The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-10-21
WILCOX & GIBBS,
SEWING 1IAOlEu5JIES
Price scifh Hemmer and Feller,
$35 90.
THIS MACHINE HAS POINTS OF SUPE.
RIORlTY PECULIARLY ITS
OWN.


Single Thread.
1t forms asneat, ever, and elastic seam
which is warranted not 10 rip in wear, even
if The seam Is cut at irequen, intervals, and
also under all circumstances ssto survive the
wash-tub
A Patented device of greai utility 10
learners, prevents the possibility of the ma
chine being run N the wrong direction, or
the balance wheel wearing lady's dress.
Another feature which deserves pariicu-
lar attention is B- THE WILCOX PA ATENT
NEEDLE CANNOT BE SET WRONG.
Two thousand Stitches, or two yards of
work, can be done in one minute without
dropping a stitch.
These MachIses, so simple and accruate
in their construction. supersede the use of
the shuttle and with one thread produce
all the practical results of the two thread
machines; ard more, for these fell without
basttng. and hem the finest muslin without
puekeTing.
Although at about half the price of the
other first class machines, they will accom-
plIsh double the sewing IN a given time
salt is empnaically The good, low priced
Family Sewing Machine that the public
have long been waiting for."-Boston Tran
script.
"I is indeed a wonderful production, and
and for family use especially, no other will
bear any comparison with it," Pailadel
phia Evening Journal"
"A mechanical wonder.' Scientific Amer.
iccan.
"Among the best and most ssrviceable
Sewing machines. Light and elegantly
finished, and so simple in its construction
that il seems almos, impossible for it 10 get
out of pair.n-Piisburg Chronicle.
merits all the really valuable improvements
of the higher priced s.p-Pennsyl.
vanisn.
ssThis machine, in the opinion of the
commiites, fills more nearly the require-
ments of perfect family machiue than any
on exhibition. Franklin Institute Exhibi-
iion Report OF 1888.
ssTaking into consideration simplicity
-cheapness, durability, and dong all " ork /,
The committee were unanimous in favor OF
the Wilcox & Gibbs as a sin gle thread ma
chine v-Pennsylvania State Agricultural
Society's Report
eve must, in Justice, express our conf
dence i'm the merits of the Wilcox Gibbs
Sewing Machine. We consider that great
desideralum has been supplied by it, in
proving. beyond coubi, that two threads are
not, as was supposed, necessary TO good
InEtru m l--OHTlelidu f1QhOC dhh SONl-
nal, June 2l, 1860.
"We have one of these machines IN use,
and think more highly of il than of any OF
the number we have tried.'-Richmond
Whig.
The undersigned, Missionary 10 Constan-
linople. has examined more than twenty
different kinds of Sewing Machines, aud
after some six weeks experience with
Wilcox & 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.
Boston, July 3, 1860.
The undersigned during eighteen onlhs
has had in almost constant use, in his fam
ly. Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine, nPon
which has been made the clothes ct bis
LARGE family-from muslin to pilot cloth
including The clothing required for his sew
eral boys; and in no case have the seams
failed, although in hard service. The ma
chine now in use in his family has required
no repair, and is 10 all respects, well aP-
poiuled, efficient and durable.
JACOB CHI CKERING, Boston.
ISend Tor Circnlar.
JAMES WILCOX, Manufacturer.
No. sos Broadway, New York,
Opposite ST. Nicholas Hotel.
August 2S, 1S6l-1y.