The Van Buren press., 1860-01-06
THE METROPOLTTAN

iTTNHIS wonderful Machine is remarkable for the
following properties which it is warranted to
possess. 1t does not wear the Clothes and never
breaks a button. 1t cleanscs thoroughly the most
delicate clothing and rinses clear 1t is very sim
pie, very strong and durable, and hardly get
out of repair. 1t is light and portable, and when
wash tubs. common hand with and
perfect safety to the clothing wash faster and bet
ter than four washerwomen can by hand.
This machine has been greatly improved since
1853, and is now perfect. 1t now operates much
more easily, and weighs only between GO and 20
pounds, all put up, and when taken down-which
can be done in one fourth of minutes light
that a child II years of age can move it about.
Almost all the certificates l have received are
from persons who had not the benefit of the i'm
proved pnunder when they gave their certificates.
From all I can Judge myself, and from the opn-
ion of large number of persons who have used
this machine nearly two years. believe the saving
of wear to the cloth any other process Of
washing, is, at least $40 per year, in every family
of six persons, and in that proportion and in some
families it is much more than in that proportion.
Why all other -Hachines Fail
is because they rub only the surfaces of the cloth
taking it for granted thst the clothes soiled
" upon the surface. and that the dirt ..Iust be rub
Bed off would clean board.
Washing by HIND IS Wrong,
because the rubbing of the surface of the cloth is
wholly unnecessary. and is great waste of strength
as well as great injury to the fabric
OBSERVE E that the cloth soilcd is always soiied
through and through. and that it cannot be cleans
ed without being washed through and through.
The Reason arhy tie Metropolitan Succeeds
is because it forces the wafer powerfully through
the fabric, between the pesles, and the action of
the water displaced by the pounder carries the
clothes from the outside to the centre of the tub
presenting continuous fresh surface of clothes to
nntI ofth p.lcpt
portion of the clothes thoroughly and equally.
10 Buttons can be Broken
because the spiral springs upon the small pestles
relieve the least unequal pressura perfectly that
glass vials of good strength, silver thimbles lead
pencils, and the Ike have been in clothes that were
pounded out thoroughly, without being injured.
Without these spiral springs the cloth would be
destroyed, and all the buttons broken. The side
springs combine
Tile Boc and 1rrow Principle,
throwing up the pounder perpcndicularly and then
upon the principle assist in throwing it down
giving immense power to the operation, that
with the thumb and finger. person accustomed
to its use, can give heavier blow than she could
with both hand with the FOUNDER unshipped. With
the old spring pole often used over the pound
ing barrel, could guide this heavy FOUNDER
the end of the poe describes the OF acircle.
Tile Porer Of this Machine
is such that the most filthy blanket or the
dirtiest carpet is thoroughly cleansed without much
fatigue to the operator.
Tile Skill required 10 Operate n
is no more than is required to sweep WELL to kuead
bread well, to make beds well, To wash dishes
well nor one-fourth much is necessary to
learn the Of the axe, scythe, augur, hoe spade
and shovel and who would think of letting man
condemn these tools, and work like the savage, be-
cause he was not born with a knowledge of the use
of them? When men don't know the use of these
implements we teach them, and none of them il
more valuable than this WASHING MACHINE.
TKe Time Required to Learn to useH
varies from to four weeks nearly all do very
well the second washing. Very many work it
finely during the first operation, while some per-
require four five washings to work 1T with
ease. A failure has never occurred where a fair
trial of four weeks has been given. With the i'm
proved machine persons will require more than two
trials To work it easily. if the directions which
are simple, are observed.
The Time and Labor .Sdred
is more than one-half Washines which require
all DAY by hand, are by this Machine generally
done in less than one-half day. The clean
sing process is done in one- fourth the time. The
cleansing, rinsng and wrirSins and HANGING out
taken together, require less than onehal the time
ard no person possibly rinse well by hand
as with this Machine. Very many persons say
that the Machine is worth its cost for rinsng
alone.
Tile Durability Of tbs Machine.
is very great. don't see why it should not last
for ten twenty years. with only repairs of poun-
der and rope, which would be very trifiing.. The
whole cost Of repairs upon all the several hund-
red machines | have sold in the last two years
taken together, don't amount to two dollars, and
many of them have been in constant use in large
families.
Fer sale by WARD & SOUTHMAYD.
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