The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-22
tFrom the New York Daily News.l

~ Bok.sAvINi MACHINES The mys-
terea Of :" Loeb. stitch - and shuttle stioh may
the S. . sn'ni..tsd YET the war wa.sa among ,ae
sewing Machine ma nufactuIets, as 10 their rela-
merits ssrs and esa.rsd pa he
of ,mportanee to the whole cor munity, and of
. .Is@s IN the eoIamps Of Ire public press
The fact is we are all of US some way concerned
10 tS ShSs for
family or individual that does not, to greater or
invocation. as applied to the ar, of sewing. for the
certainty OF reliance on the durability of nearly
every ssrment in common use.
The controversy has been carried on 90 openv
and conducted 50 ably; as to enable almost any one
90 arrive at just and accurate comprehension of
the matter at issue, and the general result seems
to be almost universal juds in favor of the
machine made by GROVER BAKER a Judgment
the field seems likely to unsettle-simply because
the experiments made by professional operators,
prove that the GROVER BAksR MhcHINK is so
far superior to any other ever constructed as To
nation on the merits Of the case
IL must be evident TO the least telligent capao
Ity, that knot hrmy tied and fastened, is more
sure to hold than loop, or series of loops, with
q straight thread running through them. the
end left loose and this Is. IN its most simply prae
vocates Of the GROVER B'xEK and = shuttle
The GROVER Il BAKER sutch ia the firm and
lasting knot the shuttle stitch is the series of
loops with straight thread running through
| GROVER h BAKERS MACHINES work, in their
peculiar stitch and fabrics put together by 1t may
ness or hard usage, but come apart or give way
at the seams they cannot; they will hold together
VIXEN the cloth or calico around them hangs IN
The Sewing Machine in it's crudest shsp pc was a
| great boon--a marvellous agent IN ths great work
| OF civilization. At once the good friend OF the
| poor seamstress and the faithful servant of the
wealthy household, 1t promised to bring both
classes to tn 1t near level where an approach to
| similar habits, wants. and comforts, lays the true
four daton of sy stem In which al ranks and CON
dtions aspire to he equally free, happy, AID con-
| But, unfortunately, some of the first inventors
| of Sewing Machines, and some of the large CAPT
| taists who subsequently undertook their exton
sIve manufacture, were content To let their ma
chlnes remain IN a state OF partial perteetlon.-
1 hey found that the great rush for any Saving
Machine was renderlns them rapidly rich without
| further exertons. SO they quietly rested from
their laboTs and garnersd In the spontaneous har-
vest, not thinking that the field was but he ginning
To te cultivated. and tina: more energetic enter,
prise than theirs mIs ht by pursuing a bold aid
liberal policy, reap hsndsomer reward than had
ever come TO them. Such has, however, been the
| While Messrs. Wheeler & Wilson and their
| less distinguished competitors were slorfyns
| - shuttle stitch " machines. Mr.. WIN; o. GROVER
WAS patiently and COnscientICusly seeking to per-
feet machine by which to overcome the serious
| DIRECTIONS made to that stitch the score of Its
insecurity and want of strength and elasticity.
tnese great resuts.strength security and elastl-
city OF seamIn ls5l. and from that time HIS pro,
gross In the business has been an unlnterruRtsd
career of me chanIcal and pecuuisry triumph. As
socIsted IN the firm of GROVER, BAKER Co.. he
| has introduced sew Ing machines OF more perfect
construction to pubic use than all other manutac
turers put together; and there is little doubt thet
| as the oRovER 4 BAKER machine hscomes uni
versally known and appreciated, II VIII gradually
and inevitably monoPoiize the patronage of the
| whole civilized world.
Messrs. GROVER r. BAKER, though, were not
satisfied with heir first invaiuab bic improvement,
which alone sufficient to make their machines
the very best yet presented for public approval
but, having dlstanced all rivals they went to work
to surpass themselves, and their patent OF 1851
,nr ts.rs Of Iss2. lisa, and IssSl eacb Of wbicb
was granted for some new device which assisted
in the attainment OF their great aim in business
the manufacture OF sewing machine which
should be, not merely almost. but Perfection
In THIS object they finally succeeded when they
which not only runs with greater and econo-
my, and with the certainty OF producing ne&ter
chine, hut at the same time is MANAGED as to DO
away with the irritating rumble and clicking that
had formerly rendered the work room OF large
shirt factory pand emouium OF bswdering noise
and the presence OF machine In a private house
be in any room near that IN which it was put in
or course. GROVER & BAKERS machines have
their detractors. We are told that their famous
GROVER Il BAKERS stitch" is absolutely $50
strong that it cannot be ripped az ALL" The ad-
and, TO the mpossl bIlty of ripping. it is true
amount of wear can harm 1t but the instruc-
ton gwen to each purchaser Will enable a child To
| eradicate false seam, or take ont old seams in
arIlces that require altering, with the utmost
qulckness and facility.
AS to the that it necessiates the con-
sumption of a greater quantity of thread than 9TH
er machines, actual comparison proves the con
trarv. In the first place, unlike other machines,
| thoge OF G.ovER BAKER can be worked with
out any apprsciabe waste" In a continuou,
stra. hit seam any number of separate articles can
6e stitched one after the other, and afterward
separated without stopping to fasten off as in
series of shirt-tronts for instance, which with
any stitch but GROVER i B.KER's, SO much time
is thrown away in securing the ends by hand with
a common needle
And then it has been found that in a given
amount OF average sewing, the GROVER & BAKER
stitch does cot consume a yard more of thread TO
form It's firm and perfect lock, than the shut
stItah requires to take up it's loose and destruct
BILE loop, great is the waste at the end of seams
In bret, Messrs. GROVER BAKER have soug MT
and challenged comparison in every detail with
the machines of other manufacturers, and wher
ever comparison has been made, it h IS invariably
ended in the triumphant vindIcation of their
claims They have assumed the marked and I'M
questionable lead which acknowledged superiority