Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-31

A GLANCE AT IT'S HISTORY AND PROGRESS
| fhc hrSt machine Of this name was pate nted in
tho year 1851, by TheouOro L. Weed who died
WITHIN lew years thereafter but there have been
machines made ever sine bcarins his name, II
was ut ono time Constructed with lbs machinery
above the table. having II vibrating needle arm
suspended by pivUts, wi th curved needle, de-
slmlmilnr to that of Wheeler md Wilson and uthprs
winch we're subsequently, discarded and the gergen.
dcntdr need6e bar and strdiJh needie substituted.
In the year 1850 the attention Of business men
and ca, talists ia Hartford, Coma. was enlisted
and REORGANIZATION effected. Tho manuflct nv
was at this time Nashua, N. II. the prino bal man.
| aTement in New York City, and the head-tiuaIiers
OIL the corporation al Wlnstead, Conn, All wore
| now concentrated In Hartford, aud the necessary
capital anddetermination applied to insure sue.
Cess.
1t had long hccn evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real ,VanLs
OF the people hal not as yet been met by any of
the various machines in the market To aserrta, n
what might be tho detcienses, and then laror
faithfully To produce such machine as would SIM
ply the qualities lacking in others, was the first
work TO which the projectors of the New Weed
COMPANY applied Themselves: and time Ia ,or
anu capital were ireely used ioI this object having
satisfied themselveshat simple mechanism
aud greater capacity or adaptation to ofaH rates wars
the results be aimed Tor in the new mach O. a
number Of the most experienced and competent
mechanics III the country were en- listed under tho
chi cfsupervisiOn of tir. Geo, A. Fairfield Tho old
Weed" was completely Invested Of nj ancient ana
cumbersome attachments and appliances, without
NHlcH " NV Hecn heretofore supposed Sewt
Machine could not properly he made; aud after
much time spent in invention and experiment the
prova!.
To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts tax en- away, stripped almost entirely
OF ~ - ~ wiz, SDri 'ciFmps. st ranks"
cams" feeding Wheels" cog" ''rushpads,"
'bobbin hooks" and other Sow ing machine para
ph"rnalia, and such a simple artistic mechanism
executing fautlcssly every imaginable variety of
work, wasan event seemingly not expected, and
as grating as it was novel; yet such appeared 10
he the result. But before presenting the ntna-
chimes to the public, it was submitted to course
of trial more severe than Sewing Machine
had been called upon to undergoi thoroughly
point n.c sary to it, completeness had
been overlooked, it recevedthe highest encoml-
INNS and warm cammendnbion of II who witnesse
its wonderful performance.
Its inventor had claimed for 1t n general capacity
or executing work cf every description without |
change of adjustment, from the most delicate fl |
brio to the heaviest sondshthorto uninterrupted b, /
any machine, and tits but simple justice to say that
these claims fully substant iated to the salts
action of all examiners.
The few unimpOrtAnt changes which these expe-
riments had shown to he necessary having been
made, arrangement were completed for producing
the new machines in such quantitiesas it was ex-
pected the demand would require, Rnd the "Fani.
~ Favorit"' was placed in the mark tas a candi-
lato for popular fav I.
How fully these expectations have been realized
Is to some extent shown by tho standinr
md business OF the Weed @ mpany to-day
Their returns show percentage Of increase In
'ales, year after another far in.excess of any
II nilar concern In the country; and in seven years
business they have reached position among the
of goods in their line, to attain
which their principal competitors have labored
nr twenty years.
Each year they have been compelled to add
largely to their facilities for producing and the
Dresen tsenson is no exception IN this rule the de
nand for theirgoods being greater than ever be-
ore
With the highest commercial and financial sue