The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1864-03-22
AIKEN'S
KNITTING MACHINE.

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KNITTING MACHINE.
1t is the most useful and desirable article
ever invented for a woman to earn money with :
it will give her most agreeable employment
by which she can make great profits.
1t can be made, in the hands Of n woman, to
earn with ease and comfort, $40 to $50 per
week. An old lady, too old to do anything
else, can earn money right along, by its USE
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
Young ladies who want to earn some money
can, by the use of this machine employ part
or the whole of their time very indepen IDENTIFY
and satisfactorily.
A farmer, who raises wool, cannot afford to
do without q machine. If he raises $50 worth
the machine will convert the $50 worth into
800 worth.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
A farmer has girls growing up, he wants
them to earn something. In no other way can
they do it so respectfully and agreeably as by
the use of this machine.
Wives and families of Volunteers find in it
their best friend and protector. Whole famil-
les can be supported by its use. Thousands
attest to this fact.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
1t knits the material for pair of Stockings
in four minutes. In day woman can make
and finish complete for market from one dozen
to two dozen pairs.
The stitch it makes is precisely the same as
that made with Knitting Needles, except in
this that the machine makes it frmer and
more durable than the needles can possibly.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
1t knits the Stockings complete, all but the
tip of the toe the heel is knit on the machine :
narrowing and widening is done by simple
motion of thumb screw.
1t knts great variety of fancy work, such
as shawls, Nubias. Opera Capes, Under
Sleevs, Comforts, Military Sashes, Sontags
Rigolets, Clouds, Head Dresses, Tides, &c,
DC.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
1t knits Under Shirts and Drawers the most
serviceable and durable that can be made al
So Table Covers, Suspenders, Purses, Cravats,
Leggings, DC.
1t is so simple that child can comprehend
it, and know the "why and wherefore of it.
A Sewing Machine may be used for years and
the operator hardly knows how the stitch is
made.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
1t cannot get out of order. if well used. so
simple is its construction. If it gets out of
order, so that it can't be fixed in five minutes
we will give the purchaser new machine.
1t is portable-weighs complete but forty
pounds, and can be carried easily as valse OF
same weight. The freight on it to any point is
from 80 cents to 81 80
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
1t can be made to earn more in month than
a Sewing Machine can in a year. 1t is an ac-
tual producer of goods for sae-goods for
which there is always a market.
BY its use woman feels independent. and
that she is " doing business on her own ac-
count" She knts yarn into stockings, sells
them. and knits more.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
Every country merchant can employ one al
more Machines with great profit, knitHng the
yarn he takes in into stockings for retail or
wholesale trade.
1t is no new, untried thing. but has been in
most successful use in all the Factories of the
East, so that now millions of dollars worth oi
goods are every year made on it.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
Some say" Why, it will soon knit enough to
glut the Market" Not so. Twenty million
dollars worth of such goods are annually inn
ported. Stop importatons.
ltis used in Penitentiaries, Blind Asylums
and other public institutions where there are
many feet to clothe. Blind women can work
it very successfully.
AIKEN'S KNITTING MACHINE.
Soldiers Aid Societies, Mite Societies, &c,
find this machine most Useful and satisfacto-
ry article By its use they are enabled to ac-
complish much to enhance the comforts of the
soldier and the poor.
For further information, send for circular
and samples of work. (Send stamp.) Agents
wanted in every considerable town. Address
BRANSON d ELLIOT, General Agents,
100 Lake street, Chicago.
March IL, 1863. [v6.5l-ly