THE GENESEE FARMER. 



THE AUTOCKA.T OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE: Every 



Man lib Own Boswell. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co. 



1858 For sale by D. M. Dewey, of this city. 



No papers in the Atlaiitio Monaiy were so universally 



read — none have contributed so much to its success — as 



those of the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Those who 



have read these papers as they appeared in the Atlantic, 



will be glad to have them in book form, with illustrations, 



and those who have not can now obtain them at a cheap rate. 



HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH THE SECOND, Called "Frede- 

 rick the Great." By Thomas Carlyle In Four VoUimes. 

 New York: Harper & Brotueus. 1858. For sale by D. M. 

 Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. 

 The first two volumes of this work are received. It 



has been pronounced by able English critics the best 



work yet written by the author. 



ELEMENTS OF NATUrITtIIILOSOPHY Designed for 

 thp Use of Schools. By Elias Loomis, L. L. D., Irotessor or 

 SathematLs and Natural Philosophy in the UmversUy of New 

 York.-Author of the Course of Mathemat cs, etc. With three 

 hundred and sixty Eneravings. New York : Harper & Bros. 

 1858. For sale by D. M. Dewey, Rochester, N. i . 

 This is the best work of the kind with which we are 



acquainted. 



SELF-MADE MEN. By Ciias. C. B. Seymoue. New York. 



Harper & Brothers. 1858. For sale by D. M. Dewey, Roch- 



Gstcr N« Y» 



We 'have here sketches of the lives of more than sixty 

 distinguished persons, who have attained eminence in 

 spite of adverse circumstances. It is a book which will 

 be read with great interest and benefit by young men. 



MY LADY LUDLOW. A Novel. By Mrs. Gj^kell, author 

 of " Mary Barton," &c. New York. Harper & Bp.os. lbo». 

 For sale by D. M. Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. 



doth. The whole duty of this under thread is to securelj 

 the upper, and give Hastid y to the seam. In stretching 

 strain is divided between all the stitches, and as each sti cl 

 or yields to the strain, there can be little danger of breaki 

 threads from washing or ironing. Figure 4 shows the sea 

 Figure 4. 



appears when drawn up and finished. The machine ilsel; 

 es the seam, without any resource to the hand- needle t< 

 the ends; and if, as above represented, there be an atti 

 pull the two pieces of fabric apart, it will be found impos^ 

 do it, without breaking either the threads or the fabnc. I 

 areat merit of this machine is that it will sew either silk, li 

 Sotton thread, direct from the spools, as purchased from th 

 without any ^e-winding. In o*er words the two spools 

 put upon the machine, and sewed from them direct, an( 

 may readily learn to make an entire garment without un 

 ing either needle. We do not see why she might not exh: 

 threads from both spools without re-threading the needles 



We will attempt a short description of the process of 

 this stitch, with a mere mention of the mechanism employ, 

 it. The upper thread, carried by a vertical needle, is 

 through the cloth where it throws out a loop, which is c:i 

 a circular needle carrying <7 /Ar^-a-i owf-Zwr?/ Wt^M^ of th 

 fhread until the upper or vertical needle m agajn passe; 

 through both the fabric and the loop of the under thread . 

 cess is repeated until the seam is finished, the lower thre 

 ing through theupper, and the upper thread passing thr 

 oler We marvel at the ingenuity and simplicity of the i 

 ism. 'it is so simple that a child of ten years can un. 

 and manage it, while its durability will bear any test,e5 



^ASpI'ctn'of the stitch can not fail to impress the e 

 with its striking resemblance to the "back stitch," so 

 among ladies. Figure 5 shows that in the back stitch th 

 Figure 5. 



From the National Magazine, for October, 1858, 

 WOMAN'S BEST FKIEND. 



The Sewing Machine has proved itself a most valuable aid to 

 the wife and mother, having the care and education ot sons and 

 dauah ters, and is too important a subject to be hglitly dismissed, 

 wUhoul its real value to Uie sex being fully set forth. There has 

 heretofore been considerable said on the subject in these pages 

 and t is quite possible that we might have felt satished with what 

 h^beeu said, had the GROVsr. & Baicep. Sewing M.achme Com- 

 pany been content with their previous achievements in manuldc- 

 turin- a very excellent machine. They have recently, however, 

 introSuced a new machine for family sewing, which by far ex- 

 cels anything previously brought to public notice. Its merits are 

 tS grea to be slightly overlooked, and we think that no lady will 

 cenl^ure us for setting forth the claims of the new Grover i baker 

 machine to the favorable consideration of the sex. 



The NEW Grover & Baker Machine makes a new and entirely 

 distinct stitch from any other made by machine -a patented 

 stitch— much preferred for family sewing, on account of us great 

 beauty, strength, and elasticity. It is without a rival m these par- 

 ticulars, because fabrics that are sewed by it can be w-ashed and 

 ironed Without injurv to the seam. If a thread should break from 

 any cause, the seam ca,i not rip, for each stitch is so secure y 

 locke.l as to be independent of the remaining stitches for strength. 

 We here give drawings, some with the threads loose (iigure I,) 

 Figure 1. 



to enable the reader to form an idea of the men s of tlie st.tcl^. It 

 will be seen that the upper thread is passed through the lacric 

 and that the lower thread is passed both through aiid around the 

 loop of the upper. Figure 2, exhibits the thread more tightly drawn, 

 Figure 2. 



and will enable the reader to judge of the strength of the seam, 



wlicn told that each stitch is twice tied. 1 igure 3 shows a small 



Figure Z. 



is single on the upper side, while it is double on theundei 

 s no need for de'scribing this stitch, for it is too well kn 

 Appreciated. Figure 6 exhibits the two threads as thej 

 Figure C 



on the under surface of the cloth - showing that thcj 

 straight lines parallel with each other, and not winding, , 

 Grover & Baker stitch. Figure T shows the appearanc. 

 Figure 1. 



view) of the seam after it is finished. While it is equall 

 it has neither the beauty nor the elasticity of the Grover 



* Vor a better appreciation of the excellence of the G 

 Baker machine, we will show what progress has been 

 Sewing Machines prior to their invention The nearest, 

 to making a two-ihreaded seam by machinery was he 

 of two Uireads. one on the upper surface of the cloth, 

 other on-.the under surface. Figure 8 wUl show the upp. 

 Figiwe 8. 



f Cl niiHn,i out without trouble. Even when the machine 

 wiadiag thread, lying fiat and close on the under surface of the pulled out wiuuui 



carried through the fabric, as before described, while th 

 thread is contained on a bobbin inside of the shuttle, wh 

 es through the loop, and to complete the s'^ain, is drawn 

 center of the fabric. It requires many conditions to e 

 oixTator to do this in all cases, for the thread on the ur 

 of the seam will assume the apperrance ot the mail on 

 (Figure 9.) and when this is the case the lower threads 

 Figure 9. 



