Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-01-20
tn. Family sewing Machine.
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10 understand the value OF tue sewing
Machine, and the happy changes which II has
effected in the social and family relations. one
must be familiar with the quiet HOUSEHOLDS.
scattered throughout the East and West the
North aud South, Of this great and thriving
country.
Everywhere in the interior domestic assistance
OF any kind is so difficult to be obtained, that
u is scarcely looked for and every good house
wife relies upon her own exertops, not only TO
keep her house in order. her lsrder well sup
piled with the essential luxuries of homemade
bread, cake, aud pics, but ber own, the chill.
drens ard fre queptiy her husbspG's wardrobe
furnished with all the useful II not the orDs-
mental, articles OF dress.
This necessity provides an i'm tn ense amount
OF work for one pair Of hands to pc rforu-tbe
female head of The house, the hard tasked
wife and mother. found oota mt nest for re-.
taxation. The drudgery Of iibe kitchen was
50, ceeded by that OF The work basket, wbose
pile OF skirts and small garments seemed never
10 dccrease Not q moment OF time could be
afforded Tor the gratifcatiou of any simple
iancy, even 10 ornamental needlework. all, 10
the last moment, aud far into Saturday night,
was exhausted in the necessiiie Of the plsiDcst
work upon little aprons, frocks. aud drawers,
and The inevitable weekly collection OF family
mendiog. ~ l E7rs
In lnrge number Of these households, the
case is Dow wildly different; ) the, Sewing Ma.
chine. generally The Grover & Baker, occupies
gu honored place 10 the family sittingroom
| aud accomplishes more aud better thun the
most skillful seamstress IL is in sense, which
oniy those eau apprecinte who have Known
what 1t is to sew all the household garments
by hand, the family friend. 1t Is looked upoh
with eyes Of real ectiou.
Tue interior Of country house, at this
season OF the year, Is as pleasant as can be
lnagiiied; aud it Is made, so, 10 great degree,
by the presence OF tile Sewing Machine. AT
hours work in The afternoon, upon u bright
rapid, wonder working Grover & Baker, will
accomplish more than could be doUe by q
weary baed working almost iuto md pight. Ii
will not ooly flush The dozen shirts lin .'ies,
than no lime, but it will tuck drawers and
chemses, ,ruffle nightgowus, stitch rowsers
quilt llniDgs aLd coverlids, end all this, and
much more, with such strength. beauty. and
precision, as would throw the neatest baud
work into The shade. -a.
Sewing Machine needs only 10 he pur
chased once IN Il lifetime IT, is therefore OF the
greatest Importance to get the bestj the Oh,
which, ull things considered, is most perfectly
adapted to meet the requirements.
his we sincerely believe, aud The opinion Il
eorrOborated by the highest authorities IN th,
community, 10 the Grover & baker MacLin,
making the celebrlted Grover & Baker stitch
the only stitch as far as We know, 81 ficieu,ly
elastic, To be adapted 10 oil kinds OF lan.ill
sewing.
1he peculiar qualities of the Grover s Bake
Machine, arc strength, beauty, elasticity, anC
versatility, or adaptation to any kind of work
1t conpasses the whole runge vi family sewing
compile Iely, aud Without any OF the vexstious
q elays III reminding, fastenmg aud tinIsbin :,
which are common to otLer machines. aud
which occupy so much time. aud waste so much
muteriui. IL makes u beautiful, tnUutl
elastic seam upon cloth or caulbric. whici
gires wheD it is washed or e'ched wiihou
hreaklug, aud III which every stltca Is so d nly
locked, tb the seam can be cut tff betuee
every half dozen stitches without imJ airing il
strength.
Testimonial letters from ladies' and house
keepers oil over the country. speak uDitedly @
The beauty aud superior elasticity Of siich =
Que lady says. il is the only machine that Gu
quilt auolber, that it is the only une fit f.
buys trowsers;' aud third, that she is pal
,icularly delighted with the way in which
makes "wOoen drawers aud finuel garmeuts
The Grover & Baker stitch is the only on
that can be properly used upon bias seams, All
is therefore adapted to an immense variety 4,
garments containing such seams. and ns
seams which ale sui >cled TO much stretchiD
aud wear. In Lddl,lou to The fact that DO 7,
WIN dug and 10 lasltblng Is uquitd, gre;
deal oi lime, aud temper too, is saved to Ii
operator. by The simplicity. regularity, aud eas
OF the various m0vebts the adjustment witho,
change Of tension TO different kinds of wor
aud the method by which 1t is thrown fro
the machine, without delay or embarrasmrr
aud also IN such way us to enubie the operat,
!, to muinlsin q pleasant aud graceful p
q siiion.
For dress-makers the Grover 6 Baker is Il
: only suitable machine; il is the obly one lb,
will accomplish satisfactorily with an immen
3 saving of time, all the plain Sc wing, sltchiu
and quilting. which they have to accomplish.
For tie heads OF families it is equal
valuable. ~ teiH do everything, 1t is slmIl,
reliable, perfect iu It's operation, easy 10
understood. not easy to get out Of Order ul
gives such thorough satisfaction, as to leus
10 roou for complaint.
Go 10 Herrc'k for your goods and save