Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1866-01-18
From tho New York sunday Tlmcs,l
The Family Sewing Machine
by JENNIE JUNE.


10 understand the value of the Sewing
Machine, and the happy changes which II
has effected in the social aud family relations,
one must be familiar with the quiet house
holds, scattered throughout the East and
West, the North and South, Of this great
and thriving country.
Everywherein the interior domesicassist
ancc of any kind is 20 difficult to be obtain.
ed, that il is scarcely looked for, and every
good housewife relies upon her own exer-
tons, not only to keep her house in order,
her larder well supplied with the essential
luxurics Of homemade bread, cakes, and
pies, but her own, the children's, and ire-
quentIy 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
periorm-thc female head Of the house, the
hard-taskcd wife and mother, found not a
moment for relaxation. The drudgery Of
the kitchen was succeeded by that Of the
work basket, whose pile of shirts and small
garments seemed never to decrease. Not a
moment Of tine could be afforded for the
qualification Of any simple fancy, even in
ornamental necdlework, all, to the last
moment, and far into Saturday night, was
exhausted in the necessities of the plainest
work upon little aprons, frocks, and drawers,
and the inevitable weekly collection of fam
ily mcndiDg.
! In large number Of these households,
the case is now widely diflerent the Sewing
Machine, generally the Grover q Baker,
occupies an honorcd place in the family
sitting room, aud accomplishes more and
better than the most skillful seamstrcss. 1t
is in a sense which only those can apprc-
ciate who have known what it is to sew all
the household garments by hand, the fam.
lily friend. 1t is looked upon with eyes Of
real affection.
The interior of a country house, at this
season OF the year. is as pleasant as can be
/ imagined; and it is made so in great de
j gree, Ey the presence Of the Sewing Ma
chine. An hour work in the afternoon,
upon a bright, rapid wonder working
Grover 4 Baker, will accomplish more than
could be done by a weary hand working al
most into midnight. 1t will not only finish
/ the dozen shirts in less than no time, but
/ it will tuck drawers and chcmises, rufile
nghtgowns, stitch trowsers, quilt Innings
and covcrllds, and all this, and much more
with such strength. beauty. and precision
as would throw the neatest hand work into
the shade.
a Sewing Machine needs only to be pur-
chased once in lifetime, it is therefore of
the greatest importance to get the best; the
one which, all things considered is most
perfectly adapted to meet the requirements,
This we sincerely believe, and the opinion
! is corroborated by the highest authorities in
| the community, is the Grover X Baker Ma
! chino making the celebrated Grover &
Baker stitch, the only stitch as far as We
know, sufficiently elastic, to be adapted to
all kinds Of family sewing.
The peculiar qualities of the Grover &
Baker Machine, are strength, beauty, elast-
lclty, and versatility, or adaptation to any
kind work. 1t compasses the whole range
OF family sewing completely, and without
any of the vaxatious delays in rewinding,
iastc ming, and finishing, which are common
. to other machines, and which occupy SC
much time, and waste so much material. -
1t makes a beautiful, smooth, elastic scam
upon ciotlsOr cambric, which gires when it
is washed or stretched without breaking,
and in which every stitch is 50 firmly locked,
that the seam can be cut off between every
half dozen stitches without impairing its
strength
! Testimonial letters from ladies and house
keepers all over the country, speak unitedly
OF the beauty and superior elasticity of stitch
One lady says, it the only machine thatcan
quilt another, that it is the only one
fit for boy $ trowsers;'' and third, that
she is particularly delighted with the way in
which it makes "woolen drawers and flannel
| garments.
/ The Grover & Baker stitch is the only
one that can be properly used upon bias
seams, and is therefore adapted to an i'm
nense variety of garments containing such
seams, and also seams which are subjected
to much stretching and wear. In addition
to the fact that no rcwinding and no fasten-
ing is required, a great deal Of time, and
temper too, is saved to the operator, by the
| simplicity, regularity, and case Of the vari-
Gus movements, the adjustment without
change of tension to different kinds of work,
and the method by which it is thrown from
the machine, without delay or cmbarrass-
ment, and also in such way as to enable the
operator to maintain Il pleasant and graceful
| position.
For dress makers, the Grover & Baker is
the only suitable machine; it is the only one
that will accomplish satisfactorily, and with
an immense saving of time, all the plain
sewing, stitching and quilting, which they
have to accomplish
| For the heads of families it is equally
valuable. thrill do cre,ythiag 1t is sim
! pie. reliable, perfect in its operation, easy
! to be understood nat easy to get ont Of
order. and gives such thorough satisfaction,
rs to leave no room for complaint.
An Eloquent Extract.