Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-02-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE FLOATING BALL.
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KNUCKLE WASHING MACHINE.

TTAS received the highest premiums at the Fairs
III of the Virginia Mechanics Institute, Virgins
State Agricultural Society, Maryland Institute, and
all other Fairs where 1t has been exhibited.
Christmas being near at hand, when persons hire
their servants for another year. now is the time to
SAGE the hire oa Serran, by purchasing one of these
Machines. ssH,
THE BEST INVENTION EVER OFFERED TO
THE PUBLIC.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS MACHINE. Clothes are
washed far cleaner far more thoroughly than by hand
even when pounding is added. At one and the same
instant they are subjected to the threeod operation
of Pounding, Rubbing and Squeezing; those parts
which are the most soled receiving the most OF II;
whilst owing to the limited resistance offered by the
floating balls injury is sustained from the opera
ton, even by the finest textures 2. The time con.
sumed is but VERY SMALL FRACTION of that required
in washing by hand 8. The and tear of clothes
is far less even when NO pounding is added TO the
rubbing by hand. Persons have done hundreds Of
washings with the machine, without ever knowing
button to be torn off or broken. In numberess in
stances the experiment has been tried of putting in
bank notes, together with Shirts considerably soiled
After being washed the time requisite for making the
shirts perfectly clean, the notes have presented no
perceptble change save that of being made Clean and
the ink being little faded. 4. The consumption OF
soap is much less. s. Less fuel is consumed than in
washing by hand, when the latteris done with hot
water, and the clothes are boiled afterwards. 6. All
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
such clothes as are the very foulest state when
ken to wash 2. All injury to the hands is avoided
no bleeding or sore fingers; none OF the bistering,
and chapping, and callous, such as wssherwomen's
hands so often exhibit. The hands are never I'M
mersed in the water, wet except to the extent
necessary il putting the clothes into the sash and Ia
king them out, and in wringng them. 8. The ma
chine is easy to work. very cosy, that the whole Ia
Dor of workingit. lin doing the weeks wash OF a
large family is among the lghtest tasks involved IN
the daily routine of household duties. Very small
children take part ii any half girl of or
binary strength however little used to labor do
the whole without fatigue and with great benefit from
the exercIse this being of the best kind for strength.
ening the arms, chest and loins Q. The process OF
washing with it is most simple consisting as 1t does
in the two acts oflayng the clothes in the SASH and
in working this up and down. by giving the like mo-
ton to the lever which the sash is attached to. Any
person of the most ordinary intelligence will acquire
sufficient knowledge of it by witnessing it for ten
minutes; and, without having seen il at all,
such person fail to become conversant with it, in
halt an hours practice, observing the printed drec
tons. For merely washing clothes clean, and ena-
bling any to do wash in time so Short that II
can scarcely be credited by those who have not wit
messed it, all needfu directions would be comprised
in few lines. But for doing wash in the most per
feet manner possible, and in the breiest time possible
number of particulars must be attended to, which,
although they could be all learned in few minutes
by seeing, cannot be described 80 briefly 10. The
machine cannot get out of order in any way except
be actually broken and it cannot be broken in using
it. If broken, the damage when thegreatest possible
be repaired by any common carpenierln one hour
H. Its durability has no other limit but that of the
power of wood to resist decay.
would beg leave to refer to the following gentle
men who have tried the above machine: Rev. W. 7.
Richardson, II. l. Galaher, DR.. c. Alexander. J. Y.
Smith, j. s. Wallace, Peter Hanger ST., d. D. Coy
ner, John Coyner jr, and John B. Taylor at Waynes
boro' where they are manufactured and always On
hand JAS. E. IRVINE.
Waynesboro, Dec. IA, 1e5s-6m
e8- HENRY w. WooD, Agent at Staunton.