Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-03-11
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.

NEW DIRK, March ., lS1H. |
Messre. Ed3orsi
Among 'ho places Of interest in
this great city, the Sewing Machine Establishments
not to be neglected. il one has any tastc for
such thinss. There are, in the length of half
dozen blocks In Broadway, seven or eight, exhibit
ing machines Of as many kinds, at prices from So
to-T don't know what but I suppose that some
Of the highly ornnmentcd and beautifully finished
ones ] have seen. must be worth over $500. It is
n striking proof of the need there Is Of such labor
saving mochincry--hc numbers of these Sewing |
Machines there are, and the ready sale they find. |
Scarcely week passes, without some invention |
or improvement in this lino--most of them practi-
cally worthless or trihine, perhaps, but evidcncng
an attention to the subject never before shown.
Some of the Show-rooms OF these Sewing Ma
chimes worth journey to soc. That Of the
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co., No. sos
Broadway, is especially noticeable The Sales
room IL Mt least seventy-iive feet in length, clc-
gantly itcd up. On the right hand are the count
crs, with shelves for thread, silk, &c, tho desks of
the clerks, Of whom there are half dosen-pretty
busy too and the usual appurtenanccs Of counting
room. On the other sido stand Sewing Machines
Of all prices, from the plain " black machine"
this is not sectional institution, you Perceive
at $50, t, tho elegantly finished ful.cosc rose
wood or black walnut at $l25-some open, and
evidently just used to show some customer, and
| all ready to use at any moment. In the show win
dows stand two beautiful machines, hung round
with beautiful specimens of sewing. Through the
ladies passing almost constantly
to and from a room in the rear, itself large
enough for small shop. From here comes a
clicking buzz, swelling and dying away like an
rolian harp. 1t is not from tho ladies' tongues,
though l warrant you they are not idle-but from
dozen moro machines, at which they--tho la
dies not the tOngues--arc learning under compe-
tent teachers, how to sew by machinery. 1t is
pleasant to look at tho eagerness with which they
address thcmsclvca to their tasks from tho one
just learning to move the trcadc to the one initia
tel into the browning mysteries Of the hemmcr.-
Passing through this room, you find another, not
quite as large, but quito as full, and busy the
first, which looks ont On Mercer st.. in the rear Of
the building.
In the outer room arc gentlemen a we'll as la
dies, to whom clerk Or two is explaining TIC con-
strucion and mode Of operating the machine, or
giving prices, means of transportation, &C, &C.
The front room Of the basement is the finishing
room, where machines are put together and tested
by dozens All the rest Of the immense basement
is devoted to pachin;. There is not much room
required for storage, for the demand for machines
constantly outruns the greatest capacity of sup
ply. The factory, you understand, is in Bridge
port, Conn. all that is done here is to try the
machines and dos ,.h them to all parts of the
country. Isav yes standing ready to start,
soiac marked west, several of the for the
south 9th 80, and large box holding several
for Cub ,Acy go to the four ends OF tho
earth make breeze, too, when they get there
among the female part Of the household. For
truly the Sowing Machine is a abor-saving insti-
tuition, and great is the wonder caused by first
lool; at its performances You remember Beech
ers description of the first visit Of Wheeler and
Wilson Sewing Machine at his house, in the T1de-
pcadcn some weeks since. And it was not over
drawn. There seems scarcely any limit to its
capacity, when managed by It ,klliul operator.
There is till to be invented a machine for making
button holes and sewing On buttons; every thing
else in the garinen line this little magician seems
able to achieve.
Truly there Is NJ plet-anter sound in tho house
than the click Of the Sewing Machine, telling it
does Of comfort and release from toll Of the wife
and mother Its bright arms flash smiles through
the room; its purr speaks contcutment and brings
inyoluut1rily merry song to the lips of tho
strcss--l song of shirt indeed, but how
changed from the oart-5rcaking wall that has
been hitherto the associate of tho needle.
Au reylr. REN.