The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-12-11
WILCOX s. GEEsBS'
SEW ING AZtAOlEINikSa
Price Wifh Hemnler and FeIier,
$35 90.
THIS MACHINE HAS POINTS OF SUPE
RIORITY PECULIARLY IFS
OWN
Stitching. Hemming and Filing ,cith
a Single Thread.

Single Thread.
II forms neat, ever, aud elastic seam
which is warranted not 10 rip in wear, even
if the seam cot al frequent intervals, and
also under all circumstances "to survive the
wash-Iub
| A Patented device Of great utility To
learners, prevents the possibility of The ma
chine being run N the wrong direc'ion, or
the balance wheel wearing a iady's dress.
Another feature which deserves paricu-
| lar attention Is THE WILCOX PATENT
NEEDLE CANNOT BE SET WRONG
Two thousand Stitches, or two yards Of
work. can be done in one minute without
cropping stitch.
These MachIaes, so simple and accruaie
in their construction, supersede the use OF
The shuttle and with one thread produce
al the practical results of the two thread
machines; ard more, for these Tell without
| bastlng. and hem the finest muslin without
! puckerng.
Although at about half the price of The
| oher first class machines, they will accom-.
pllsh double the wing IN a given time
alt is emphaticsIIy the good, low priced
Family Sewing Machine that the pnblic
have long been waiting for."-Boston Tran
script.
at is indeed wonderful production, and
and for family use especially. no other viii
bear any comparison with it," Paladel
phia Evening Journal"
mechanical wonder.'-> Scientific Amer
ccan.
"Amone the best and most serviceahle
Sewing machines: Light and elegantly
finished, and so simple in its construction
thai il seems almost impossible for if to gel
our of repair r"-Piusburg Chronicle.
"Has combined with It's own peculiar
merits all the really valuable Improvements
of the higher priced machines" s."-Peunsyl
vanian-
ssThis machine, in the opinion of the
COMMITTEES, fills more nearly the require-
menls of perfect family machine Than any
! on exhibition. n.'i-Ffanklin Institute Exhb,-
tion Report OF 1858.
ssTaking INTO consideration simplicity
! cheapness, durability, and dong all ork,
/ the committee were unanimous in favor ol
the Wilcox & Gibbs as a single thread ma
ine."-Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society's Report.
"We must, in Justice, express orr conf
dence in the merits of The Wilcox & Gibbs
| Sewing Machine. We consider that q great
| desideralum has been supplied by il, in
proving. beyond coubi, that TWO threads are
not, as was Supposed, necessary TO a good
| instrume ent ';-Christian Advocate and Jour
nal, June 81, 1860.
eve have one of these machines in use,
aud think more highly Of il than of any oi
the number we have tried."-Richmond
Wing.
The undersigned, Missionary 10 Constan-
linople, has examined more than twenty
different kinds of Sewing Machines, and
after some six weeks experience with
Wilcox s. Gibos' Patent, he has purchased
one of hem as The best adapted TO The
wants of his family, and as The least liable
TO require repair. OLIVER CRANE.
BostoE, July 3, 1860.
The undersigned, during eighteen months
has had in almost constant use, in bis FAM
ly, Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine, upon
which has been made the clothes CT his
large famiIy--from muslin to pilot cloth
including the clothing required for his sew
eral boys; and in no case have the seams
failed, although IN hatd service. The ma
chine now in use 10 bis family has required
no repair, and is in all respects, well aP.
pointed efficient and durable.
JACOB CHICKERING, Boston.
u Send Tor EiTcnlas. -
JAMES WILCOX, alanufactuEeF.
No. sos broadway, New York,
Opposite ST. Nicholas Hotel