Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-26

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Xpress it, Xtorted 49, nm Nplosion Of
Nlravigant IMPRESSIONS, for which tho
Needing Nigency OF the OCCASION was
some Ntenuation and Ncusc. The lady
Is an N-tcachor IN one of our Xcellent
city schools, while the gentleman Ncels
AZ u penman, from which we, taking an
X-pdrte view, judged the affair to be All
Nporiment upon new and Xpsditious
method of making the letter X
From the New York sunday Times.
Tho Family Sewing Machine.
by JENNIE JUNE.
To understand the value of the Sew
ing Machine, and the happy changes
which il has effected In the social and
family relations, one must be familiar
with tho quiet households, scattered
throughout tho East and WOst, tho
North and South. of this great and
thriving country.
Every where In the interior domostio
assistance of any kind ia so difficult 10
be obtained, that 1t Is scarcely looked
for, and every good housewife relies up
on her own exertions, not only IN keep
her house In order, her lardcr well sup.
piled with the essential luxuries Of
homemade bread, cake, and pies, but
her own, the children's, and freQueptly
her husbands wardrobe furnished with
all tho useful, il not the ornamental
articles of dress.
! This necessity provided an immense
amount of work for one pair of hands 10
perform, female head of the house,
the liarj-tasked wife and mother, found
not moment for relaxation. Thedrudg-
cry of the kitchen WAS succeeded by
that of the work basket, whose pile Of
shirts aud small garments seemed pey-
cr To decrease. Not "a moment of time
could be afforded for the qualification Of
any simple fancy, even In ornamental
needlework, all, TO the last moment,
and far into Saturday night, was OK
haustcd i'm the necessities OF the plaincst
work upon little. aprons, frock ks. and
drawers, and tho inevitable weekly coll
lection Of family mending.
In large number of these households
! the case Is now widely different the
Sewing Machine, generally the Grover
~ Raker occupies an hOnored place in
the family sitting-room, and accom-.
piishCs moro and better than the most
skillful scanlstresa. VI Ia in sense,
which only those can appreciate who
have know what IL IL to sew all the
household garments by hand, the family
friend. 1t Ia looked upon with eyes Of
real affection.
The interior Of a country house, At
this season of the year, Is as pleasant ~
can be imagined and ii IL made SO, in
u great degree, by the presence Of tho
Sewing Machine. An hours work in
the afternoon, upon bright, rapid,
wonder-working Grover Il Baker, will
accomplish more than could be done by
weary hand working almost into mid
night. 1t will not only finish the dog
On shirts in " less than no time" but IL
Will tuck drawers and chemises, ruffie
nightgowns, stitch trowsers, quilt lin
ings and coverids, and all this, and
much more, with such strength, beauty
and precision, as would thlraaw tho nn.'-
"A Sowing Machine needs only to be
purchased once in u lifetime, IL is there
fore of the greatest importance to get
the best the one which, all things con-
sidcred, IL most perfectly adapted to
meet the requirements,
This we sincerely believe, and the
opinion is corroporated by the highest
authorities in the community, IL tho
Grover Il Baker Machine making the
celebrated "Grovcr a. Baker" stitch,
the only stitch as far rs we know, suf-
iieicntly elastic TO be adapted to oil
kinds Of family sewing.
The peculiar qualities Of the Grover
d Baker Machine, are strength, beauty,
elasticity, and versatility, or adaptation
tn any kind Of work. 1t cOmpasses tho
whole range Of fumily sewing completes.
iy, and without any of the vexati0us
delays Ia rewinding, fastening, aud fin-
ishing, which are common to other ma
chimes, and which occupy 10 much
time, and waste SO much material. 1t
makes Il beautiful, smooth, elastic seam
upon cloth or cainbric, which gircs
l.. A.. Il \ Al
breaking, and in which every stitch In
cut Off between every half dozen stitches
without impairing its strength.
Testimonial letters from ladies and
. bousekecpcrs all over the country, speak
unitedly Of the beauty and superior
elasticity Of stitch. One lady says, il ID
the only machine that can "quilt ~ an
other, that II is the only one SIT for
! boys trowsers;n - and third, that she Ia
particularly delighted with the way in
which ii makes 'woOlcn drawers and
/ flannel garments."
The Grover Il Baker Glitch Is the only
one that can be properly used upon bi1s
seams, and is therefore adapted to an
/ immense variety OF garments contain.
ing such seams. and also seams which
are subjected to much stretching aud
WSuIs Ill w IIc kuCJ tll8L IO
rewinding and no fastening Is required,
a great deal of time, and temper too, 10
saved to the operator, by the simplicity,
regularity, and ease Of the various
movements, the adjustment without
change Of tension to different kinds OF
work, and the method by which II ID
thrown from the machine, without do.
lay or embarrassment, and also In such
way as TO enable the operator to main
tain q pleasant and graceful position.
For dress-iDasers, the Grover 4 Baker
is the only suitable machine; 1t II the
only one that will accomplish satisfac.
torily, aud with an immense saving ot
time, all the plain sewing, stitching
and quilting, which they have TO accom-,
plish.
For the heads Of families 1t is equally
valuable. n WW do everything. 1t Il
simple, reliable, perfect in its operation
easy to be understood. not easy to ge
out Of order, and gives such. thorough
satisfaction, as to leave no room for com
plant.
THE following statistics are from ia,
general minutes of the Methodist Epiu
copal Church for 1885:
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