Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-19
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The skStrsI 0ochsns.
Among IttsI grsstVk rsveiutions Of
modss = tupes must b. ranked that which
hSs been eiFected in sdomcs,ic s61frs BY
the Sewing Machine. 18th. steam engine
nearly doubled sbs eum 81 human life, and
mnlIpS<sio { tAohsAud folsi The D,esr Of
mank ind, SO, aIsS. has tive gpest labor say
ing invention. flow clearly was its efiicien
cy mantle sted during the gigantic war just
ended How could the millions Of men who
we're sent into the 6eid ever have been
promptly supPlsij with ostf,s without st,e
trcles-. lightning like fingers Of this little
| instrument -@TII
Fey who are not travelling extensively
through the c6-msry are axare how uni.
| versslly this uiaehin1 Has taken the place
Of the weari.ome needle. Perhaps al idea
Of the extent of this substitution can not be
better ob,ained than bya glance At the
magnitude Of souv VI ths msnufastr ries.
or the number Of the rival establishments,
| let US take one Of the Leading ones for ex-
| arr pie. At the GwovsH 4 BAxxR factory in
| Boston. the machinery FIR turning out the
| inT suments, stands, and cabinets requires
nearly Ave hundred men to work it. The
Company conduct twenty four sales estsb
| jshrnents, in their own name, in different
parts Of The United States, and in London
and Liverpool. England, and in Melbourne.
Australia. They have, moreover agencies e.
ahl,shod in = l the principal cities Of the
Old WeriG, and IL almost every village Of
c New World.
The princi pai depot for foreign exports
l :. -. ~. c,,, ~, Au, 0rn.dvs,. This
rs abllsnment occupies = building three
s,orie, IN front Oh Brood ~ay.a and exten ing
lack ,wo huudi ell feet 10 Mercer street
Uniq ,e in design and tnagn ,6centlv fittc
up, IT ranks among the fret commercial pal
aces in the metropolis. From this place
machines are con >tantly being s<ut out 1"
all parts cf the world. They 90 among all
ranks not only the humble, hut lEhe very
proude&t They have b~en furnished by
command. to the + npr-ss Of France; the
En-, ress Of Russia the Empress Of Brazi';
The Queen Of Spain and the Queen Of Ba
va,ia.
Now remembering that, although the
Grover 4 Baker Company is the leading
one, tn. re are dozen others approAimA-
ting more or less nearly to it in extent OF
operations, an., If We combine them oil IN
our calculations We may obtal" some idea
VI the astonishing magnitude Of the Sewing
Machine business.
| But st,ll more important aspect Of the
ease 10 the bcniticent mission il Is perform
ing in the myriad homes Of our own and
other lands. tightening the cares of the
household, taking upon i.sc'i the burden
of the most exhaustive drudscry, it comes
like "A very angel OF mercy into the domcs
II circle, shedding sunshine and happiness
| around it.
| We wish we had room for the many ex
pres, ions Of tia, kfuncss aud .ati>fr ION
We havc ,cre,v Il from correspondents reii
| I'VE To tbs valued "L lpmcet." As tits,
we can give but n single one
| I'VE are much disappointed" writes
country rar~on, to ai'lend in The ity. AZ
not beii < able to visit you; bu, the disa-
pointment has been made UP, at least SO lar
as - is concerned, by appropriating the
money we had intended to use FIR th:t pur-
pose to purchase Grover & ,ker Sewing
Machine You may bc sure Fanny is de
iehted four children TO sew for is NJ joke
and Grover IL Baker has been her dream
by night and day fer several years.
at is so nearly noI>cless that she has
| pa GU IL Ill NY uuN uuu ~ fhsP'N ~ ~
operation that size has already learned to
duccd that large "pile' Of small garments as
to render il possible that they may some
da, disappear altogether.
AT first lstrongy Objected to having it
in the study, for fear 81 disturbance during
my quiet hours. but soon founl that it ala
not disturb me in the least, aud now | can
really write better with the gentle ,susical
sound in nv cars The only difficulty is
that Fanny is constantly jumping up to
claim my admiration for some fresh a h eve
m"nt. One time it is the fine tucks in the
baby's cambria !rock another time ;he
stitching upon the shirt or some still more
We nacrful result in the makr & of a basque.
License mc for dev"ing much If my
letter to this l,trle nach,uc. At rrcscn, II
is the principal SUBJECT of our thoughts and
our conversation. L. has really transform
ed my poor, iapgnid, weary, ovcrwr,k, d
Fanny into something like the bright, act
i've. cheerful girl she was ten years ago
Thank II avcn for our Grover & Baker ~
THIS s'imony. gwen in an indirect way,
and without any icea or its reaching The
public is only ore among ten thousand "
licences Of the high estimation in wh,ch the
GROVER & BAKER Machine is held by fam,
lies VINO possess them. l"t, whatever
housed" it enters It carries sunshine
sunshine w. ,ich is not dn,kri I'd hy di.!icul-
ties and complications and unsatisfactory
results but hccoms brighter anl brighter
with every glad surprise. every new dcvei
ppm, ut Of its admirable qualities.
IT. M chanism IS simple, but perfect
ems " understood; exact in its working
true, rs the necdlc I" the polr to its :m>-
| -un Under its operat IN I, he delicate Ids
Of lace and c,nhric assume new beauty,
and the stoutc>t weolcn u z ace which adds
n charm to its usefulness. Its swift, no>e
less fingers are never tired. never weary.
always ready to execute the will Of their
mistress. Under it's influence orler and
nentnexs take the place Of disorder and
n. glcct. and grace and Refinement fiod time
and room to grow and expand in the hum
best homes.
It's stitch is adapted TO al, kinds Of work,
the p!anest as we'll as the finest. and every
description Of material used in a family,
from lace 1" beaver cloth. 1t is also very
elastic, and ~ acknow lcs'g"d, for cautv
and durability. TO be superior to all others.
Ladies say the GROVER a. BAKER is "such
comfort" because it never q, is out ofordcr,
but, III ITS tirclcSs activity, becomes bright
er more hcauiiui, and more efficient the
mere it j. used. 1t has taken out more
WRINKLES :, and b.aut'ticd more women VIII"
were fast growing old AID ugly, than the
balm Of a Thonsan Flowers 1t is the
greatest li.httner Of hnus, holi cares, and
the richest domestic blessing Of the nine
tccnth century. Ask anv woman who us
one il it is not.-Home Journal