The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-12-31
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. 6
SEWING.MACHINE.

Under these circumstances an extremely
thorough and minute examination be-
came both desirable and necessary, not
only of its novelty but of the skill and
workmanship manifested in the fitting
and adjustment of all its parts. We
have risen from such examination with
an ample conviction that the claim, in
all its essential features, is we'll founded.
At the commencement of our examina-
ton We were provided with several COM
plcte sets of all the working parts as they
came from the mandatory, and were at
liberty to make our own selection for the
construction of complete machine in.
our presence. We thus had, to large dc
gree, a demonstration of the nicely of the
manufacture. Every part was formed to
fit every other part with exact precision.
So accurately, for instance, did the sew
eral rotating hooks fit in the same bear
ing that, while entering it, each one of
them, without such contact as required
force, manifestly compressed the air
within in reaching its proper seat.
[The judges enumerate and describe
some of the points OF novelty and excel
lence of the machine. Among others:
The simple and efficient device for pro.
ducing variable motion for the rotating
hook;
The independent take-up lever, which
secures the tightening of the stitch un-
der the best possible circumstances;
The peculiar form of the hook and the
use of bobbin holding a great quantity
of the under thread;
The simple device for producing and
varying the tension of the lower thread
The hollow steel needlc-bar;
The facility of applying and using
many useful attachments-thc hemmer
binder, corder, ruffler, Gel
Having completed the construction of
our trial machine, in the way indicated
it was mounted upon a convenient stand,
and submitted to every variety of test as
to the range of work that could be exc.
cuted upon it properly and well,
and without other adaptation than
simple changes of needle and thread
The mere list of operations per-
formed in our presence without
the slightest hesitation or failure,
and without the discoverable loss of SO
much as single stitch, would convey an
inadequate idea of the complete success
achieved.
Beginning with a needle measuring
but $4,000 inch IN diameter, and operat.
ing with the finest thread upon lace
goods, the same machine passed through
all the stages of muslin and broadcloth
of all conceivable thicknesses and fold
ings and ridgings, and then with waxed
thread stitching through portions OF
heavy harness leather.
After this demonstration of its range
of work We entered upon the nicer tests
required for family and light manufac.
turing machine. In this department We
witnessed all the varieties of work on
hemming, telling and braiding, and also
degree of success in single and double
ruffling which we believe unparalleled
The varied kinds of work on a lady's
boot were then performed, and each of
these with the same marked success. In
deed, whatever the test, and whatever
the work presented, the same unfailine
perfection was exhibited, not only in the
work rs piece, but in the execution OF
each individual stitch With much pa
tient examination we were unable to dis.
cover single defect.
The minuteness of this report is sim
pie reflection of the care with which VIC
have endeavorcd to examine these claims
We find the chief advantage of this ma.
chine to he in the use of modified form
of the rotating hook as a substitute for
the shuttle, the hook carrying the upper
thread around the bobbin containing the
lower thread, and thus producing identi.
cally the same effect as the shuttle. The
superiority of this rotary motion over the
reciprocating motion of the shuttle ma
chimes cannot be disputed. The "lock.
stitch" which IS thus secured has always
ranked highest on account of the perma.
hence, beauty, and general desirableness
of the stitching when done, and the wide
range of its application.
To these conceded advantages there
have been added, in our presence, the
severest and most searching tests of its
capacity and usefulness upon every or.
dinarily possible kind of work, and we
can do no less than bear witness to the
entire and remarkable success which has
attended its action in every part of our
examination. 1t is a machine phich, by
the proof submitted. zoe are satisfied mus,
eventually supersede all others no,o k,,oun
uith aclich 1t comes IN competition.
AS the only conclusion to which VIC
can arrive after an investigation of the
several merits of each of the sewing
machines submitted, an investigation
which we have endeavored to make pa
tien,ly and completely in every respect,
and associating these with our best
judgment upon the merits of the several
machines which are in use but not on
exhibition:
We recommend for the Wheeler d Wilson
Neso No. 6 Seso;n0-machine the highest
asoard ,ohich it is in the po,cer Of the Insti.
tute to bestow.
JOHN A. BASSETT, !
MOSES s. BEACH,
H. w. STEELE, Judges,
JOHN MATTHEW'S,
REUBEN BULL.
The Board of Managers unanimously
approved the report, and recommended
for this machine the Gold Medal Of tho
Institute.
The Board of Direction unanimously
approved this recommendation, and
awarded the Gold Medat to Wheeler s
Wilson, the only gold medal awarded for
q sewing-machine by the American In
stitute for many years.
Lynch.Law In Des MOines.
Dies MONIES, Iowa, Dec. IS.
Monday afternoon, in the District
Court of Des Moines, Charles Howard
was sentenced for life in the State Peni-
Tertiary for the murder of John John
son, in this city, in June last. This morn
ing at three o'clock some 500 Vigilantes,
with their faces blackened, surrounded
the Jail, overpowered and bound the
jailer hand and foot, and took his
keys, and then overpowered in
the same manner the Deputy Sheriff and
the special guard of five men who had
been detailed by the Court to guard the
prisoner. Unlocking the doors, they
found their way to Towards cell, where
he WAS in bed with his wife tho lattor