Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-01-25
MISCELLANEOUS. III
THE FLOATING BALL,
KNUCELE WASHING MACHINE.

$50
LAS received the highest premiums at the Fairs
IL of the Virginia Mechanics Institute, Virginia
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. is the time to
sacs the hire of Servant, by purchasing one of these
Machines. 80 Er ta 1t.
THE BEST INVENTION EVER OFFERED TO
THE PUBLIC.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS MACHNE-1. Clothes are
washed far cleaner far more thoroughly than by hand
even when pounding is added. At one and the same
instant they subjected to the hreefold operation
of Pounding, Rubbing and Squeezing; those parts
which are the most soied receiving the most OF ii
whilst owing to the limited resistance offered by the
floating balls no injury is sustained from the opera
ton, by the finest textures. g. The time con-
sumed is but VERY SMALL FRACTION of that required
in washing by hand. 8. The wear and tear of clothes
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 soied
After being washed the time requisite for making the
shirts perfectly clean, the notes have presented
perceptbe 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 latter is done with hot
water and the clothes are boiled afterwards. O. All
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
such clothes as are in the very oulest state when ia
ken to wash. 7. ALI injury to the hands is avoided
bleeding or sore fingers; none OF the bllsterlng
and chapping, and callous, such as washerwomen's
hands so often exhibit. The hands are never i'm.
mersed in the water wet except to the extent
necessary in putting the clothes into the sash and ia
king them out and in wringing them. 8. The ma
chine is easy work. very easy, that the whole Ia
Dor of workingit lin doing the weeks wash OF
large family Is among the lightest tasks involved in
the daily routine of household duties. Very small
children take part in it any girl OF or
d;na LITTLE N labor do
the whole without fatigue and with great benefit from
the exercse this being of the best kind for strength
ening the arms, chest and oins. 8. The process OF
washing with it is most simple, consisting as 1t does
in the two acts fayng 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
and without ever having seen 1t at ALL NO
such person fail to become conversant with it, in
halt an hours practice observing the printed direc
TONS For merely washing clothes clean, and ens-
bling any one to do wash in time so short, that
can scarcely be credited by those who have not wit
messed it, all needful directions would be comprised
in few lines But for doing awash in the most per-
feet manner possible and in the brefest 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. 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 the greatest possible
be repaired by any common carpenter In one hour
IL It's durability has 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. T.
H. l.. Gallaher, DIR. G. Alexander, j. Y.
Smith, ]. s. Wallace, Peter Hanger, Sr., d; D. Coy
ner John Coyner r, and John B. Tay lor, at Waynes
boro', where they are manufactured and always on
hand. JAS. +. IRVINE,
Waynesboro', Dec. IA, 1s58-6m
tzs- HENRY w. WooD, Agent Ut Stanton.