BEFORE PURCHASING, TEST *" "the FOR HAND AND FOOT. AMONG the innumerable makes and . descriptions of SEWING MACHINES 'before. the.'Public, each claiming di«Mnctive Buperiority, there are pet ONLY THREE Descriptions of STITCHES, viz.}— 1. The CHAIN (or Single Thread) Stitch. 2 The SHUTTLE (or, so-called, "Lock") Stitch, 8. The "Grover and Baker" ELABTIC . • STrrCH^. : r.' : ' ■ ••■■ r-.\;- : , The Chaia Stitch being superseded by the 'fast and permanent work of the two last .described, it has to he further explained that all the Machines advertised as " LockStitch "Machines, whether operating with a ..needle— as the Howe and the Sinpfer, or with a needle, bobbinl arid rotary hook, as the rWheeler & Wilson Machine — make the shutHie stitch and nothing else, and none of the infirmities of this, stitch, have been got rid of by the assumption of the term " Lock-Stitch," The GROVEK & BAKER Company (rot depreciating the flhuttle-stitch for some purfposes) manufacture Shuttle-Machine9 as well -a« the' Grover • and i Baker or El«*tic-Stit h Machines, but they recommend the latter as unequalled tor family work, or for those kinds of" work where strength aa well as beauty of stitch are required, and particularly for any materials which are to be washed and ironed. A comparison of a Seam of both kinds of sewing will ronflrm the assertion that the Grqver & Baker stitch, while, possessing tho elasticity which is deficient in the Shuttle- • N ,iis even' more fasti and durable' and more , worthy of the term " lock-stitch." ; B®- "NOTICE: Hand Machines, at well as Table Machines, Semi-Cabinet, and Full Cabinet, in Walnutwood and Mahogany, various styles, maybe be had at i i.- '■■ REDUCED PRICES p. n ba' s; Jr\' t ij; r m s, VTtTH ALL Accessories belonging, and Instructions for .. 'working thbm,;o£ the Company's SOLE AGENT, W. M. STANTON, Needles, Threads, Embroidery Silks, Machine Oil, Extra Machine parts, always in ; ■ >• Stock,- ■ ■ ■ *** Illustrated Price Lieta on application. ■ 3428 R LUCAS & SON have the following • WORKS on S ALB, : at their, New ■Premises, opposite, N.. 'Edward's &.; Co/ x Warehouse :— " ; ' " ' " : " ''■'. The Goldkn Ladder Sebies, com- .:•' prising : — Qvieechy What She Could, and Utbane & his Friends Opportunities Sceptres and Crowns, House in Town the Flag of Truce Aunt Jane's Hero Without and Within Walks from Eden Melbourne Hou-e ; Dare to do Bight Three Little Spades ' Dai«y Wide Wide World Willow Brook' The Little - Camp on N ettie's M ission Eagle Hill Stepping Heavenward Glen Luna , Drayton Hall House of Israel Vinegar Hill Little Sunbeams The Old Helmet The Golden Ladder Star out of Jacob IZ EATING'S PERSIAN J\- INSECTDESTROYING POWDER, As supplied to her Majesty's Government : This Powder is quite harmles* to animal life, but is unrivalled in destroying FLEAS, FLIES, 8U.G6», ; BEETLES, MOSQUITOS,. MOTHS in FUEB, arid every other species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroying Fleas in their Dogs, as hlbo Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the Original Importer of. this now invaluable 1 article, whicn has found so great a sale that it has tempted other* to vend a socalled article in imitation ; the Public are therefore cautioned to observe that the Packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of Thomas Keating . ! Sold -in Packets, Tins, and Bottleß oi vari6u| sizes. : , KEATING^S BONBONS or WORM ' TABLETS, A PURELY VEGETABLE SWEETMEAT, both in appearance and taste, furnishing a most agreeable method of administering the only certain remedy for INTESTINAL or THREAD WORMS. It is a perfectly cafe and mild preparation, and is especially adapted for children. Sold in Tins of various sizes, by all Chemists and Druggists. CAUTION,— BSSTThe public are requested to observe that all the above preparations I bear the Track Mark, as herein shown — > " Keating, 97 St, Paul's Churchyard." Trade Mark. ! THOMAS KEATING, London, g xp out Chemist AMD Druggist. Indfc."* 1 ' 8 for P ure D ru 8 8 . and Chemicals .■ ■ • , carefully executed. 8445 -, GR ATJi ;TJL— COMFORTIN G. TJVP PS' .C" C 0 0 0 A. JL BREAk^ST, « By a thorough knowled^ of the natural laws which govern tho operation^ of digestion ■ and nutrition, and by a careful ap^^awon of the fine properties of well-selected a" coa . Mr « Efps has provided our breakfast tabled. Wlt " a delicately-flavored beverage which may 6^ T e us'many doctors' bills. It is by the. judiciou* use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enbugh to resist every tendency to disease. 'Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many' a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." — Bee article in the Civil Strvice Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled thus— JAMES EPPS & CO., HOMCEOPATHIO CHEMISTS, 48, Threadneedle-Btreet, and .170, Piccadilly. Works ; Eustow Road, and Camdbn]Town ' ' : liondok. 1433
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 14, 15 January 1876, Page 4
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803Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 14, 15 January 1876, Page 4
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