Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-01-11

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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, now is the time to
sqce tie hire off sruant, by purchasing one OF these
Machines, .-,,,,,,n ,o
THE BEST INVENTION EVER OFFERED TO
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 are subjected to the hreefod operation
of Pounding Rubbing and Squeezing; those parts
which are the most soiled receiving the most OF III
whilst owing to the limited resistance offered by the
floating balls, no injury Is sustained from tne 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 wear and tear OF clothes
is far less even when no pounding is added TO the
rubbing by hand. Persons have done hundreds oil
washings with the machine, without ever knowing
a button to be torn off or broken. In numberless IN
stances the experiment has been tried oil putting IN
bank notes. together with shirts, considerably solled
After being washed the time requisite for making the
shirts perfectly clean, the notes have presented no
nercepfbe change save that of being made Clean and
the ink being little faded. d. 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. o. All
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
such clothes in the very iouest state when Ia
ken to wash. Z. All INJURY TO the hands Is avoided
no bleeding or sore fingers; none OF the bllsterlng
and chapping, and callous, such as washerwomen
hands so often exhibit The hands are never I'M
mersed in the water wet, except to the extent
necessary n putting the clothes into the sash and Ia
king them out, and in wringlng them. .. Ihe ma
chine is easy work. very easy, that the whole Ia
Dor of working it, lin doing the weeks WASH OF u
large family is among the lghtest tasks involved In
the daily routine of household duties. Very small
children can take part in it any hatgrown girl OF or
binary strength however little used to labor can 90
the whole without fatigue and with great oeneht rom
the exercse this being OF the best KIND Tor srengh
enine the arms chest and lons. g. The process OF
washing with it is most simple, consisting us II does
in the two acts of laying the clothes in the sash, and
in working this up and down, by giving the IKE mo-
ton TO the lever which the sash Is attached to. Any
Derson of the most ordinary intelligence Will acquire
sufficient knowledge of IL by witnessing it for ten
minutes; and without ever having seen 1t at all, no
such person can fail TO become conversan with It, In
halt an hours practice observing the printed direc'
TONS For merely washing clothes clean, ana ena-
bling any one to do wash in time so short that 1t
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 brlees time possioe,
number of particulars must be attended 10, Whlch,
although they could be all learned IN Jew hihnes
nv seeing, cannot he described so briefly. 10. The
machine cannot ret out of order in any way, exceptr
be actually broken and it cannot be broken IN using
it. If broken the damage, when thegreatest possible,
can be repaired by any common carpenter In one 9ouf
H. Its durability has other limit but that OF the
power of wood TO resist decay.
would beg leave to refer 10 the following gentle
men who have tried the above machine: Rev. W. l.
Richardson, H. J.. Gallaher, DR.. @. Alexander, ); y
Smith ]. S. Wallace, Peter Hanger, Sr., u; y. Coy
ner John Coyner, r., and John Il. Taylor at Waynes-
boro', where they are manufactured and always on
hand JAS. E. IRVINE.
Wayncsboro', Dec. ID, lS5S.-Gm
r3yS HENRY W. WooD, Agent at Stanton.