. in the place of beco,ninr nsc,c.s ,u,,,,.r
:, regretted Investment. 4 ueanjn<1ess mcchau.
ism. 1t is frou its casc of man,ocment md mr..
feet SIMPLICITY. viii, fair usage ulwnxs in ord.r
and always ready.
There are few families of moderate r,eans in
which thc $50 machine Of Grover 4 Bakrr
would not be an Investment to r,pay the ,os,
SCISSOR with sterling returns directly nronort;on.
ate to his or her own industry and ski11 in III,
use of the machine. Tn the firm or in Tho I'll.
larc or ci,v home. an.vhcrc arerru,,r, i.
mission is in earnest and well fnlGlod Thesc
few hints rs to the admirable machluc vii, bo of
service to our readers IL they lead t,,eo, to in.
vesti4atc tlsc matter further, and to do so, make
= FSit WHICH Will Dp an interesting us it be
made to be prottablc. tn t1c t;-oycr l. R,tar
Sewing Machine Deoot m 1fs ain S,r,o,
whyre with tic several varieties of before th,,n
and the iutvrcnt e1p1ana,io,. of II r 4,ox'
anacr. ESQ. tho AGENT If t1,c ,,o,,,f, ,c+.ra,, al
IT, hare written ,yiIl hr om,1x e,s,,;nad .S,o-
;n,- Is emnhatic.tv . bcl;er;,ov in .,,;. ,x
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AFTER THE HASSfn OF RAT TRAr-SEr71Sa
ONE RAT TO CATCH ASoruEE-city Marshal Rehrn
received tclcgr:pic dispatch from Jantsrilc,
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'ao' N'Ass '-9'p 'of en4easo' 1ae MARSHAL went
~ "hec 10 "o'S' ana IN no long time thereafter
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'"F 'hc"l'e"eaee o. ''ese tit'le h'ndranccs that
"'n naras' adventurous spirits Ike his, young
"'an osepF'o III nj Inc Marshal $ Office, and
"S"ea Jon" ."hsesl WAS IN.
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