Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-01-10
WHOLE NUMBER 1876.
From the New York Sunday TImes.l
The Family Sewing Ksohi1s: Fei
BY JENNIE JUNE,

Machine, and the happy. changes which L
has effected in the social and family reiStoSs,
one must be familiar with the quiet house. a
holds, scattered throughout the East and
West the North and South, OF this great and :
thriving country.
Everywhere in the interior domestic asa
sistance Of any kind is 50 difficult to Be Oh.
tanned, that It is scarcely looked for, aud
every good housewife relies upon her oNa
-ezertions, not only to keep her house in orr
der, her larder well supplied with ihs esssn-
aal Injuries Of homemade bread, cake, and
pies, but hef own, the chiIdren's, and i15-
quently her husbands wardrobe furnished
with all the useful, 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-taiks
ed wife and mother, found not moment aoE g
relaxation. The drudgery Of the kitchen
was succeeded by that Of the work-basEek
whose pile OF shirts and small garmsnts
seemed never to decrease. Not a moment Of
tine could be afforded for the qualification Of
any simple fancy, even in ornamental needle.
work, all, to the las. moment, and far into
Saturday night, was exhausted in tbe tisseS.
sites Of the plainest work upon littis sbronh,
frocks, and drawers, and the inevitable weeks
ly collection of family mehding. --l
In a large number of these households, che
case is now widely different; the Sewing
Machine generally the Grover & Baker, oe.
cupies an honored place in the family sittInRs
room, and accomplishes more and better than
the most skiIlfuI seamstress. It is in sense.
which only those can appreciate who have
known what it is to sew all the household
garments by hand, the family Friend. Il Is
looked upon with eyes of real affection.
The interior Of country house. at this
season of the year, is at pleasant as cau Be-
imagined; and it is made so, in great de-
gree, by the Sewing Machine. An hours
work in the afternoon, upon bright, rapid,
woodworking Grover & Baker, will accom-
plish more than could be done by weary
hand working almost into midnight. It viii
not only finish the dozen shirts is "lsss than
no time" but It will tuck drawers and chem
ises, rufle nightgowns, stitch trowssra. qdiit
Innings and c0verlds, and ali this, and much
more, with such strength, beauty, and pres
cisiop, as would throw the neatest hand-work
into the shade. fat
A Sewing Machine needs only to os puF= .
chased once in lifetime, it is therefore Of
the greatest importance to get the best; the
one which, all things considered, is most bsfI
fectly adapted to meet the requirements. =
This we sincerely believe, and the opinion
is corroborated by the highest authorities in
the community, is the Grover l. Baker Ms
chine making the celebrated ' Grover 4 Bs-
1er stitch, the only stitch as far as We
know, sufficiently elastic, to be adapted To
all kinds Of family sewing. l-n .Ta
The peculiar qualities of the Grover & BAs-a
ker Machine, are strength, beauty, elasticity, 6
and versatility, or adaptation to any kind Of
work. It eompasses. the whole range of
family sewing completely, and without any
Of the vexatious delays in rewindlng Esstsas
ing, and finishing, which are common 70
other machines, and which occnpy so much
time, and waste so much material. Il makes
a beautiful, smooth, elastic seam upon cloth
Or cambria, which gives when it Is washed
or stretched without breaking and in which
every stitch is so firmly locked, that the seam
can be cut of between every half DOZEN
stitches without impairing its strength:
Testimonial letters from ladies' and HOUSE,
keepers all over the country, speak unitedly
IF the beauty and superior elasticity Of stitch.
One lady says, it is the only machine thaI
,an quilt" another, that it is the only onS
g fit for boys trowsers;" and third, that
he is particularly delighted with the way is
which it makes wooIen drawers and flannel
,armehts."
Tie Grover & Baker stitch is the only ons
hat can be properly used upon bias seams and
S therefore adapted to an immense variety Of
garments containing such seams, and also
caIlS Which arc Su'ICCtEu 70 uluCQ BtFeteEfnH
nd wear. In addition to the fact thst no re-
winding and no fastening is required, a great
eaI of time, and temper too, is saved to tbs
perator, by the simplicity, regularity, and
ase Of the various movements, the adjust.
nent without change Of tension to different
ands Of work, and the method By which Il
) thrown from the machine, without dslav
r embarrassment. and also in such ws1 a 10
nable the operator to..maintain pleasant and
raceful position. s--f-ef g.. 5.5
For dresssnaI,ers, the Grover & Bsksr.iss
he only suitsblemaehine i. the only one
hat will accomplish satisfactorily, and with
n immense saving Of time, al the plain sew
1g, stitching, and quilting, which they hs7S
0 accomplish.
For the heads Of ia1siliss i. is s4aaIly val.
able. twill do everything. II is simple,
eliabe, perfect in its operation. easy to be
nderstood, not easy to get out of order, and
ives such thorough satisfaction, as to lea7s
o room for complaint
JOE and Bill Benton went to New Orleans
nth fat boat Of corn. Joe wrote 10 his
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