Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-12-28
From the New York Sunday Times,l
The Family sewing Machine.
BY JENNY JUNE.

which II mas GutCLGU III LIt SOCIAL ana
family relations, one must be familiar
with the quiet households, scattered
throughout the East and West, the
North and South of this great and thri-
wing country.
Everywhere in the Interior domestic
assistance of any kind is so difficult to
be obtained, that it is scarcely looked
for, and every good housewife relies on
her own eXertiOns, not only to keep her
house In order, her larder we'll supplied
with the essential luXuries of home.
made bread, cake and pies, but her own,
the children's and frequently her hus-
bands wardrobe furnished with all the
useful, if not the ornamental, articles Of
dress.
This necessity provided an immense
amount of work for one pair of hands
TO perform-the female head OF the
house, the hard tasked wife and mother,
found not a moment for relaxation. The
drudgery of the kitchen was succeeded
by that of the work basket, whose pile
Of shirts and small garments seemed to
never decrease Not moment of time
could be afforded for the qualification of
any simple fancy, even in ornamental
needle work, all, to the last moment,and
far into Saturday night was exhausted
in the necessities Of the plainest work
upon little aprons, frocks and drawers.
and the inevitable weekly collection of
family mending.
In a large number of these house
holds, the case is now widely different
the Sewing Machine, generally the GRO
YER & BAKER, occupies an honored po-
sition in the family sitting-room, and
acCOmplishes more and better than the
most skillful seamstress. 1t is in
sense, which only those can appreciate
who have known what it is to sew all
the household garments by hand, the
family friend. 1t is looked upon with
eyes Of real affection.
The interior of country house, at
this season Of the year, is as pleasant as
can be imagined and it is made so, in
great degree, by the presence of the sew
ing machine. An hours work in the at
ternOon, upon bright, rapid, wonder
working GROVER & BAKER, will accom-
plish more than could be done by a
weary hand working almost into mid
night. 1t wilRnot only finish the dozen
shirts in "less than no time" but it will
tuck drawers and chemises ruffie night
gowns stitch trousers, quilt Innings and
coverlids, and all this, and much more,
with such strength, beauty and precis-
ion, as would throw the neatest hand
work into the shade
A Sewing Machine needs only to be
purchased once in life time, it is there
fore of the greatest Importance to get
the best; the one which, all things con-
sidercd, is moot perfectly adapted to
meet the requirements.
This we sincerely believe, and the
opinion is cOrrOboratcd by the highest
authorities in the community is the
GROVER & BAKER Machine, making the
celebrated "GROvER & BAKER stitch,
the only stitch as far as we know, sutt-
GENTLY elastic to be adapted to all kinds
Of family sewing.
The peculiar qualities of the Grover &
Baker Machine are strength beauty,
elasticity, and versatility, or adaptation
to any kind of work. 1t compasses the
whole range of family sewing complete
ly, and without any of the vexatiOus
delays in reminding, fastening and fin
ishing, which are common to other ma
chimes, and which occupy so much
time and waste so much material. 1t
makes a beautiful, smooth, elastic seam
upon cloth or cambria, which giveS when
it is washed or stretched without
breaking, and in which every stitch is so
firmly locked, that the seam can be cut
off between every half dozen stitches
without impairing its strength.
Testimonial letters from ladies and
housekeepers all over the country speak
unitedly of the beauty and superior
elasticity of stitch. One lady says it is
the only machine that can quilt" an
other that it is the only one " fit for
boys trOwsers;" and third that she is
particularly delighted with the way in
which it makes wooden drawers and
flannel garments"
The GROVER & BAKER stitch is the
only one that can be properly used upon
bias seams, and is therefore adapted to
an immense variety of garments con-
tanning such seams, and also seams that
are subjected to much stretching and
wear. In addition to the fact that no
reminding and no fastening is required,
a great deal of time, and temper too, is
saved to the operator, by the simplicity,
regularity and ease of the various move
ments, the adjustment without change
of tension to different kinds of work,
and the method by which it is thrown
from the machine without delay or en-
barrassment, and also in such way as
to enable the operator to- maintain
pleasant and graceful position.
For dresS-makers, the GROVER d BA-
KER is the only suitable machine; it is
the only one that will accomplish salts
factorily, and with an immense saving
of time, all the plain sewing, stitching
and quilting which they have to accom-
plish.
For the heads of families it is equally
valuable. 1t will do everything. tits
simple, reliable, perfect in its operation,
easy to be understood, not easy to get
| out of order, and gives such thorough
satisfaction as to leave no room for
complaint. 50 a.. .. .. &c..
ID Tho Jo,,ro,.,- =, x,r,,