Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-08-30

The famous success of the SINGER MANUFACTURE
ING COMPANY has stimulated many other compan-
les to put forth all their energies and talents to
produce sewing machine that would eclipse or
equal the Singer, but in every case they have sig
nally failed is plainly shown by the fact that of
all the travelling agents-"runners or drummers"
of other companies, none have the assurance to
'laim more than an equality with the Singer, even
upon any special class of work.
There are many sewing machines, now offered to
the public that have their good points, and are of
much assistance to the housewife and the industri
Gus seamstress. Parties purchasing sewing ma
chine of any sort, find the improvement on the old
fashioned way of sewing by hand SO great and
pleasing that they naturally, but enormously,
led to believe that they have the best until the spell
is broken by the Introduction of the Singer 9f 1870
into neighbours family, which is sure, by the in
creased rapidity and ease with which 1t does every
kind of plain or fancy sewing, to awaken them to
positive although it may be silent acknowledge.
varieties of work that are easily executed upon the
Singer, but that they must either be content to 90
without, exchange at a heavy pecunlary sacrl-
flee, their curved needed, frail-powered unrella-
be-tensioned, low-speeded or ravelstitched ma
chine for Singer Neic Family Machine.
Various expedents are resorted to, that the pub
lie eye may be turned from the Singer for the lllr-
pose of introducing inferior machinesLyn. Ihe ,1he
Button Hole Dodge" The Over-Seaming "Ihe
Double ock- Knot stitch, Elastic stitch, twist
ed Loop" "self-Adjusting Tens Hing Finish
and beautifully Ornamented' straight Needle,
"Sttch. both Sides" .Medals from Fairs y
Vertical Feed Bars, "''Noiseess Running" "Silent
Feed" and last and worst of all, the low-prced-
Family shuttle Machines
MANY of these points are desirable (and the
Singer eXcells all in each individual speciality but
the greatest made of these special points Is by
the retail agent who parades them before the mex
perienced purchaser with such fluent and earnest
style, as to entirely divert attention from the really
important bearings of the case. hlie otnef lnho-
cent local agents ignorantly represent that the ma
chine sold by them is capable of doing every vare-
ty of work. equal to the Singer and often do they
thus unconsciously Swindle customers who cannot
afford to s0uander their substance upon gilded
follies and worthless rattletraps.
Parties in quest of a Sewing Machine should look
| about them and learn what machine is most extern
sively used in families, tailor shops shoe 1actories
and carriage factories. It is acknowledged fdcf,
,reeiy admitted by all setcing machine dealers, that
than t,cofhiris Of al the cothtng 'cora in ms
country by both seres uhether custom made ready
made is actually manufactured upon THE SINGER
SEWING MACHINE.
These Machines are manufactured by one of the
oldest, strongest, and most enterprsing Compan-
les that has been engaged in the business in
the world Throughout their immense manutac-
tories which kept in constant operation day
and night" none but highly skilled mechanics are
employed. Newly improved machinery is EN-
ploved turning out each part finished to that me-
chanical exactness that every one is perfect du.
pIicate of the other in size, weight and finish All
new inventions are carefully examined and tested,
and if approved, are adopted, regardless of eX-
pense while the many impractical humbugs that
are patented, are left to grace some new wonder
and learn the purchaser when too late, that he has
paid too dear for his whistle" Ii should be re-
membered that the Singer Manufacturing Com
pany has never made a poor Machine-from the
very first twenty-odd years ago. They never buy
editorial notices, or eXpend funds in 'logrollIng'
at Fairs to gain medals or premiums.
They simply make their Machines as valuable as
money and science can perfect thcm-place them
in their Sales Rooms, and leave the publlc To ma
out their virtues in their way By this straight
| forward course they now manufacturing about
four hundred per day, and at that rate, even, are
unable to supply the demand.