The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-30
HOW CAN SHE LIVE?


ANorHE1 TALE OF HARDSHIP At THE hands
or A SEWING MACHINE COMPANY.
Yesterday highly respectable woman, a. present
In reduced circumstances, detailed TO HERALD re-
porter the following OF hardship endured a the
hands OF sewing machine company
~ will state, SIR" she began, ''thst the only
why tell my story 10 10 that look to one
for help or redress but the NEW YoRK HERALD II Is
true some time has elapsed since the transaction be-
tween myself and the Weed Sewing Machine Company
took place. but that does not make il any the less bard
upon mo In 1879 / was called upon IN the month OF
August BY an agent Of tho Weed Sewing Machine
Company and urged TO take machine upon the ordi-
nary terms OF payment did not understand the use
OF the machine and had tried one, 80 refused
TO take Il. Hs KENT on insisting upon my taking IT,
and, although really did not At the time want
IL he sent one 70 me. Duriag the whole time had Is
only used six spools OF cotton upon H. and could
have -orn the machine but very slightly. made my
payments as we'll as could. but my husband Is con
nrmed invalid, and my sou, who was
ONLY SUPPORT,
had three or four long and dangerous sick which
havc permanently untitled HIM for work During his
illnesses had to deprive him OF many things in order 10
make the pay ments which | did They amounted in
all 70 $50, SIS less than Iho whole cost Of tho
machine mac on one occasion when the agent camo
sure II was = second hand He subsequently, took
" away | sont two ladies, AZ too III to go my
SELF to pay the tl5, bus instructed Them not do so
until they had the machine that as TO he sent
back to mo, in order 10 try whether not IL in
good working order The In charge OF the CON-
panys once IN Union square said the machine
there, and that might consider myself lucky II got
i back al all Besides the SIS winch was due upon
the company claimed
sfx poLiAHs ASD TWENTY-FIVE cIxrs REMOVING
1uB MACHINE.
from my house. Now | am reduced by my husbands
MANY years sickncss aud tho Of my boys health
10 great disrcsR The machine would help sup
ply them with the peccssarics OF life but have not
the money 10 make he lest pa ment and the machine
the only means BY which can hope to get IL Is taken
away from me Neither can geI q cent OF the $50
already paid upon H. The man who persuaded me to
lee The company take away the machine Is named
Hutschcr. Ito said that had better do so, or it
would put TO expense - tho company could get IL
by repievn SUIT He SAID at the Same
time that " bought II Tor a ono
was badly taken In. lawyer OF the
city has offered to take my up against
tho company. " can hnd the SIS TO pay the
and SO completely helpless could look no one or
expect help any direction so thought, At least
would tell the HERALD so that others might be warned
by my case"
All the vouchers OF payments, and al correspon-
denco relative 10 tho case shown to the reporter
and seemed fairly bear out the statement Of tho poor
woman. II may DO added that the person making the
Is, apparently, very well educated, ro
spectacle woman. cautious and careful In statement
Whom sho rec,ted the troubles that have come upon
her by OF the chronic sickness OF her husband
and son and hCr present desstuiion she was much
moved she looked upon the recovery the machine
as her only escape from perjury.