Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-19
VVHE WEED SEWING MACHINE.

A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND PROG RESs.
The first machine of this name pate nted In
tile year 1851. by Theodore Z. Weed, who died
within few years thereafter. but there have been
machines made ever sin sc bearing his name. 1t
was at one time constructed with lbs machinery
above the table, haying vibrating needle arm
suspended by piyuts, with curved needle, 6r..
simimiar to that Of Wheeler audW lson aud others.
which we're subsequently discarded aud the perpen-
dicHidr needle bar di straight needle substituted.
In the year lsGj the attention Of business men
and capitalists Ia Hartford, Cons. was enlisted
and reorganization effected. The mandatory
at this time Nashua, N. H., the princ pal man
agement in New York City, aud the headquarters
of the corporation at Winstoad, Conn, All were
now concentrated In Hartford, and tho necessary
capital and determination applied to insure sue
c'SS.
1t had long been evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
Of the people had not rs yet been met by any Of
the various machines in the market. To ascertain
what might be the dcdcencies, and then labor
faithfully to produce such machine would sup
| ply the qualities lacking in others, the first
| work to which the projectors Of the New Weed
Company applied themselves: and time, labor,
and capital were freely used for this object. having
satisfied themselvesthat simple mechanism
aud gredt csPdcyO adaptation to OF all crates were
the results / he aimed for in the new machi G, n
number Of the most experienced aud competent
mechanics in the country were enlisted uuder the
chief supervision Uf Mr.. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
| Weed" was completely Invested Of all ancient ond
cumbersome attachments and appliances, without
which it had been heretofore supposed Sewing
Machine could not properly be made; and after
much time spent in invention and experiment, the
new IF. f." was produced and submitted for APP
prevail
| To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts taken away, stripped almost entirely
Of the ordinary wire spring, 'clrmps, franks,
| "cams, y "fecding wheels,n "cOg," "hrushpads,'
"hobbin hooks" and other Sewing machine para
| phi rnaa and such O simple artistic mechanism
| executing ftutlessly every Imaginable variety Of
work, was an event seemingly not expected, and
/ g, al, N
| he the result. But before presenting the new ma
chinos to the public, it was submitted to course
| Of trial more severe than over Sewing Machine
| had been called upon to undergo thoroughly
tested in eyory conceivable way. for lscerta min Z
whetherany pointnecsssary to it comp etonea had
been over oOked, 1t received the highest enc0ml-
INNS and warm commendation Of all who witnessed
| its wonderful performance.
| Its inventor had claimed for it a general capacity
! for executing work cf every description without
change af adjustment, from tho most delicate ia
brio to- the heaviest goods hitherto uninterrupted by
any Machine and tits but simple justice to say that
these claims were fully substan tiated to the salts,
faction Of all examiners.
The few unimportant changes which these expe-
riments had shown to he necessary having been
made arrangement were ceuPletod for producing
the new machines in such quantltesas 1t was ex-
pected the demand would require, and the "Fami-
" Pavorit.,n was placed in the market a candi-
date for popular favJr.
How fully these expectations have been realized
is to some extent shown by tho standing
Their returns show II percentage Of increase in
es one year after another far in excess Of any
81 nlar concern in the country; and in sevon years
business they have reached II position among the
| manufacturers Of goods in their line, to attain
which their principal competitors have labored
for twenty years.
Each year they have been compelled to add
largely to their facilities for producing. and tho
present season Is no exception to this rule, the dc
maud for their goods being greater than ever be-
| fore.
with the highest commercial and financial sue
cess guaranteed by past experiences, and deter
mined to maintain areputation for honorable deal
| ing and reliable workmanship second to none the
company will spare no labor or expense to keep
their machines in the foremost position which they
now hold.
Honestly believing their "F. F." to be the best
machine in the world, and supported by the unani.
nous favorable verdict Of its patrons they regard
the time rs not far distant, whit even their COM
DC 6tors must ack nov ledge the truth and Justice
of thor clainl-that they have produced the Se,c-
i'm Machine for the People, aud the first representa-
| tive of its class.