Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-17
From the Home Journal.
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.-a4....i From the Home Journal. 4 q yi. .. .
.... ., The Sewing Machine.r ..,
Among the greatest revelations Of mod
ern times must be ranked that which has
been effected in domestic affairs by the
Sewing Machine Ii the steam engine
hearty doubled the sun of hnman life. and
multiplied a thousand fold the power Of
mankind, so, also, has bis great labor sd wing
Invention. How -cleery was ts, ficieucy
manifested in The gigantic war just ended /!
How could The millions OF men who were
sept iuto the heId ever have been promptly.
supplied with outfits without The tirsless,
lightning-like fingers of this little nstru,
lDent ""' e o "f '' , '~i 80
Few who are not travelling extensively
thtoogh lbe country are aware how nni.
versally this machine has taken the place
OF the old wearisome needle. Perhaps an
idea OF the extent of This substitution can
not be better ob aimed than by glance at
The magnitude Of some of the manufactures.
VI he number of the rival establishments.
let nS take one Of the leading ones for an
ex mple.' At the Grorer q. Baker factory,
in Boston, the machinery Tor turning out
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qulres nearly five hundred men TO work it.
The company conduct twen'y-four sales es-
Establishments, iu their own name, in d ;fferent
parts of tue United States, apd in London
and Liverpool, England, aud in NJ, bourne,
Australia. They have, moreover. agencies
established in all the p.iucipal cities of the
o d World, AID in almost every village Of
lhe New World
The pti'cipai depot for foreign ex port is
in this city. a No 495 Broadway ~ This
establishment occupies a building three
stories in front on Broadway, aud ox end
ing back 200 feet to Mercer Street -
Unique in design anG magnfcen1y fitted
mp, it ranks among the first commercial
palaces in the metropolis From this
place machines are constantly being sent
out to oil parts of the world They go
among all rahks-no, only the humble But
the very proudest. They have been fur.
pished, by co@mand, totho Empress OF
France. the Empress of Russia The EN-
press of Brazil the Queen of Spain and
The Queen of Bavaria. .' .'''''' .,
Now, remembering that, altho gh the
Grocer q. Baker Company, isthe leading
one, there are a dozen Others spproxima-
! Ting more or less nearly 10 it in exteDt, Of
operations, aud, if we combine them all in
our caicu ations, we may obtain some idea
! Of the astonishing magnitude of the Sewing
| Machine business. yaHefg 1HtH H.urrsy
| But a still more important aspect Of the
case is the beneGcent mission it is perform
ing in the myriad homes Of our own and
other lands. Tightening The cares of the
household. taking upon itself the burden of
The most exhaustive dr. dgery, it comes like
very angel of mercy iato the domestic
| circle, shedding sunshine and happinees
around it. ' '"''+ N,'i'+'t7'
We wish we had room for the nany ex
pressions of thankfulness and satisfaction
we have received from correspondents re
lalive to this vaIued ,'.belpmeet." As it is,
we can give bat single one
1--WE we're much disappointed,' writes
country parsoa TO a friend ia the city, at not
being able TO visit you but tte dispppoiut,
nfent has been made up, at least so far as -
is concerned, by appropriating the money We
had Intended TO use for that purpose TO the pur-
chase OF a Grocer 8. Baker Sewing Machine
You may be sure Fanny is delighted; !; loar
children 10 sew for is no Joke. and Grocer g.
Baker has been her dream hy night and day
for several years 1.a en bf' l9sH plaHf
e. 1t is so nearly noiseless that she has placed
it in my study, aad SO simple in its operation
that she has learned TO use il with facility. and
has actually 80 reduced the pile OF small gar
meDls as TO render it possible that they may
soae day disappear altogether. .......
AT FIRST strongly objected to having II in
the study, for fear Of dstui bance during my
quiet hours, but soon found that it did not dis
tsrb rae iu the least, aud now | can ready write
better with its gentle musical sound in my ears.
The only difficulty is that Fanny is constantly
Jumping mp TO claim my admiration for some
fresh achievement. One time 1t is tho 6ne lucks
10 the baby S cambria irock another tlme the
stitching upou my shirt. or Sums still more
wonderful result 10 the making OF cloth
basque.
Excuse me for devdiiug so much OF my let
ter 10 this great liliie mncniue. Al present il
is the pgilcIpal subject OF our thoughts and our
conversation. IL has really transformed my
poor, hnguid, weary oyerworked Faoay into
sop'ethipg like The bright active, cheerful girl
she WAS ten years ago. Thank Heaven for our
Grover q. Buker. = ~ '''''. '''i ''
THIS testimony. given in an indirect way,
aud without any idea OF It's reaching the
publc. s only one among leu thousand evi.
dences OF he high estimation In which the
Grocer d Baker Maehlue'is b ID by fami
hes who pos ess them. Iu.e whatever
household il enters u carries sunshine---sun-
shine which is not darkeDed by difficulties
aud complications and unsati,faetory re-
suits, but becomes brighter aud brighter
with every glad surprise. every new devel.
,pmeut OF It's admirable qualities. sii is
its mechanism is simple, bat perfect
easily understood; exact in its working
true, as the needle TO the pole, 10 i.s mis-
slou. Under its operation tho > delicate
folds Of lace and esmbrio assume new
beauty, and the stoptsss w0olsp grace
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