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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JAN. 2 
PERSONAL ITEMS. 
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oldest physicians, died Dec. 28. 
W. W . CORCORAN the Washington banker, 
has recovered bU eyesight. 
Senator Chandler's defeat is indicated by 
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Lieut. CohLILs of the United States steamer 
Benicia died recently at Honolulu. 
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ester, died Thursday week, aged 46. 
CHARLES BradlauGH has been busy lectur- 
"u jf ever since he arrived In October. 
Senator Ferry of Connecticut has returned 
Lome from Washington, soil msly 111. 
The Empress of Prussia wore in Paris a crim¬ 
son velvet cloak lined with rare Russian sable, 
and worth twenty thousand dollars. 
James Tcllwich of Troy, N. Y., died of apo¬ 
plexy on tho train near Gaiton, Ohio, last week. 
Joseph Knowles, senior publisher of tho 
Providence Journal, died In that city, Dec. 21. 
Sadler, the English oarsman, has agreed to 
row Brown on Bedford Basin in June or July- 
next. 
Ex.-Gov. Parsons has been appointed Dis¬ 
trict Judge of Alabama, vice Judge Busteed re¬ 
signed. 
JOHN C. Green, Esq., of this city, has Just 
given $100,000 more to tho College of New 
Jersey. 
Hon. William Cusuino, recently elected 
Mayor of Newburyport, positively declines the 
office. 
Secretary of the Treasury, Bristow has gone 
to Kentucky, to spend a few days on private 
business. 
Mayor IIavemeykr’ 8 will, bequeathing be¬ 
tween $3,000,000 and £6,000,000ban been admitted 
to probate. 
Gen. French Tilohman, a well-known citi¬ 
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week, aged 65 years. 
Edoknk II. Abadie, surgeon in the United 
States Army, died In St. Louis, last week, after 
almost 40 years of active service. 
Kino Kalakaua expects to visit Iowa State 
University on Jiia return West with a view of 
familiarizing himself with our system and in¬ 
stitutions of learning. 
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?0R 1875 OF 
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AMERICAN INST. AWARDS. 
WHEELER & WILSON’S NEW NO. 6 SEW¬ 
ING MACHINE. 
Judges' Repott, New York, Nov. 14, 1874 
To the Board of Managers; 
Gentlemen After a full and impartial ex¬ 
amination of the articles described, the under¬ 
signed Judges make the foil owing 
REPORT—< ABSTRACT.] 
That Sewing Machine No.438(Wheeler& Wil¬ 
son b New No. 6) was claimed to be so great an 
improvement, both upon the well-known fam¬ 
ily machine made by the same company, and 
upon ail other sewing machines, as entitled It 
to recognition ns a new and valuable inven¬ 
tion. Under these circumstances, an extreme¬ 
ly thorough and minute examination became 
both desirable and necessary, not only of its 
novelty but of the skill and workmanship 
manifested In the fitting and adjustment of 
all its parts. We have risen from such ex¬ 
amination with an ample conviction that the 
claim, In all Its essential features, Is well 
founded. 
At the commencement of our examination, 
wo were provided with several complete sets 1 
of ail tho working parts as they came from the 
manufactory, and were at liberty to make our 
own selection for the construction of a com¬ 
plete machine In our presence. We thus bad, 
to a large degree, a demonstration of the nicety 
of the manufacture. Every part was formed 
to flt every other part with exact precision. So 
accurately, for instance, did tho several rota¬ 
ting books lit in the name bearing, that while 
entering it, each ono of them, without such 
contact as required force, manifestly compres¬ 
sed the air within in reaching its proper Beat. 
[The Judges enumerate and describe somo of 
the points of novelty and excellence of the 
machine. Among others: 
The simple and efficient device for producing 
variable motion for the rotating hook; 
Tho Independent take-up lever, which secures 
tho tightening of the st.itch under the best pos¬ 
sible circumstances; 
The peculiar form of the hook and the use of 
a bobbin holding a great quantity of the under 
thread ; 
The simple device for producing and varying 
the tension of t he lower thread : 
The hollow stool neonle-bar; 
The facility' of applying arid using many use¬ 
ful attachments—the hammer, binder, corder, 
ruffier. &c.] 
Having completed the construction of our 
trial machine, lu tho way Indicated, it was 
mounted upon it convenient stand and submit¬ 
ted to every variety of teat as to the range of 
work that could be executed upon It properly 
and well, and without other adaptation than 
slmplo changes of ncodle and thread. The 
mere list of operations performed in our pres¬ 
ence without the slightest hesitation or failure, 
and With ait the discoverable lots of so much 
as a single stitch, would convey an Inadequate 
Idea of tho complete success actolvwed. 
Beginning with a needle measuring but .7- 
11XX) Inch In diameter, and operating with the 
finest Hi read upon lace goods, the siino ma¬ 
chine passed through till tho stages of muslin, 
and broadcloth of alt conceivable thicknesses i 
and foldings and ridglngs, and then with waxed I 
thread stitching through portions of heavy 
harness leather. 
