Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-03-22
THE FLOATING BALL,
KNUCKLE WASHING II MACHINE.

uAS received the highest premiums at the Fairs
III of the Virginia Mechanics Institute, Virginia
State Agricultural Society, Maryland Institute and
ell other Fairs where It has been exhibited.
Christmas being near at hand, when persons hire
their servants for another year, now is the time to
nee MsAirs a Ssresns, By purchasing one OF these
THE BEST INVENTION EVER OFFERED TO
~ THE PUBLIC.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS MAcHIEB.-1. 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 Povndin1, Rubbing and Squeezing; those parts
which are the most soiled receiving the most of it,
whilst owing to the limited resistance offered BY the
floating balls no injury is sustained from the opera:
tion even by the finest textures. 2. The time con.
sumed Is but 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
washngs with the machine, without ever knowing
button to be torn off or broken. In numberless in
stances the experiment has been tried of putting in
bank notes. together with shirts, considerably soed.
After being washed the time requisite for making the
shirts perfectly clean, the notes have presented no
perceptibe change 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 not
water and the CLOTHES are boiled afterwards. g. All
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
such clothes as are in the very fouest state when ia
ken to wash Z. All injury to the hands is avoided;
no bleeding or sore fingers; none of the blisterpg
and chapping, and cafous, SUCH as washerwomen's
hands so often exhibit The hands are never inn
mersed in the water never wet except % the extent
necessary il putting the clothes into the sash and a
king them out, and In wringng them. 8. The ma
chine easy to work. very easy, that the whole la
Dor of workngit, lin doing the weeks wash OF
large family, is among the ghtest tasks involved in
the daily routine of household duties. Very small
children can take part in it any hsfgrown girl of
binary strength however little used to labor, can 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 lons. g. The process OF
washing with it is most simple, consisting as il does
in the two acts oflaying 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
person Of the most ordinary intelligence Will acquire
sufficient knowledge OF !, Sy Witnessing !. iCE tea
such person can fail to become conyersant with it, in
half an hours practice observing the printed drec-
tions For merely washing clothes clean, and ena-
bling any TO do wash in time so short, that it
can scarcely be credited by those who have not wit
messed it, all needful directions would be comprised
in few lines But for doing wash in the most per.
feet possible and in the briefest 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 exceptt
be actually broken and it cannot be broken In using
it, If broken the damage, when possible
can be repaired by any common IN one nour
H. Its durability has other limit put tnat OF the
power Of wood TO resist decay. ..r..,
would beg leave to refer to the following gentie'
men who have tried the above machine: Rev. w. T.
R;chardsou. H. L. Galaher, DR.. G. Alexander, J.IY.
Smith ]. 8. Wallace, Peter Hanger, ST., D. ID. Coy
ner. John Coyner jr, and John Taylor, at Waynes-
bor where they are Manufactured and alwfys on
hand. JAS. u. ih'iHI
waynesboro', Dec. IA, ls5s.-sm
r5NE HENRY W. WooD, Agent at Staunton.