Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-17
A Curiosity for the Ladies.
We clip the following from th'
New York Commercial Advertiser:

We clip the following from the
New York Commercial Adrertiser:
There is on exhibition at the sales
room of Messrs. Wheeler & Wilson,
No 625 Broadway, the first sewing
machine No. } made 10y that compa-
ny. the present number being about
100000. Let the interested compare
the machine sold in 1851 for Sl25
with those now offered for $72. The
Former owner of this machine gives
its history as follows:
This machine was finished early
in 1851, and learned it's use from
Mr.. Wilson himself l was thus, you
see, the first to work the Wheeler &
Wilson machine, aud learned on the
first machine they ever manufactured.
In 1854 earned with the machine
1926, besides doing my own house.
work and taking care Of my baby.
In 1856 we came to Davenport aud
brought tho machine with us. l be-
lcve il the first machine ever brought
60 Iowa.
Euu tu6l HbCtIiuc Sob"
stantly fur more than fourteen years.
On all sorts of work, from the finest
dressmaking to the heaviest tailor
ing; | Quilted a full size bed-spread
with il, which had been exhibited
three times at the fair. 1t took me
three weeks to do it with my other
work; but it could not be done by
hand in rs many years. / have even
stitched leather with it, and at the
time ! exchanged it in 1865 for No.
l93,320, it worked just as well as
when made. 1t is perhaps, unneces-
sary for me to add, that believe the
Wheeler & Wilson to be vastly supe-
rior to any other machine made.
Yours. respectfully, p. Z. b.
Time tries all things. Use only
furnishes the fiirai test. Opinions oi
the skillfnl may be Of value, but time
is needed TO confirm them All fail.
ures have had thei: advocates. 1t is
noteworthy that the sewing machine
for which the highest premium was
awarded ut the Worlds Fair here 10
1853 long since sank into merited oh.
livion. The past fifteen years have
seen numerous machines, with high
sounding pretcntions, rise with "A -four.
ish, coniound the simple, aud vanish
So will il be while credn!lty lasts
The Wheeler & Wilson Company
fixed upon the :" Lock Stitch" as the
one best suited 10 the general pur.
poses Of sewing, for beauty, perma.
ncnce, elasticity and economy OF
thread, and experience has confirmed
the preference. II was at liberty
then. as now, to make chain stitch
machine; and even now, at a cost Of
less than 10 cents each, can adapt its
lock-stitch, but not believing in the
stitch. has steadily refused to give it
any kind Of endorsement
while this Company has given to
the public tie best fruits Of inventive
genius, il has guarded 10 from a
multitude Of traps. Attachments have
been added for various purposes, as
hemming, binding, braiding, cor,iing.
&c. hut il has been kept free Of all
useless complications. Simplicity of
parts aud adaptation to the widest
range OF work, has been the constant
aim. Instead Of boasting Of varie.
~ Of useless stitches and movements,
il claims Ia make but one kind Of
stitch. and that with the iewest move
inents possible Hence the machine
may run constantly for many years,
like the No l. above mentioned, on
lifetime. even. aud work just as
well as when new. With coInpli.
Cation Of parts and movements il