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Dunstan Times, Issue 449, 25 November 1870, Page 3

From the “Ararat Advertiser.”—There are few modern inventions of greater prac ■ tical utility, or which cause so large a saving of time andl ibor, astheSewing Machine The benefit which the steam engine has secured to manual labor on a larges ca ! e, the Sewing Machine has effected (only to one class of work, it is true) on a larges cale also. What it has achieved for women whose livelihood is earned by the needle, such as sempstresses, milliners, fte., there needs no dissertation to prove. These machines, however, have been of equal service in private families, saving not only hours hut days of wearying and monotonous work. Of Sewing Machines there are several varieties, differing slightly in their construction, but all affecting, more or less, the object tor which they are designethat of saving labor, So far as we have been able to learn, th ■ machines patented by Grover and Baker appear to he the simplest, most economical, and most efficient ; and since' Mr. ’Chadwick has been appointed agent here a large number of their machines have been ■disposed of in this town and district. Still, however, opinions differ as to which of the several varieties of Sewing Machines is really the most useful, and we generally find that our lady friends declare in favor of that machine to whi«i they have been accustomed, all agreeing nevertheless, that the invention of theiiftias indeed proved a boon Richmond, October 22, 1868 1 have much pleasure in forwarding a testimonial in favor of the Grover and Baker Sewing Machine, which I have had in use for the last four years. It is a most useful machine for a family, and very easily learnt. Josephine pannifex.