Page 4 Advertisements Column 3

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 948, 20 February 1871, Page 4

Celebrated* Premium IHE GEOVEE & BAKER ELASTIC AND LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINES Are so -well known and so universally used, that any description of their advantages is superfluous. They hem any width, CORD, QUILT, BRAID, FELL, GATHER, TUCK, BIND, and EMBROIDER, and are considered by competent judges to be the best Sewing Machines yet known. NEAL & CLOSE, Agents eoii Napiee. The following are a few of the many testimonials the Proprietors are constantly receiving, furnishing a convincing proof of the superiority of their Machines: — From "The Ararat Advertiser." There are few modern inventions of greater practical utility, or which cause so large a saving of time and labor, as the Sewing Machine. The benefit which the steam engine has secured to manual labor on a large scale, the Sewing Machine has effected (only to one class of work, it is true) on a scale also. What it has achieved for women whose livelihood is earned by the needle, such as sempstresses, there needs no dissertation to prove. These machines, however, have been of equal service in p: ivate families, saving not only hours but days,of wearying and monotonous work. Of Sewing Machines there are several varieties, differing slightly in their construction, but all effecting, more or less, the object for which they are designed, that of saving labor. So far as we have been able to learn, the machines patented by Grover and Baker appear to be the simplest, most economical, and most efficient; and since Mr Chad wick 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 favour of that machine to which they have become accustomed, all agreeing, nevertheless, that the invention to liiem has indeed proved a boon.

From "The Pleasant Creek Chronicle." The efficacy and general excellence of Grover and Baker's Flastic-fc'titch Family Sewing Machines have been signally tested by a purchaser connected with the olfice of thi.journal. In every respect it has answered ihe account given in the advertisement of its capabilities—the hemroirg, stitching, and felling being uncommonly good. For embroidery a better machine could not befouud ; and in that lespect it may take precedence ol aJI other machines very easily. Altogether the Grover and Baker Sewing Machine is an indispensable aid in the domestic economy of any house-hold, and those who purchase it will not be disappointed. Steam Printing Cfilce, 97 Little Collins street East, Melbourne, Oct. 22, 1868. Gentleman, — r J he strong Shuttle Machine, furnished to my printing office, lias given complete satisfaction, and though it Las be n subjected to rather rough usage in sewing pamphlets and similar work, it has not gone out of order iu any way. We alsu use it for family sewing, and it answers well. 1 highly approve of the mechanical construction, a.-? it is strong, very simple, and by liberal use of friction ioilers not likely to wear out. X can confidently recommend it, and you are at liberty to use my testimonial in any way you may think fie. Yours truly, Hobekt Bell. 45 Albert-street, Melbourne, October 20, 1868. Gentlemen, —Having one of your No. 26 Cabinet Sewing Machines in use for nearly four years 1 have mucli pleasure in being able to speak of its excellence. In addition to domestic work, we use it for the various materials in upholstery, silk, bedticking, drugget and furniture leather, and find it all that can be desired. It has never been out of order nor given any trouble in working since the first week. i believe it to be the best machine extant.—l am, gentlemen, yours truly, D. M. Ckqwley, Upholsterer. Richmond, October 26, IS6B. I haye much pleasure in iorwarding a testimonial in favor of the Grover & 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 learut. Yours truly, Josephine Pannifex.