Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-12-28
From the New York sunday Times.
THE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.
BY JENNIE JUNE

THE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE,
BY JENNIE JUNE
To understand the value of the Sewing
Machine, and the happy changes Which it has
effected in the social and family relations, one
must be familiar with the quiet households,
scattered throughout the East and West, the
North and South, of this great and thriving
country.
Everywhere in the interi or domcstic assist
ance of any kind is so difficult to be obtained
that it is scarcely looked for, and every good
housewife relies upon her own cxcrtions, not
only to keep hsr house in order, her larder
we'll supplied with the essential luxurics of
homemade bread, cake, and pies, but her
own, the children's, aud frequently htr hus-
bands wardrobe furnished with ail the dse-
full, 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 d-tashed
wife and mother, found not iho!tent for re-
taxation. The drudgcry of the kitchen was
succeeded by that of the work-basket, whose
pile of shirts and small garments seemed
never to decrease. Not moment of time
could be afforded for the qualification of tAy
simple fancy, even in ornamental necdlework ,
all, to the last mdment, and far into Saturday
night, was exhausted in the necessities of the
p!aincst work upon little aprons, frocks, md
drawers, and the inevitable weekly collections
of family mending.
In large number these households, the
case is now widely different; the Sewing Ma
chine, generally the GROVER & BAKER, occu-
pies an honorcd place in the family sitting
room, and accompishes more and better than
the most skillful scamstress 1t is in sense
which shls these can appreciate who have
known what it is to sew all the household gar
mcnts by hand, the family friend. 1t is looked
upon with eyes Of real affection
The interior of country house, at this sea-
son of the year, is as pleasant as can be i'm
agined; and it is made so, in great degree,
by the presence of the Sewing Machine An
hours work in the afternoon, upon bright,
rapid wonder working GROVER & BAKER,
will accomplish more than could be done by
weary hand working almost into midnight
1t will not only finish the dozen shirts in ''lcss
than no Time" but it will tuck drawers and
chcmises, ruflc nj ghtgtwns. stitch trowscrs,
quilt Innings and coverids, and all this, and
much more, with such strength, beauty. and
precision. as would throw the neatest hand
work into the shade.
A Sewing Machine needs only to be pur-
chased once in lifetime, it is therefore of the
greatest Importance to get the best; the one
which, all things considered, is 'host perfect
ly adapted to meet the requirements.
This we sincerely believe, and the opinion
is corroborated by the highest authorities in
the community, is the GROVER y BAKER NJ
chine making the celebrated GROVER Il BAKER
stitch, the only stitch az far as we know. sufli-
ciently elastic 10 be adapted to all kinds of
family sewing.
The peculiar qualities of the Grover & Ba-
ker Machine, are strength, beauty, elasticity,
versatility, or adoption to any kind of work.
1t compasses the whole range of family sew
ing completely, and without any of the vexa-
tious delays in rewinding, fastening, Ind fn-
ishing. which are common to other machines,
and Rhich occupy so much time, and waste
so much material. 1t makes beautiful,
smooth, elastic seam upon cloth or cambric,
which gires 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 s:itshes without
impaiting its strength.
Testimonial letters from ladies and house
keepers all over the country. speak unitcdly
of the beauty and superior elasticity of stitch.
One lady says, it is the only machine that can
quilt" another, that it is the only one ''ft
for boys trowsers;" and third, that she is
particularly delighted with the way in which
1t makes ''woolen drawers and flannel gar
ments."
The GROVER d BAKER stitch is the only
one that can be properly used upon bias seams
and is therefore adapted to an immense va
rietp of garments containing such seams, and
also seams, which are subjected to much
stretching and wear. In addition to the fact
that no rewinding and no fastening is requir-
ed, great deal of TIME, and temper too, is
saved to the operator, by the simplicity, rsgu-
larity; and ease Of the various movements,
the adjustments, without change of tension to
different kinds of work, and the method by
which it is thrown from the machine, with
out delay or embarrassment, and also in such
way as to enable the operator to maintain
pleasant and graceful position.