The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-24

such natures Will make them ncnuS III
human form.
Take them by the hand, and you can
lead them up to the loftiest pinnacles OF
thought and action. Drive them, and
they become the devils strongest allies. |
If you have one of those frolicsome
lads in your home, school or neighbor-
hood take care of and watch over him,
and the time win come when you will be
proud of that boy.-N. 0. Adcocatc.
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. 6
SEWIN6-MACnlNE.
American Institute, New YOrk...
Judges Report, Nov. IA. 1874.
To the Board Of Managers:
Observation-Disclosures a full and impartial ex-
animation of the articles described, the under
signed judges make the following
overwhelmingly:
That Sewing machine No. 1876 (Wheeler
& Wilson's New No. 81 was claimed to be
SO great an Improvement, both upon the
we!l-known family machine made by the
same company, and upon all other sew
ing machines, as entitled it to recogni-
ton as new and valuable invention
Under these circumstances an extremely
thorough and minute examination be-
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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 well founded.
At the commencement of our examina
ton we were provided with several COM
plete 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 a complete machine IN
our presence. We thus had, to large de
gree, demonstration Of the nicely Of the
manufacture. Every part was formed to
1T every other part with exact precision.
So accurately, for instance, did the sew
eral rotating hooks fit in the ssme bear
ing that, while entering It, each one of
them, without such contact as required
force, inanifestly compressed the air
within in reaching its proper seat.
1.-The judges cnumerate 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 under
the best possible circumstances;
The peculiar form Of the hook and the
use of bobbin holding great quantity
of the under thread;
The simple device for producing and
varying the tension of the lower thread !;
The hollow steel needle bar;
The facility of applying and Using many
useful atteehments-the hemmer, binder,
cordef, ruffler, &C.
Having com pleted the construction of
our trial machine, in the way indicated,
1t was mounted upon convenient stand.
ana submitted to every variety of test as
10 the range OF work that could be execut.
ed upon 1t properly and we'll, and with
cut cshef adaptation than simple changes
Of needle and thread. The mere list Of
operations performed in our presence
without the slightest hesitation or fail
ure, and without the discoverable loss of
SO much as single stitch, would convey
an inadequate idea Of the complete sue
cess achieved.
| Beginning with needle measuring but
| 19-1OOO inch in diameter, and operating
with the finest thread upon lace goods,
the same machine passed through all the
stages of muslin and broadcloth, of all
conceivable thicknesses and foldings and
ridgings, and then with waxed thread
stitching through portions of heavy har-
ness leather.
After this demonstration of it's 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
ruffiing which we believe unparalleled
| The varied kinds of work on a laty'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 unfailing
perfection was exhibited, not only in the
work as piece, but in the execution of
each individual stitch. With much pa
tient examination we were unable to dis
cover single defect.
4 4
The minuteness of this report is sim
pie reflection of the care with which we
have endeavored to examine these CLAIMS
We find the chief advantage of this ma
chine 10 be in the use of modified form
OF the rotating hook as 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-
nence, beauty, and general desirableness
OF the stitching when done, and the wide
range Of its application.
10 these conceded advantages there
have been added, in our presence, the
severest and most searching tests Of its
capacity and usefulness upon every
ordinarily possible kind of work. and we
can do no less than bear witness to the
NAASAAS esAN AOAAuA hdDiC SuCCCSS Which, HAS
attended its action in every part of our
examination. 1t is machine whsch, bv
the proof submitted, zoe are satisfied must
eUeatual!y suT'ersede all Others moo knoaon
aosth sclttch 1t comes in competition.
AS the only conclusion to which we
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
tiently and completely in every respect,
and associating these with our best judg-
ment upon the merits of the several
machines which are in use but not on
exhibition:
We recommend for the Wheeler d Wilson |
Nec No. 6 Sesosng-macltine the highest
anard actich 1t is TN the poaoer Of the Insts-
tute to best0ac.
JOHN A. BASSETT,
MOSES s. BEACH,
Fl. w. STEELE, Judges.
JOHN MATTHEWS,
REUBEN BULL.
The Board of Managers unanimously
approved the report, and recommended |
for this machine the Gold Medal of the
Institute.
The Board of Direction unanimously
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