Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-11-06
Price wit h Hemmer ard Feller,
$50 90.
THIS MACHINE HAS A POINT OF
SUPERIORITY PECULIARLY
ITS OWN.
Stitching, Hemming, and Telling with
a Single Thread

II forms fat, oven, and elastic seam, which
is WARRANTED not to rip in wear, even If the
seam is cut at frequent intervals, and also under
all circumstances $40 SURVIVE TIRE wAsH-TUB,"
A Patented device of great utility to learners,
prevents the possibility of tho machine being
run in the wrong direction, or the balance wheel
wearing n lsdy's dress.
Another feature which deserve particular at
ten lion is
Es~THg Wilcox PATENT NEEDLE CANNOT BE
lsET WRONG.
Two thousand stitches, or two yards of work,
can bQ done in one minute without dropping n
stitch.
These machines, 10 simple and accurate in
their construction, supersede the use of the shut
tie and with one thread produce all the prActi-
cal results Of the two thread machines and
mere, for these foil without basting and hem th
finest muslin without puckering.
Although at about half the price Of the other
first class machines, they will accomplish doub'
lie the sewing in givou time
1T is emphatic ally the good low-priced Fam
lily Sweing Machine shat the public have long
been waiting fOr.'-BOstOn Transcript.
at is indeed wonderful production, and FOL
family use especially, no other will bear any
comparison with it.",-Philadelphia Evening
Journal.
"A mechanical wonder. ."-Scientifc Ameri
can.
Among the best and most seryiceaLle Sewing
Machines. Light and elegantly finished, anC
so simple in its construction that it seems al
most impossible for it to get out Of repair"
Pittsburg Chronicle.
"lIas combined with it, own peculiar merit
all the really valuable improvements Of the high
er priced machintF Pennsyyanian.
J. "This machine, in the opinion of the commit
tee, fills moro nearly the requirements of per
feet family machine than any on eXhibition."-
Franklin Institute Exhibition Report Of 1858.
Taking into consideration simplicity, cheap
ness, durability, and doing all work, the commit
tee were unanimously in favor Of the Wilcox
Gibbs as a single thread machine. e."-Pennsylva
mia State Agricultural Society's Report
, I'VE must, in justice, express our confdenc
in the merits of the Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Ma
chine We econsider that a great desideratun
has been supplied by it, in proving, beyond
doubt, that two threads are not, a. was suppos
ed necessary to good instruu ent"-C Chrstiai
Advocate and Journal, June 81, 1850.
ave have one Of these machines in use, AM
think more highly oft than Of any of the num
Der we have tried" Richmond Wing.
The Undersigned Missionary to Constan tin ,
i pie, has examined more than twenty different
4 kinds Of Sewing Machines and after some si
? woekG experience with Wilcox E Gibbs Patent
he has purchased ono of them, the best Gdap
ted to the wants of his family, and as the leas
liable to require repair OLIVER CRANE.
Boston, July >, 1860.
i Tho Undersigned, during eighteen months ha
: had in almost constant use, in his familyWil
i cox Gibbs Sewing Machine, upon which ha
Il been made the clothes of his large family, fror
muslin to pilot cloth--iucluding the clothing re
Il quired for his several boys ami in 10 case hav
i the seams failed, although in hard service. Tn
machine now in use in his family has require
. ns repair and is in all respects well appointed
# efficient and durube.
JACOB CHlCKERING, Boston.
y ri" Send for Circular ,S.1
JAMES WILCOX, Manufacturer.
ri No. sos Broadway, New Yorl
j. Opposite st. Nicholas Hotel
October %, 1881. t.