Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
0lHE WEED SEWING MACHINE
A GLANCE At IT'S HISTORY AND PROGRESS.

A GLANCE At IT'S HISTORY AND PROGRESS.
Tho first machine of this name was pate ntcd in
the year ISL, by Theodore e. Weed, who died
within few years thereafter. but there have been
machines made ever since bearing his name IL
was at one time constructed with lie lnaehincrf
above the table. having n vibrating needle arm
suspended by pivUtS, with curved needle, &c..
simimar TO that Of Wheeler andWilson and others.
which we're subsequently discarded and the peTPch-
dicgidr needle bar aud sraiJht Hsedte substituted.
In the yeai. lsGj the attention Of business men
and ca italists Ia Hartford, Conn. was enlisted
and organization effected. The nanufactry
was at this timo Nashua, N. H. the principal man
agement in New York City, and tho headquarters
of the corporation at Winstead, Conn, All were
now concentrated in Hartford, and the necessary
capital and determination applied to insure sue
cess ..- . "a 'E .....fl. g...... ID.
It had long been evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
Of the people had not as yet boon met by any OF
the vari Gus machines IN the mark ct To ascertain
what might be the deficiencies, and then lahor
faithfully to produce such a machine as would sup
ply the qualities lacking in others, was the first
work to which tho projectors Of tho New Weed
Company applied themselt esi and time, labor,
and capital were freely used for this object having
| satisfied themsol vcsthat a more simple mechanism
and eaeT capacity adaptation to 0faH grades were
! the results b. he aimed for in the new machi"e, a
number OF the most experiences and competent
mechanics In the country were enlisted uudcr tho
chi Of supervision Of flr. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
WEED" was completely Invested of all ancient ana
cumbersome attachments and appliances, without
which IL had been heretofore supposed Sewing
Machine could not properly he made; and after
much time spent in invention and experiment the
new IF r." was produced and submitted for an
| prova!. T.4E X.E
To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts tax on away, stripped almost entirely
of N iriialav 'wiro spring. Hclrmps,' "tr ranks, "
''cams,' bleeding wheols,' "cog,p "rushpads, v
'aobbin hooks" and other Sew ing machine para
uhernalia, and such simple artistic mechanism
executing faultlessly every Imaginable variety o.
work, was an event seemingly net expected, and
as gratiing as it was novel; yet such appeared t.
be the result. But heforc presenting the nema
chimes to the public, II was submitted to course
of trial more severe than ever Sewing Machin,
had been called upon to undergo; thoroughly
tested in very con 9eivable way, for ascertainin.
whetherany point necessary 70 tscompletenes haC
been verlook ed Ii Received the highest encomi
INNS and warm commentator of all who witnessed
its wonderful performance.
Its inventor had claimed for general capacity
or executing work a every description without
change of adjustment, from the most dell icate ia
brio to the heaviest thorto uninterrupted b,
! any machine and ills but simple Justice to say tha
these claims were fully substan tated to the salts
faction Of all examiners. 'Ea
The few unimportant changes which these expe
rlments had shown to BIO necessary having beer
made, arran sementwere ce'npletcA for producin!
the new machines in such quantities. as ii was ex
pected the demand would require, and the "Pami
iy Favoritn' was placed in the market as a candi
4 date for popular iavdr.
How fully these expectations have been realized
Is to some extent shown by tho standin,
, and business Of the Weed Company to-day.
Their returns show percentage of increase il
sales one year after another. far In excess Of an
81 nilar concern in the country and in seven years
, business they have reached q position nmong tn
manufacturers of goods in their line, to attaii
which their principal competitors have lahore,
for twenty years.
= Each year they have been compelled to ad,
Y largely TO their facilities for producing and TIN
present season Is no exception to this rule the dc
4 mand for theu goods beinggreater than ever be
u fore Pc sHt -tt6Hs
O With tho highest commercial and financial sue
2 cess guaranteed by past experience, and leter
mined TO maintain arcputaton for honorable deal
ing and reliable work manship second TO none, tn
\ company will spare no labor or expense 10 kee
their machines In tho foremost position which the
y now hold.
If Honestly believing their "F. F." te be the hes
machine In the world, and supported by the unani
= nous favorable verdict Of Its patrons they regar
the time as not far distant, WHEN even their com
pettors inustack now ledge the truth and Iustic
Of their claim-that they have produced Me Sen
ing Machine for the People, and the Hrst representa-
tive Of Ito class