The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-23

Six years elapood before any further ecsioa
NJ taken toward The intsoduction Of Saving
|M3eldnss, and then, on the 18th Of. Fsbsua-
81 l>19, the6rdk Americaa patent wls graat>
ditto John J. Gresaough, Of Washington. ST
Thu next rsesrdsl Attempt q - appliea- |
tidn Of the idea WAS made and patented By
B@aiamin W. Bean, of New York. In the
sans year (1s4s) a Sewing Machine was pat |
es|ssd by George r. Corlies, of Greenwich,
New York, but no one seems TO know much
about it, an evidence that its practical valusi
wis small. These abortive attempts had the
effect, however, Of calling the attention Of
Inventors - the subject of Sewing Machines,
AID on the 10th of September, 1886, Elias
3 lowe, Junior, of Cambridge, Massachusetts,,
patented the FIRST Sewing Machine capable
| OF being improved so as to be adapted to
general use.
| Although the machine patented by Mr..
Howe would now be considered worthless, it
| compared with the more recent inventions of
others, yet he stands at the door Of the Sew
| ihg Machine business, as it were, and levies
| a tax of one dollar on each finished machine
| iii which the principles he invented are used.
| 4 fortune closely approaching two million
! dollars has thus been accumulated by Mr..
Howe very fair return, considering the
fact that the Howe Machine has been left far
/ behind by those whose subsequent inventions
have effected revolution in the manufacture
Of clothing, shirts, caps, boots and shoes,
embroidery and house furnishing goods.
| The utility of Sewing Machine for family
use depends upon its adaptability to the
greatest variety of work and this article
would be incomplete, if, after tracing the rise
aud progress of the idea, we should fail to
point out from among the many varieties the
one that comes nearest to perfection and com.
bines the greatest number of useful quali>
ties. For certain kinds of work there may
4 be machines more peculiarly adapted than
| others; but for all the numberess require
ments OF family, We unhesitatingly pro-
nounce the smoothly, silently, and swiftly
running Grover 4 Baker Machine the best.
One great advantage is, that the thread is
drawn direct from the spools, and requires no
previous winding on shattles: and the SIM
plicity of all its parts. aud the easy ADJUST
ment of needle, thread, and work. makes 1t
more readily comprehensive to- the learner
than any we have yet seen. Another itnpor-
iant fact is that they perform, without On al
tera,ion Of the adjustment, much greater
variety Of work than is possible on others.
We might thus enumerate quality after quail
ty in our own way, but we think we do the
inventors and makers full justice, and ut the
same time relate our experience in terms
which there are no mistaking, when we say
that the Grover / Baker Machine may be
chosen as the best, simplest and most relia
bic Sewing Machine in the market.
The trade in these necessities. which have
now become so indispensable, is assuming
gigantic proportions. Grover Baker alone
send many thousands TO foreign markets. and
this popularity abroad is ar-esdence oftheir
merit and superiority. American Sewing
| Machines are used all over the world, and
like American pianos, have furnished the
principles which have been adopted BY a
great majority Of foreign manufacturers.
Y. L. Citizen.