After this demount ration of its range of work, 
we entered upon the nicer tests required for a 
family and light manufacturing machine. lu 
this department wo witnessed all the varieties 
of work on hemming, felling and braiding, and 
also a degree of success in single and double 
ruffling which we believe unparalleled. The 
varied kinds of work on a lady's hoot were then 
performed, and each of these with the same 
marked success. Indeed, whatever the test, 
and whataver tho work presented, the same 
unfailing perfection was exhibited, not only In 
the work as a piece, but in the execution of 
each Individual stitch. With much patient ex¬ 
amination, we were unable to discover a single 
defect. 
***♦♦•* 
The minuteness of this report Is a simple re¬ 
flection of the care wltti which we have en¬ 
deavored to examine those cluims. We find 
the chief advantage of this machine to he in 
the use of a modified form of tho rotating book 
as a substitute for Lhe shuttle, tho hook carry¬ 
ing the upper thread around the bobbin con¬ 
taining the lower thread, and thus producing 
Identically t he same effect os the shuttle. The 
superiority of this rotary motion over tho re¬ 
ciprocating motion of tho shuttle machines 
cannot bo disputed. The ” lock-stitch " which 
la thus secured baa always ranked highest on 
account of Lhe permanence, beauty and general 
desirableness of the stitching when done, and 
the wide range of ItH application. 
To these conceded advantages there have 
been added, in our presence, the severest and 
most searching testa of Its capacity and useful¬ 
ness upon every ordinarily possible kind of 
work, and we can do no less than bear witness 
to the ent ire and remarkable success which bus 
attended Its action in every part ot our exami¬ 
nation. It is a machine which, by the proof sub¬ 
mitted, wc are satis/Ud must eventually supersede 
all others note known with which it comes in com¬ 
petition. 
As the only conclusion to which we can arrive 
after un investigation of the several merits of 
each of the sewing machines submitted, an in¬ 
vestigation which we have endeavored to make 
patiently and completely in every respect, and 
associating these with our best Judgment upon 
the merits of the several machines which are 
in use but not on exhibition: 
We recommend for the IF heeler A Wilson New 
No. 6 Sewing Machine, the highest award which 
it is in the power of the Institute to bestow. 
John A. Bassett, ] 
Moses 8. Beach, I 
H. W. Mteklk, r Judges. 
John Matthews, I 
Reuben Bull, J 
The Board of Managers unanimously approved 
the report, and recommended for this machine 
the Gold Medal of the Institute. 
The Board of Direction unanimously approved 
tills recommendation, and awarded the Gold 
Medal to Wheeler & Wilson,— the only gold 
medal awarded for a sewing machine by the 
Amerlc&u Institute for many years. 
Sauted, 
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went more trusty agents Mt\t - mast nr women — and 
anti Pachinwg. 
REED & BA RTOnT, 
MANUFACTURERS OF FINE 
ELECTRO-PLATED 
TABLE WARE. 
Salesooom at Factories, Taunton, Mass., and 
2 Maiden Lane, New York. 
T)EST 
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The Celebrated Jersey Apple Grinder is the 
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In the market. It t*acknowledged lhe lending ma¬ 
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and everywhere regarded by practical Cider Makers 
aath9 Standard of Perfection. _ 
For Circulars, address ROBT. BUTTERWORTH, 
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I i"HTb)C ITS t)l ® only Mtichine 
L A |V1 D S 1 tbBt cun knit nil *lrc9 
T S ’ Vi 1 -ML— * - -pSC of worV., and narrownnd 
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- Iwl A V si I I w Ci. i Hosiery, Gloves nnd MiG 
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for Underwear. Jacket*. Shawls, Scarf-, etc. It knits 
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Agents wanted. Send stamp for Samples of work 
and reduced Price-List. Address 
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At Chlcopeo Falls, Mass.; 
Cincinnati, O, or Chicago. HI.; 
922 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa. 
ime. Mull 
endow It. 
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a hr N IS VERS’ PATENT BROOM thai 
■ * wJ L 11 I w <in; other article. One Agen 
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111 Ll L II I L 1 enti be obtainci! u.t 
III HI II I Jfi % aboutODe-luilf tlie 
llfiliUllliw«.s3 
do*.: Wheeler Sc Wilson, 60 cts.; Howe's, 60 cts.; Gra¬ 
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Improved Foot Latlics. 
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They ore made In Mansard, Flat atid Dome shapes, 
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All person* who contemplate making Vinrtnla or 
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Va. Laud Co. nnd publisher ot ” Southern Homes, 
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uaxnphlet. J. F. MANCHA, Ea»toa, Md. 
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patent under the betel. 
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Bel'ore Inlying »ny send for circular. . __ 
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BOSTON, MASS. 
(Suoceasor to F.F. Holbrook & Co.) 
pamphlet. 
fmstrttinrutsi. 
THE PATENT 
Pi.gccUanfowis. 
N. y. State Agricultural Society. 
ANNUAL. MEETING. 
The Annual Meeting and Election of Officer* of 
the New York 8tate Agricultural Society will be 
held, at Albany, on Wednesday, the 20th day of 
January next, at 12 o’clock, noon. 
T. L. HAK180N. Secretary. 
Albany, Dec. 22,18JI. 
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