Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-10

| A GLANCE AT IT'S HISTORY AND PROGR EsS.
| The first machine of this nam was pate ntcd in
! The year 1851, by ThcOGoro +. Wcod, who died
within few wears thereafter. but there have boen
machines made ever sinoc bearing his name. 1t
was ut one time constructed with rs machinery
above the table, havinE a vibrating ncedle arm
| suspended by pivots. with curved needle, &C.
Simimiar to TINT ct Wheeler andWisun ana others
which we're 81 sequ inty discarded and the gcrpcn-
dcaiar Hsedis bar aHi straiJht Heedic substituted.
In the year 56i the attention Of husntss men
and capitalists ia Hartford, Coma. was enlisted
and reorganization effected. Tho mauuflct RS
was at this time Nashua, N. H.. the principal man
agement in New York City, aud The headquarters
of the corporation at Winstcad, Conn, All were
now concentrated in Hartford, and the necessary
! eapita ana determination applied to insure sue.
Crss.
1t had long been evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
o. the people hai net as yet been met BY any Of
the various macintosh tlteninrRct. Toasccrtain
what might be tho d5dciencies, and then lahnr
faithfully to produce such a machine as 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
SIZED cmsclvcsthat more simple mechanism
aud greater capacity or adaptation to M rates yer.
the results be aimed Tor in the new machi q, q
number Of tho most experienced and competent
mechanics III til country were Unlisted uudur the
chiefsupervlson Of slr. Geo. A Fairfield. The old
Weed was completely Invested Of all ancient no
cumbersome attachment Is and appliances, without
which L had been heretofore supposed Sewing
Machtne could not properly be made; and after
much time spent in invention and experiment. tho
new Of f." was produced and submitted for ao-
proya!.
To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts tax On away, stripped almtst entirely
ofjl, 81 NV ''wir1 sDrils. 'eamu3, 81 ranks d,
'cams," 'fecdng wheels,n "cog," ''rushpads p
'hohbin hooks" AVID other Sew ing machine para
phrrnalia and such simple artistic mschan sln
executing faultlessly every imagna bio variety of
work event seemingly fpI nd
as grating as it was novel; yet such appeared to
he tho result. But before presenting the ne ma.
chimes TO the public, IL was submitted TO . course
Of trial more severe than ever Sewing Machine
had been called upon to undcrgoi thoroughly
tested In very con .eivabe wav, for lscertanin I.
whetherany point ce'siry TO iticompletenc S. had
been overlooked, 1t recoircd the highest oneml-
INNS and warm cummcndatlOn Of all who witnessed
its wonderful performance. Nd E
Its inventor had claimed fOrt a general capacity
oroxecuting work cf every description without
change of adjustment, from the most dell icatc IA
brio t. tho heaviest goods hitherto unatempted by
any machine and it's but simple justice to say that
those claims were fully substan tiatcd to the salts
faction Of sll examiners. . HFE
The few unmportnnt changes which these expc-
rlnonts had shown to he necessary having been
made, arrangement were completed for produeinr
the new machines in such quantities as It was en-
pected the demand would require, and the .'Fami.
~ Fayoritt'i was placed in the market as a candi-
date for popular fay,r.
( How fully these expectations have been realized
is TO spme extent shown by the standing
and business Of the Weed Company to-day.
Their returns show percentage of inerease in
sales, one year after another far In excess of any
81 nilar in the country and in seyon wears,
busn ess they have reached 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 do
mand for their goods being greater than ever be-
fore
With the highest commercial and financial sue
cess guaranteed by past experience, and deter
mined to maintain areputntion for honorable deal
ing and reliable workmanship second 10 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." ts be tho best
machinein the world, and supported by the unani-
nous favorable verdict ( It's patrons, they regard
the time as not far distant. whom their COM
pc ttors must aekn0v ledge the truth and Justice
of their claim--that they have produced the Ser.
ing Machine for the People, and the first representa-,
tive Of its class.