The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-09-01
FROM the E.w York Sunday Times.
TIE Family Sewing; machine.
III JENNIE j USE.

To understand the value of the Sewing
! Machine, ana the happy changes which 1t has
| effected ia the social and family relations
! one must be familiar with the quiet house,
holds scattered throughout the East aud
| West, the Nr-,h and south, O. tins great and
thriving country.
Everywhere IN the interior domestic as
siSIance of any kind is so difficult 10 be OBJ
| tanned, that il Is scarcely looked for, and
every good housewife relies upon her own
| cyerJio-s, not only to keep her house IN
order, her larder well supplied with the rs>
! sentlal luxuries of home made bread, cake
and pies, but her own, the. children's, and
| frequently her husbands wardrobe furnished
with all .he useful, II not the ornamental.
| articles of dress.
This necessity provided an immense amount
Cf work for one pair Of hands to perform
the lei..-ie head o: IL, house, tne hard taSked
vile sud mother, found not moment for
relaxation The dspjeery OF the kitchen was
succeeded by that cf the work basket. whose
rie OF shirts and small garments seemed
never to decrease. Not a moment of time
could be afforded tor the qualification Of any
simple fancy, even in ornamental needle
work. all, to the last moment, and far into
Saturday night, was exhausted in the ncccso
stiles of the plainest work upon little aprons,
frocks and drawers, and the inevitable weekly
collection of family mending.
In a large number of these households the
case is now widely different; the Sewing
Machine, generally the GROVER & BAKER,
occupies an honored place in the family
slttIng>room, aud accomplishes more and
better than the most ski!lful seamstress. 1t
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 as leasant as can be
imagined /; and il is made 50, IN great
degree, by the presence Of the Sewing
Machine. An hours work in the afternoon,
upon j bright, rapid woodworking GROVER
& BAKER, will accomplish more than could
be done by a weary hahG working almost into
mi might 1t will not only finish the dozen
shirts in ''.ass than no time." but it Will tuck
drawers aud chcmiscs, Tutiic nightEO ms,
stitch trowsers, quilt lin.ugs and coyeglids,
and all this, and much more, with such
strength. beauty, aud precision, would
throw the ueate hand work into the shade.
4 Sewing Machine needs only to be pur,
chased once in lifetime. II Is ,herelre of
the greatest Importance TO get the best; thr
one which, all things cons l-Eer. Is, most per.
E-cliv adapted to meet the require neurs.
THIS W s.u7e-eIv believe. a.d the opinion
Is corrolJrared by ,hc highest authorities in
the community, i the Grover = b.Ehg
Machine making The celebrated "GgoyEE =
BAEKg" stitch. the Only stitch, As jar as We
know. sufficiently elastic II be adapted to al.
kinds of family sewing.
The peculiar qualities Of tie C-yver !
Baker Machine are, strength, bear'v, class
ITCHY. and versatility, or adaptation 90 ans
kind Of work II cOmpa-scs the whole range
OF family sewing completely. and without
siv Of tie v.xatious DELAYS IN -ewlutIaI.
fastening lui finishing. which a.c common
10 other machines. aud which occupy so
much time, and waste 50 much maternal. l.
makes a beautiful, smooth. elastic seam upon
cloth or Cambric. winch giC~S when 1t l=
washed or stretched without breaking, and ia
which every stitch IS 80 firmly iertet that the
seam csn be cut of between every halt dozen
stitches without juparriI- IL s'rea- 9Th.
Testimonial letters, from ladies and house
keepers al! over the country, speak u.l"4.y
OF the beauty ani superior elasticity oi ~ttcn.
One lady says, it IS lie only machine that
can guilt = another, that IL is the only one
"iit iJr boys trowser-;" :" aud {. third. that
she j. par'.cullriv delighted with the WAY In
hich ~ makes wooden drawers aud fame!
garine,.>.
The Grover 4 Baker stitch is The only ore
thai can be- properly used upon bias seams.
AID is therefore adapted to an immense
variety Of garmcn;s containing sgt1I seams.
and ais, seams which are subjected 10 much
stretching aud wear. in addition 10 tLe fact
that no rey5aiiu. and no fastening Is re-
quired, great deal Of time. and temper too,
J., saved to the operator, by the simplicity,
regularity. and ease of the various moves
mer;s. the adjustment without change Of /
tension 10 different kinds Of work, aud the
method bv winch /: is thrown from the MAJ
chine. without dg,ay or eubarrass smeut. and |
also in such WAY as to enable the operator 10 !
rr;.i..'ain pleasant and graceful p. ftion.
For dress-maa the Grover i Baker Is
the ONLY suitable machine; it l. the only ore
that VIII accomplish satisfactorily, and with /
On immense saving of time, all the plain /
sewins, stitching and quilting WHICH they
hay e to accomplish.
For the head. 1f ftmi'ics it IS cqua'ly val |
liable i ,rit "a rrssykiiag. 1t is simple, /
reliable, perfect in its operation. easy to be |
understood, nat easy to get ont Of order, aud |
gives such thorough satisfaction as 20 leave |
no room for complaint.