Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1894 — HOUSEHOLD TREASURE. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD TREASURE.

Growing Popularity of tho Oxford Sewing Machines. There is nothing more truly a household treasure than a good sewing machine. To be without it is to be willfully deprived of the immense advantage of one of tho greatest of all inventions. A machine aonce bought is a perpetual treasure. It demands no wages, occasions no expenso or trouble and is always ready ivithout a moment’s notice to render the work of the laborious housewife tenfold more efficient and expeditious. Some machines combine the best ideas and suggestions which have been so abundantly introduced in this remarkable mechanism. A machine which exhibits in liberal combination all the best features introduced is the Oxford Improved Sewing Machine, made by the Oxford Manufacturing Company, Chicago, description and cut of which can be seen in the advertising columns of this paper. They make high and low arm machines, with lock-stitch shuttln.running light and quiet. These machines have the following Important features r Cheapness (ranging from $10.50 upward;) perfect, almost self-adjusting and graduated tension; are under of the operator, and are always posit v •. in their working. They are entirely so.fthreading in all points, including the shuttle. Tho needle is self-setting, and the attachments are quickly and easily placed and fastened. The shuttle has an easy oscillating motion, causing it to keep ts proper place against the race. Their Oxford, Home and Columbia Machines, with attachments, were awarded the medal pr emium at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago. Black Beauty, tho autobiography of a horse, is the name of a recent tale of whoa.