Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1894 — HOUSEHOLD TREASURE. [ARTICLE]

HOUSEHOLD TREASURE.

Growing Popularity of tho Oxford a' Sewing Machines. .There Is nothing more truly a household treasure t.han a good sewing machine. To be without it is to be willfully deprived of the immense advantage of one of the greatest of all inventions. A machine once bought is a perpetual treasure. It demands no wages, occasions no expense or trouble and is always ready without 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. make high and low arm machines, with lock-stitch shtittle.ruuning light and quiet These machines have the following important features: Cheapness (ranging from $10.50 upward:) perfect almost self-adjusting and graduated tension; are under control of the operator, and are always positive in their working. They are entirely self-! threading in ail points, including the shuttle. The 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 pt. mium at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. It Is a lamentable fact that Pride often wears patent-leather boots and begs its tobacco.