Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-17
1,HE WEED SEWING MACHINE

A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS.
The first machine Of this name was pate nted In
the year la,l, by Theodore E. Weod, who died
within q few years thereafter. but there have been
machines made ever since bearing his name. 1t
was at one time constructed with lbs machinery
above the table. having vibrating needle arm
suspended by pivots, with curved needle, &e..
sinimiar to that OF Wheeler andWilson aud others.
which we're subsequently, discarded and the Berpen-
iicday needle bar and straight needle substituted.
In the year is65 the attention Of business mon
aud ca italists In Hartford, Cons. was enlisted
and II reorganization effected. The manuiactry
was at this time Nashua, N. II the principal man
agelnent In New York City, and the headquarters
| of the corporation at Winstead, Coan, All were
now concentrated in Hartford, and the necessary
capital and determination applied to insure sue
cess.
1t had long been evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
OF the people had not Ms yet been met by any of
tho various machines In the market. To ascertain
what might DO the deficiencies, and then labor
faithfully to produce such mac hne rs would sup
ply the qualities lacking in others, was the nrst
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 themsoi vesthat a more Gmpir necAanis,n
and greater capacity adaptation TO ofa yrafes wore
the results t, he aimed for In tho new maohie, a
mechanics IN the country wore enlisted uuder the
chi supervision VI Mr.. Geo. A. FaiI1eld. The old
"Weed' was completely Invested Of all ancient ana
cumbersome attatchments and appliances. without
which IT had been heretofore supposed o Sewing
Machine could not properly be made; and after
much time spent In invention and experiment the
new II. 4" was produced and submitted for ap-
prova!.
To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half tho
usunl parts taken away, stripped almost entirely
of'b tii1ary wire spring. clrmps,' franks,
| "cams," feeding wheels" "oos," ''rushpads, "
hobbin hooks" and other Sew ing machine para
phernala and such simple artistic mechanism
executing faultlesely every Imaginable variety oil
work, was an event seemingly not expected, and
as grating US 1t was novel; yet such appeared to
he the result. But before presenting the nema
chimes TO the public, II was submitted to course
Of trial more severe than Sewing Machine
had been called upon to undergoi thoroughly
whetherany point n cs siry 10 it, conpletenew had
4 been overlooked, 1t received the highest
INNS and warm commcndation Of all who witnessed
Its wonderful performance. M t
Its inventor had claimed for II general capacity
or executing work Of every description without
change of adjustment, from the most dell eato ia
brio to the heaviest goods hthorto uninterrupted b,
any machine, and tits but simple justice to say that
these claims fully substan tiated TO the salts
/ faction of all examiners
The few unimportant changes which these expe.
riments had shown to be necessary having been
made, arrangement were completed for producing
the new machines in such quanttiesa as II was OK.
pected the demand would require, and the "Fami,
/ ly Favorlta' was placed In the mark ct candi.
date for popular favJr.
How fully these expectations have been realized
i Is to some extent shown by tho standing
and business OF the Weed Company to-day.
Their returns show percentage Of increase in
sales, year after another far In excess Of any
81 nlar In the country, and In sevon years
business they have reached a position among the
manufacturers of goods in their line, TO attain
which their principal competitors have labored
Each year they have been compelled to add
largely to their facilities for producing. and tho
present season Is exception to this rule, the de-
mand for their goods being greater than ever be-
fore
With tho highest ercial and financial sue