Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-07-21

by sewing. Every feeling Of pity has re-
sponded TO the appeals made and descrip-
iions drawn Of the ''pale woman plying her
sickly trade" Those noble spirits who do
not content themselves with barren sympa-
thy rose up, and sought, by energetic striv-
ing, to alleviate this condition of the sui
ferers, who starved or sinned il they did
not resort to the needle, and died by inch
es If they did take IL up. But Vanity Fair
mnst have her furbelows. Fashion would
not remit the tasks Of the needle avarice,
the severe partner Of vanity, urged the vic
Tins to the last moment OF existence. In
vain, Christian men and women Of note
and high place strove to remedy this state
of martyrdom. Poets sang, novelists wrote,
preachers exhorted, legislators framed laws
to guard the needle-women all that was
effected was feeble palliation OF the evil.
Now, however, it is gone from the face OF
the earth. What philanthrophy failed to
accomplish what reli6i ion, poetry, eloqnence,
and reason had sought in vain, has been
produced by-THE SEWING MACHINE.
By this invention the needlewoman is
enabled to perform her labors in comfort (;
tasks that used to require the midnight
watches by the pole light Of single lamp
and drag through, perhaps, twenty hours,
she can now complete in two or three hours.
She is thus able to rest at night, and have
time through the day for family occupations
and enjoyments Is not this great gain
for the world
This is not ALL The SeOing Machine
will, after a time, effectually Danish ragged
and unclad humanity from every class
The extreme facility with which garments
are made by its help will enable thousands,
ay, hundreds Of thousands. TO have new
clothes, who belong to those classes hither-
to dressed in the worn-out uniting gar
mentS bestowed by charity, The poor wo-
men among servants and workpeople sell
dom have any ingenuity with the needle ;
they can often buy new and cheap fabrics,
but they cannot make them up, aud, here
tofore, the making of the garment often
costs more than the cloth. Now, the Sew
ing Machine, at very small cost, sews up
the seems ; or, a ready ymade garment can
be purchased nearly Os cheap as the cloth
Of which it is made. In all Benevolent In
stitutions these Machines are now in opera
tion, and do, or may do, hHndred times
more towards clothing the INDECENT and
feeble than The united fingers OF all the
charitable and willing ladies collected
through the civilized world could possibly
perform.
We have spoken first Of the advantage
Of this invention to the poor as the most
ostensibe and Just to be considered. It is
useless in our country TO allude to that old
world fallacy the long ago exploded no.
tion that machines interfere with individual
labor. When the stocking Machines we're
first introduced in England they met clam.
or0us opposition from that class of politi-
cal economists who contended it was right
that nine.tenths of the whole population
of the civilized world should go stocking
less, so that few thousands of old women
and boys might earn q shilling day Ly
hard knitting Now, who believes that
theory A similar class of exclusives
were offended at Arkwright's wonderful in-
vention the Spinning Jenny. 1t was moth
ing TO them that working men and women
could 90 clean and comfortable, that health
tues and blessings, might enter the poor
aboring mau'S house, with cotton goods at
price for everybody's wear. No ! They
thought the health, virtue and comfort Of
the world at large should be sacrificed to
the temporary Inconvenience of change oI
employment for the few who earned pal
try stipend by the spinning wheel or the
L.,al i,o,, 1'I,;s JoIupion hoe no seod owov
The poor working people can, if temperate
and industrious, now clotbe themselves and
families neatly, even fashionably.
In the weallhier homes of our land, where
we rise beyond the actual need Of woman's
work to support the family, the Sewing Ma
chine is a treasure. Instead of busy flu
gers and vacant minds, young ladies through
out all the country can have the opportuni
ty of improving their minds and gaining
what are styled the Accomplishment Of
education, while aiding their mothers in al
the sewing for the family. How many al
excellent mother, anxious to save everything
for the education aud advancement of {
numerous family, has sat and stitched al
the never ending, ever-beginning sewing o
her house hold, till life was nothing bat
dull round of everlasting toll, and too offer
have eyesight and health, as we'll as hopt
and spirits, sunk under the burden Now
q few dollars invested in a Sewing Machin,
IA club of ladies might join in a aneighbor
hood-aud the long seams, the never end
ing hens, the hard stitching are all done By
fairy fingers, No wasting application
STOPPING over the needle, without time fol
outdoor exercise, wearying for want o
change, will be felt by those women VIII,
have in their possession good Sewing
Machine. The best is, usually, in the lonJ
run the cheapest There is great variety
all have their advantages and Odmirers =
We can only speak safely Of those we kuo,
best. That Of Wheeler & Wilson CON
bines more merits than any other, with ex
cellsnt workmanship in its arrangement,
frm stitch that does not ravel, hemme
that saves time and trouble in short,
seems as nearly perfect as the human gem
US can make such an COdeS.
WHAT IS LIFE The mere stop Of
year is not life. To eat, and drink, an
sleep--to be exposed to darkness aud th
III. - ,Dooo rnnnd in tho mill of haki