Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-01-28

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/ a GLASCEAT ITS HISTORY. AND PROG RESs.
The tirst machine Of this name was pate nted in
: the year 1851. by TheUuUre e. Weed, whs died
within few years thereafter, Tut there have been
4 machines made ever since bearing l1s name. 1t
was at one time constructed with It's machinery
I above the table. havins a Violating needle arm
suspended by pvots with curved needle, &C.,
sunni ar to that OF WheoleTandMlIsun aud Others,
rhch we're subsequently discarded and the perPeH-
dieuigr nesdis bar aud st'diJt needle substituted
/ In the year ls6j the attention Vt business men
and ca italists Ia Hartford, Coma. enlisted,
and Il reur ,anzatiOp effected. The manufdct ny
was at this time Nashua, y. H., the principa man
agement in New York City, and the head-1 quarters
of the corporation at Minstead, Conn, 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 hal not a. yet been met by any Of
the various machines in the market. To ascertain
what might be the dehcien-ies, and then la Ur
fithfullytu pruduce such machine as would sup
ply the qualities lacking in others, was the first
work to which the projectors of the New Weed
Company applied themselves: and time, In 'Or,
and captal were freely used for this object. having
satisfied themselves that simple mechanism
and rCatfT caEGeyOr adaptation to OF al rgiss
the results he aimed tor in tbs new mach c. a
number Ct the most experienced and co'npetent
mechanics in the country were enlisted under the
chiefsupervsinn NJ FIR. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
"Werd' was completely divcsted of all ancient ana
cum hcrsone attachments and appliances, without
Machine could not properly he made; and after
much titne spent in invention aud experiment tho
new "F. F." was produced and submitted for ap-
prOva!,
/ r., s,,c perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts taken away, stripped almost entirely
ufsIi - NV - lbri CIR npS' franks"
''camsir feeding wheels cog" ''rushpads,"
'anthin hooks" and ether Sowing machine para
ph.raalia. and such a simple artistic mechanism
executing EIultiessly eyerA Imagihaul e vniety Of
work. ~ts an event seemingly not expected, and
. a.- WA nFtr al anah Il
he the result. But before presenting the neua-
chimes to the public, it was submitted 10 course
Of trial more severe than ever Sewing Machine
had been called upon to undergo; thoroughly
tested in very con .eyahlc war, for iscertaiuins
whethcrany point necessary t. completeness had
heCn ~ triJpHed, IL received the hi ,hUSt encn'uI-
mus aud warm cimmendatiUn of al who witnessed
It's wonderful performance.
It's inventor had claimed for IL general capacity
or executing work Ct every description without
change + adiusncDt, from the most deli catc El.
hric t. the nilgpst gods u tlsrti uninterrupted h,
any machine, and tits but sample iHstcy 10 say that
these 81 ains wert inll, stan tiated TO the salts
faction If all examiners. sre -.f
The few uhimportaut changes which these expe-
rinents had shown 10 he necessary having heen
made, arran cement were O. npieted for producing
the new machines in such guanttieSas twas cx-
pected the demand would rtqulr.', aEd the "Fani.
iy Favorit'n was placed in the market as II candi-
date for popular fay r.
How fully these expectations have been realized
is to some extent shown by the standing
and business - the Weed Company to-day
Their returns show Il percentage of Increase in I
sales one year after another far IN excess IF any
81 nilnr concern in the Country and in seven years
business they have reached p sition among the |
manufac' urcrs Of goods in their line, to attain ,
whiah their principal competitors have labored
for twenty years
Each year they have been compelled to add .
largely to their Facilities for pr0du ling. aud the
present isun IA execution 10 this rule, the de
maud for their goods being greater than ever be-
fore
with tho highest com N ercial and financial sue
cess guaranteed by past experience, md etcr- (
mined to maintain areputaton for honorable DEAL |
inc aud reliable w0rknanship second tp none the /
company viii spare no labor or expense tD keep !
their naehnesin the foremost position which they
now hold. s..> ... .s.
Honest believing their ''f. F." te he the hest
machine In the world aud supp0rto'lhy tlIcunani- /
nous favorable verdict Of its patrons thev regard
the time n not far distant wht even their com.
pettors must acE nopled ge the truth aud Justice
Of their claim--that they have produced The SER
inn H1ch,'" to- te People, ac the first Representa-
tive Of its class.