White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
IRON! IRON!
SLIGO IRON STORE,
Ne. 1907 n. Second Street, ST. LOUIS.
WE HAVE REDUCED OUR PRICES,
DECEMBER IS, 1861.
dec. i9.im. GEO. p. HALL.
To Purchasers of Sewing Machines
AND
Holiday Gifts.

gNHE FLORENCE LOCK STITCH RE
yERSIBLEFEEDS SEWING MACHINE
Has again carried off the highest honors at The
principal Fairs the present season. commenc-
ing with the Nep England agricultural Fair
af Prosisenee, in September. where it was awnr.
ded the ktsAesf prize; immediately following
which came the Een York Stcte Fair, at Buf,
6lts, in Odsber, where the committee award
ed it the First Prize for double thread ma
chine.
Then came the great Annual Fair of New
England, viz: that of the Mechanics Associa-
lisa, at Lorek, where the Highest Prize, the
ONLY Gold Medal awarded 10 any Family
Sewing Michine, was aw ,ried to the FLOR
ENCE, and that too after il had been oa ex-
hibition in competition with Other Sirst Class
Machines for five consecutive weeks, where it
had been examined by the best mechanics ia
the country, who pronounced il the best con
structed aud most reliable Machine. ana Que
that. on account of its simplicity. would &C.
compiled a greater amount Of scork. sad ia q
more ssfisfa etory aiaaner, than any ether Sen
ing Msehine erer iapenfed.
At the Fair of the Maryland Institute, which
closed four weeks session at Baltimore, on
tbs 18th of November. the superiority of the
FLORENCE was again confirmed BY the
Committee on Sewing Machines, who uuari-
highest prize the Institute confers.
On the 18th of September, the great Fair
and Exhibition of the American Institute was
opened At New York. As usual. the display
Of Sewing Machines VAS large, and the CO n
petition stroag; but after six weeks trial,
the friends Of the FLORENCE had the salts.
faction Of seeing their iarorite again triumph
ant, and for the second time hearing of the
highest honors of the American Institute.
Below We give an extract from the Report
Of the Committee on Sewing Machines, read
At the close Of the Fair:
1.-The whole number of sewing machines on
exhibition lie thirteen, Of these twelve are en-
tered for competition. The article bearing
the number go (the Florence Sewing Ma
ehine) is decided to be the best on exhibition.
1t must also be stated incidentally. that this is
better than any of its class known to the judg
IS. Its merits are:
First-Good materials and thorough work
0anship.
"Second-More absolute nov city than marks
the usual Improvements in Sewing Machines.
Third-The ingenious arrangement by a
positive motion for adjusting the thresd dur
ing the massage Of the shuttle, and the gather
Ing up Of it in the finish of the stitch.
Fourth-The reversible iced.
Fifth-The variety of work which can be
done upon 1t.
ave therefore decide that it receive the
award Of 6rst-cla
"WM. PRATT.
"IRA S. CADY,
"L. ]. KNOWLES.
This 10 to certify that the foregoing is
true extract from the report of the Judges OF
Sewing Machines at the Annual Fair, 1867.
JOHN ". CHAMBERS,
Secretary Board Of Managers.
INV YoRK, November llth, 1867"
Ii would seem as if this succession Of tri-
amphs should be sufficient to convince every
unprejudiced person of the great superiority Of
Gle FLORENCE over all Others as Family
Sewing Machine. If anything more is needed
TO confirm the above, We might add that, in
1861, the Company only sold fifty Machines,
whilst now there are over forty thousand in use,
thus establishing the success of the FLOR
ENCE beyond all question.
ESery Mockine is Warranfed.
Circulars, Price Lists and samples OF work
furnished on application.
WILLIAM T.. PLANT,
GENERAL WESTERN AGENT,
No. sos Chestnut Street,
Ct l0ll1S MO.