Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-01-21

GLANCE AT IT'S HISTORY AND PROG RESS.
Nh. irst a. 1ehinp OF tins name was pate ltcd IA
the wear IsoI. by Theouorc Z. Weed, whs uled
within lew years thereafter. but therehafe peen
machines made over since bearing his name. II
| We at ono time constructed with lbs machinery
I nboye the table. having vibrating nesdie arm
suspended by pivots. wi tn curved needle &C
sinimiar to that of Wheeler and Wilson anu otn"fs
nLieI we're subsequently discarded and The PeTPeH-
dicilar needle bar dHi srdJhf needle suesttut.u u.
In the year 1866 the attention vt business men
and Ga italists Ia Hartford, Cons. was eniisted'
and n reorganization effected. The nanuidct 'ry
was at this time Nashua, n. H., the prnoIpal ma
, Augment in New York CITY, and the heau.11 artets
I Of the corporation at Winstead. Conn, All MeTe
now concentrated in Hartford, aud the necessary
capital and determination appiieo 70 nnsuio SUI
Cess. -. r,..it;a,. u.;,h
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
of tho people had not MS YET boeu me5 oy alt VI
the various machines in themarket no asoertaih
what might be the de,icien sizes. ana then Ia or
faithG,lIy T., produce such machine as wonid sup
pI, the qualities lacking in others, was ths hr]s
work t. which the projectors OF the ne" WI
/ Comnany npulied theinseN es; and time, h'or,
and cauitaI were freely used fol this object having
satisfied themse shat more "nPir mech tytsm
and reaef capacity adaptation 10 ~ I1Jraes were
the resu rs lie aimed for in the new nachl .,
nn,,ber ~ The most experienced and Competent
| mechanics IN the country were enlisted unmer inc
/ chiefsuperyisiun of Mr. Geo. n. FanheW. Ihe olu
Weed was completely divesttan A. anc'ent ~"
cumbersome attachments andappllances' without
! which 1t had been heretofore supposed SeWlhS
Machine could not properly he maze anu ai ,hd
much time spent in Invention anu r .l,e
! prova!. 49, ,,I-,,. .,,ytis .ho
usual parts taken away, stripped almost entirety
! of il,,'I II.y''w.tB 4Jciis (. cif nps, ran s.
| 'cans" feeding wheels" cog "fuShpaus'
| 'ao,Dn hooks" aad other Sowing machine para
uh"rnalia. and such simple artistic mecnanis'n
executing faultlessly ever, imagina"le variety Ul
work was an event seemingly not expected, and
as sratiinc as it wa. novel; yet 'uth appeared to
he the result. But before presenting the nena-
chimes To the public, IL was submitted To course
| of tri,l more severe than over Sewing Machine
had been called up0n- to undergo tnor'uShly
tested in very con .1'vdhe way, iot tscottalhiug
whetherany point necessary 10 Incompetence hal
henn ,v look cd il received the III hest enco nj
INNS and warm chmnendation OF all who witnessed
its wonderful performance.
| TIA inventor had claimed torttr general capac "
ar xecutiug work ct every description without
change uf adjustment, from the most delicate Ia
bric t. tn heaviest cDnds hitherto uninterrupted ny
any machine and tits but simple Justice to say that
these claims wore fully tated to the salts
faction of all examiners ..
The few unimportant changes which these expo
rments had shown to he necessary having hoen
madn arron rementw were Co npIeted for producing
tho new machines in such quantltlesas 1t was cx
pected the demand would require, anu the FAM
iy FayOrit"' was placed In inc marhet US u cahul
date for popular iav +.
How full, these expectations have been real lied
Ia To some extont shown by tho. standing
and business Of the Weed Company To-Day.
s,les one year after another far IN excess "f any
81 lar concern IN the country, and in seven years
, business they have reached p"sitnn among th'
mnnutac u rers of goods in their mo To attain
which their principal competitors have iabored
> for twenty years
G Each year they have been compelled to ado
larrel, to their facilities for produiing and thu
so son Is no exception to this rule, the de
maud Tor their goods being greater than ever he
fore .L
I cess guaranteed by past experience, and otter
= mined to maintain areputationior honorable deal
inr and reliable workmanship second to none, TIN
= company will spare no labor or expense to Keel
their machines in the foremost position which the.
q now hold. .
Honestly believing their "F. T. !" te he tho hes
$ machine In the world and supported by the unan'
nous fayo rahc verdict Of its patrons. they regar'
j, th~ time as not far distant wh' even their com
pot tors must act now lodge the truth ana 'ustic
= Of their claim--that they have produced the Sc"
ina Urrhinp for The People, aud the first representa-
o tive Of its class.