Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1859-05-24

ITAS received the highest premiums at the Falrs
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 tc
save the lire of SrUat, by purchasing one of these
THE REST INVENTION EVER OFFERED TO
THE PUBLIC.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS MAoHNE.-1. Clothes are
washed far cleaner far more thoroughly than by hand
even when pounding is added At one and the same
of Poundigg, 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
ton, even by the finest textures. 2 The time con,
sumed is but VERY SMALL FRACTION of that required
in washing by hand. g. The wear and tear of clothes
is far less even when no pounding is added to the
rubbing by hand. Persons have done hundreds o.
washings 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
hank notes together with shirts considerably soiled
After being washed the time requisite for making the
shirts perfectly clean, the notes have presented nc
percepbe change save that of being made clean, aud
the ink being little faded. 4. The consumption o.
soep is much less. s. Less fuels consumed than in
washing by hand, when the latteris done with hot
water and the clothes are boiled afterwards. g. AL
necessity for boiling is superseded, excepting only
such clothes as are in the very fouest state when ia
z.
no bleeding or sore fingers; none of the blistering
and cbappipg, and callous, such as washerwomen'
hands so often exhibit. The hands are never i'm
mersed in the water never wet except to the extent
in putting the clothes into the sash and Ia
king them out, and in wrlngng them. 8. The ma
chine is easy to work. very essy that the whole Ia
bor of working it. lin doing the weeks wash of &
large family is among the lghtest tasks involved il
the daily routine of household duties. Very small
children can take part any girl OF or
binary strength, however little used to labor, de-
the whole without fatigue and with great benefit from
.ning the arms, chest and loins. g. The process o.
washing with it is most simple, consisting it doe
in the two acts oflayng the clothes in the sash, ano
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 it by witnessing 1t for ter
minutes and, without ever having seen 1t at ALL ne
such person can fail to become conyersant with it, IN
half an hours practice observing the printed direc
tons. For merely washing clothes clean, and ena
bling any one to do wash in time so short, that Il
can Scarcely be credited by those who have not wit
messed it, all needful directions wonld De comprised
in a few lines But for doing wash in the most per
feet manner possible and in the brleest time
q number of particulars must be attendeo 10, Whlcn
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
he actually broken and it cannot be broken In using
it, If broken the damage, when posslole
can be repaired by any common one hour
H. Its durability has other limit put 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. j
Richardson, H. l.. Gallaher DR.. q. Alexander, J.lY
Smith, j. s. Wallace, Peter Hanger, pr, u: u. COY
ner. John Coyner, r., and John Taylor, at Waynes
bor where they are manuactuTed ana 1 aiWays OF
hand JAo. e. IN iNE.