Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1858-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE FLOATING BALL,
OR ~
KNUCKLE WASHING MACHINE,

"AS received the highest premiums at the Fairs
Ill of the Virginia Mechanics Institute, virginia
Stare Agricultural Society, Maryland Institute, and
oil cher Fairs where It has been exhibited.
Christmas being near at hand when persons hire
their servants for another year, now Is the time TO
snpe he hire oa Serran BY purchasing one OF these
Machines to,- r,,,pn oppp,pn no
THE PUBLIC.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS MACHINE. Clothes are
washed far cleaner far thoroughly than BY hand
even when pounding is added. At one and the same
instant they subjected TO the three-oia operation
nf Ponadiao RuJ6iaq and Squeezing; those parts
which are the most soiled receiving the most OF III
whilst owing to the limited resistance offered by u.
floating balls, injury IS sustained lrol Tue oPer"
ton even by the finest textures. z. ne TINE eon
sumed Is but VERY SMALL FRACTION OF thal re4uL.eu
m washing by hand 3. The wear and tear OF clothes
il far less even when no pounding is added to the
rubbing by hand Persons have done hunareus "
washings with the machine, without ever KNOWING
n button to be torn off or broken In numoerless IN
stances the experiment has been tried OF putting IL
bank notes. together with shirts, considerably soied
After being washed the time requisite TOR making the
shirts pei ectly cean the notes have presented No
uerceptible change that Of being made clean ana
the ink beng little faded. f. The consumption VI
soap much less. g. Less fuel Is consumed .uar !.
washing by hand, when the latter is done with hot
wateI ana the clothes boiled afterwards. o. All
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
such clothes IN the very touiest state "nen ~
ken to wash Z. ALI injury to the hands Is avoldeaj
no bleeding or sore fingers; none OF the pnslerine'
and chapping. and callous, such as washerwomen
hands so often exhibit The hands are never I'M
nersed in the water never wet, except TO the extent
ir putting the clothes into the sash ana Ia
king them out, and in wringng them. .. Inc ma
chine Is easy work. so very sy, that the whoie Ia
bor of working il. Tin doing the weeks WASH OF
large family is among the highest tasks involved IN
the daily routine of household duties. Very small
children can take part in 1T any nallgrown girl OF or
binary strength however little used TO labor, can 40
the whole without fatigue and with great peneht from
the exercises this being of the best KIND Tor Strength
eniug the arms, chest and IONS 3. The process OF
Washing with it is most simple consisting as 1t does
in the two acts laying the clothes In the SASH ana
in working this up and down. by giving the IKE mo-
ton to the lever which the sash is attached TO- ANY
person of the most ordinary intelligence VIII acquire
sufficient knowledge OF II by witnessing IL ior ten
minutes; and without ever having seen 1t al all, no
such person can fail to become with IT, In
halt an hours practice observing the printed dlrec
TONS For merely washing clothes clean, and ena-
bling any one 10 do wash In time so short, mat 1t
can scarcely be credited by those who have not wit
messed il all needful directions would be comprised
in few lines. But for doing wash IN the most per
feet manner possible and in the bretest time possible
number Of particulars must be attended TO, which,
although they could be all learned in few minutes
by seeing cannot be described so briefly. To- Inc
machine cannot get out of order Ill any way, except
he actually broken; and it cannot be broken in using
it. II broken The damage when thegreatest posslole
can be repaired by any common carpenter In one nour
H. Its durability has other limit but that oil the
power of wood to resist decay. go
would beg leave 10 refer to the following gentie-
men who have tried the above machine: Rev. W. !
Richardson H L. Gallaher, DR.. Z. Alexander, .. l.
Smith, j. s. Wallace, Peter Hanger, ST., D. U. Coy
ner John Coyner, r., and John Is Taylor at Waynes-
boro, where they are manufactured and aiwsXs on
hand. JAS. 4. Inv iNE'
W., ,osboro, Dac IA 1S5S-6m