The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-12-23

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NT'S NEW FAMILY MACHINE other fam-
| lily Sewing Machine has SO rapidly won favor in
I the household The very large sales of that
popular laachine, as shown by official returns
| far exceed these of any other company, and this
fact or result mas been owing to ITS real merits
hence it's great and growing popularity. 1t is
simple in construction, easily understood easily
operated-aE its parts gliding smoothly and els
lessly along-not liable to get out of order, has
capacity for great range and variety of work,
sewing all kinds Of cloth and with ali kinds Of
thread, and with the numerous attachments for
hemming, cording,. tacking, quilting, asipming.
binding, braiding, &C., and embroidering ~
many ingenious, tasteful and difficult designs,
is the most perfect Of all family sewing machines
Any one who will take the trouble to examine the
merits of the different machines claiming atten-
ton, can soon discover whether we claim tee
much for ours. 1t would avail us nothing to
make the above assertions II we were not ready
to prove. them, and all we ask is trial, for OBJ
servation alone can justly convey q clear impress
sion of the many..kinds of work of WHICH OUT
NEW FAMILY MACHINE is capable,
THE FOLDING CASES,
Which open with spacious tables to sustain the
work, and which fold into tables or boxes to pro-
tect the machines, when not in use, from dust and
meddlesome fingers, are made from. choice woods,
embellished. by pleasing designs, thus making
our new family machine not only an ornamental
piece of furniture, but in some Of the more elab.
srately finished machines work Of real aft.
TIE ATTACHMENTS -zsz-s4..7-'-'
OF our new family machine, above referred 10,
are not only numerous, but highly useful for the
purposes for which they were intended. They
need only a trial to show their great value
Among the most recent of the attachmenis isatke
- EMBROIDERER.
OF the different attachments of our new family
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approval Of our customers that for embroider-
ing, like the Hemmer, is one of the few instrl-
ments which will most please and satisfy the OBJ
server of its real value. .Itis so simple in sruc-
ture, that any one who can sew on, our machine
can use it, and without instruction. 1t may be
attached to or detached from the machine in on
instant ~ Without a lengthy description, and
even then, it would be difficult to describe the
great variety Of work that this little Instrument
will do. The reader must not suppose that what
we speak of is mere chain stitch operation.
which is sometimes humorously termed embrod-
cry. If desired, three colors Of iny kind Of
thread may be used at any one time and the col
ors Of thread may be changed at the. will of the,
operator, by removing the spools in use and put
ing others in their stead : thus a. many or "a
ew eolors may beused as the operator wishes,
n the embroidering of any garment. A great
7ariety Of results are produced by the manner in
which the tensions are regulated. Different re-
notion by simply changing the tensions. Results
1ary according to the length of stitches, kinds,
olors and tensions of the threads as we'll as sizes
# the needles used. The Embroiderer will use
my kind of thread The use of zepher worsted
or certain purposes gives very pleasant results.
n order to get just idea ofthis valuable attach
nent it will be necessary to see it in operation,
MANUFACTURING NACHlNES.-We would
SIX attention to our new Button hole Machine,
which is the only practical Buttonshole Machine
claiming public attention. Our manufacturing
machines, for other purposes, are too we'll known
o need comment. @f ~ . : t@,-s' -
MACHINE TWISTING have recently en-
arged our Silk Mills in Newark, N j., and FUN
shed them with the latestan most approved ma
hinery, which is being operated by highly skilled
abor. We know and feel the importance of not
'nly supplying the users of cur machines, but
he trade generally with the best quality Of Ma
HINE TWIST which we sell by MEASURE rather,
han by WEIGHT. The system of sellingby meight
las given manufacturers the opportunity of SO
eayily weighing silk in the process of idyeing
$ not only to greatly iniure its quality, but also
onvey wrong impression about its quantity.
n this respect we mean to be above suspicion
he manner in which the sizes of silks are grad
lated is also matter of great import. nee, but
We use the greatest possible care that the gradu-
ting shall be exceedingly accurate. In addition
o manufacturing from thebest quality of raw
ilk, the evenness of threat and beauty of finish
# the manufactured article will not, we think,
re soon surpassed. Each spool silk manufac-
ured by us, Of Of any particular sise or letter,
espective of weight, contains the number Of
Iards printed thereon Length, strength, size.
Iualty and finish of the thread are to be looked
o rather than weight We are now silk manu-
acturers on a large scale, and feel that large
rade can only be retained by us in furnishing D.
uperior article at a fair price. If other brands
+ Twist be offered at less price than ours, pur-
'hasers may rest assured that it is inferior in
luality, deficient in quantity, OF both. esgg
We have and shall keep in stock at our Central
)ce and various agencies, Twist of all sizes, the
If the various colors and shades of color in use,
md which will be sold at New York prices. :
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO., gofa
No. 1853 Broadway, New York,
BALTIMORE OFFICE, l5e Baltimore street.
Geo. e. Price, AGENT, staunton, Va.
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