Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-03-29
GOOD morning, sir" said they, all in a

To which / replied, that Mrs. !. was not
in the habit of receiving gentleman cal
lers in such numbers except on New
Years day, and begged them to defer
their visit to that time. Then there was
a bable of sounds, among which could dis
tinguish the terms, lock stitch, revolving |
shuttle. single thread, improved feed,
automatic tension. walking treadle, |
and other expressions which were all |
Greek to me then, but which l succeeded |
in committing ineffacibly to memory |
during the next few days | took |
the cards of fifteen CT the most persuasive |
of the agents and invited the rest too
choose some more favorable time for
their onset. and left.
did not 60 home to dinner that day;
hardly know why, unless 1t was that /
feared that Mrs. Imp would not have her
usual appetite and be out of sorts accord
ingly, but slipped away little before
business hours were over to make up for
il. When i got near the house / imagined
there had been a fire. The bells had not
rung to my knowledge but there was a
great crowd of men in the street, and l
felt alarmed, hurrying forward, inserted
my key in the latch Of the basement
door, but found the door lmmovable.
Going up the steps, met with no better
lor window, and came plump down on
the needle bar of the first Of long row
of m.chines, standing there Cropping
my way carefully along, over and be-
tween the boxes, presently got to the
back of the house, and was preparing to
| Jump out of the window, when / heard q
stined sob issuing from the cupboard of a
very fancy machine over in the corner of
the room. Icrept across the maze of cabin
ct work and glittering steel, reached the
place, and there on her face, in the only
vacant space big enough to hold her,
found my wife.
please 60 away, agent" m1rmured
She betxeen- sObs--Whan spoEe Ia har,
'1et US have peacel am in q swoon and
do not know what you say. will wind
down, and try to alter my tension, and
feed straight from the shoulder" She
rolled over and glanced up with fright
ened look, as she made these promises,
and recognizing me, sprang Into my arms,
and backed me up against the nearest
bobbin winder. "Oh Solomon said she,
shuddering all over, and pressing me
harder and harder against the winder
.'what shall we dos The place is sur
rounded with them! They have beer
, coming in squadrons and platonics al
day, and have established a camp out in
trent, and say they are going to stay al
! summer, the house Is chuck full Of
machines from the cellar up, and more
are coming all the time. Since the door
, were boiled, about fifty agents hsv,
, climbed the back fence and deposited
, machines in the yard, and il we don't but
, them out, l am afraid they will begin K
/ operate, and sew US all up in pucker
E and quilt US in" soothcd her troubled
; spirit the best way could, and, afte
, much manGuvering, got her down int,
the dining room
|, Where Is Bridgety" said /.
D, My wife pointed to q mess of dry good
and back hair, impaled on the spool
i holder Of q big machine near the hal
' door. ''She gave me notice, about noon
and started to leave, but has not bee
2 able to get any farther than that, ye,
!, And Betsy, the chambsrmaid. has jump
! ed out Of the back window Of the fourt
!. story, to get away from an agent VIII
got into her room while she was dressing
! and would not leave unless she tried hi
Q machine, and il it suited her bought it o.
!, the spot. Poor thingl 1t was fortunat
2 that there was great pile of sewing ma
/ chimes under the window, SO that she di
D not have far TO fall, or 1t would hav
! killed her. She 10 out there now, sittin
I on the upper tension of the top machine
: and will not be coaxed to bulge. Sh
: says it is the only place them pesk
agents can not get to, and she had rathe
. have that tension penetrate her YER
{ vitals, than alter her position an inch"
/ muffied the door bells, and ate m
{ dinner of the top Of cabinet inlaid wit
, gold, and then commenced to think
! While / was thinking the doors of tn
) cabinet opened, and young woman
came out, and offered to initiate me int
. the workings Of that particular machin
+ but l did not pay any attention to her
Mrs. 1. finally got her away, by promising
|. to introduce her TO our minister, who ha
. lately lost his wife and treat her I,
cream. After mature deliberation de
Glued to settle the fuss, and 60 to house
keeping again, by buying a machin
forthwith. As there did not seem to b.
, much difference in the looks of them.
scrambled up into the front hall, cleare,
! o space big enough for two men to hav
comfortable wrestle in, then grabbe,
, the frat fellow i saw, by the collar, pull
led HIM in, and shut the door.
Describe the excellences of the par
, ticuiar machine that you are cultivating,
said 1, looking IS much as could like a
! enragcd lion just going to grapple with
| missionary.
That man had one of the softest, sweet
, est voices / ever heard, and for the mex
thirty minutes after / pulled him in,
: fairly revelled with him, in an a.mos
, pherc of bobbins, and tensions, and can
feeds, and rotary feeds, and shuttl
holders. and screws, and oil-cans, ant
every thing that goes to make up tn
r perfect machine agent. The double an,
treble back action fore and aft gear, an,
nd Ia obn
, feeding arrangement. were all a
clear to me when he got through-o
| rather when stopped him-ss the mud
E diest mud hole that was ever made melo
r dious by the MARBLE of frog.
Excuse me-" said /, but how man,
{ threads has your machines This 10
point on which my wife IL particular, ant
I your answer TO this one question viii
. probably settle the hash"
Il give you my word. 40 . RAN, and ,
: machine agent, Nj. Imp" replied he
feelingly, that IL you suit yourself, il
this particular, you will suit US. Our ma
; chine will sew with any number o
threads you desire, up to eleven hundred
, and il you wish to put in more, you hav,
} only to pull back the ramrod, and inser
the trigger, when you can increase tn,
! number indefinitely: On the other hand
. it will sew splendidly with but on.
thread, and this In confidential tone)
IL you take our machine we will put Ii
! our new double headed cam improve
ment, which will be finished In week
} and by which you will be able to stitch
beautifully without any thread at ALL
expressed my surprise at this, but he Ia
formed me that there was no limit to the
inventive genius of the sewing machine
men, and believed him, even then, and
from all have learned since have seen
no cause to change my opinion.
bought his machine on the spot.
He said something about the install.
ments, but told him that so far from de-
string to put him to the trouble Of coming
every month to collect. hoped never to
see him again. or:any Of his colleagues as
long AS lived. DO not trouble yourself, "
said /, IF there is any improvement on
Tachines, or any new attachments, to
come 10 let me know. would prefer not
to be Informed. Perfect ignorance on
such matters Is as near to my idea Of bliss
AS ever expect to come. We settled on
this basis, he proposing to 60 west, and