Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-25
TINE WEED SEWING MACHINE

A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND PROG RESS
{ Fhe hrst machine Of this name was pate ntcd II
the year lSJl. by Theodore 4. Weed, whS die'
within lew years thereafter, but there have OeeI
machines made ever since bearing his name. |
was at one time Constructed with lbs machinery
above the table. having vibrating needle aru
suspended by piyOts, with curved needle, 6e.
simimlar TO that of Wheeler and Wilson aud Others
which we're subsequently discarded and the perpen
dieHidr needle bar aud st'dJh needle substitute
In the year l. $50 the attention OF business men
and ca italists ia Hartford, Conn. was enlisted
and rcOr sanization effected. The. mauufict Try
was at this time Nashua, N. H., the prime pal man.
agement in New York City, and the head-quarters
Of the corporation at Winstead, Conn, All were
now concentrated in Hartford, and the necessary
capital and determination applied to insure sue
Cess
, II had long been evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
OF the people had not rs yet been met by any Of
the various machines in the marke ct. To ascertain
what might be the deficiencies, and then la ,or
faithful IA produce such machine as would sup
ply the qualities lackiug in others, the first
| work to which the projectors Of the New Weed
Company applied themseli es; and time, Ia or
and capital were freely used for this object. having
! satisfied thomse Ives that simple nechani.n
and greater capacity or adaptation to ofHJr.ie, were
the results b he aimed for in the machi"e, a
humber of the most experienced and competent
mechanics In the country en- listed under the
chiefsuperyision of Fir. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
Weed was completely Invested Of all ancient ma
cumbersome attachments and appliances, without
which it had heen heretofore SUPPOSED n Sewing
Machine could not properlyb be made and after
much time spent in invention and experiment. the
new az F." was produced and submitted for aD-
prova!.
To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts TAX en- away, stripped almost entirely
of;ip ~ 10 'pr,is. 'eianps,' 1t franks"
''cams," "feedng wheels" 'cog," ..rushpads,"
'hopbin hooks" aud other Sewing machine para
pharnaa and such a simple artist moehan s,n
executing faultlessly ever, Imaginable variety Of
work. wasa an event seemingly not expected, and
as sratns as it WIS novel; yet such appeared 10
chimes to the public, it was omitted to course
Of trial more severe than ever Sewing Machine
had been called upOn- tU undergo; thorou .hly
tested in very con .oivable wav, for .scertii ming
point necessary to 1t plcteness had
been overlooked, it received the hi hest enc,nI-
nms and warm CON nendatiOn of II who witnessed
Its wonderful performance.
It's inventor had claimed for IL General eanacjtv
or executing work ct every description yithont
change Of adjustment, from the most dell icatc IN, |
brio tsthe heaviest goods hitherto uninterrupted nv
any machine and tits but simple Justice t say that
these claims were fully suDstan tiated to the salts
faction Of all examiners. ...-.s.-..-
The few uniIuportant changes which these expc.
riments had shown to he necessary having hsen
,he new machines in such guam titles as il was ex-
pected the demand would require, ami the .'Fami
" Ravoritr" was placed In the market as a candi.
late for popular fav.r.
How fully these expectations have been realized
$ to srmo extent shown by tho standing
md business Of the Weed Company to-day.
|
ales, one year after another far In excess IF any
uilar concern In the country and in seven ycars'
business they have reached u p. sition among the
of goods in their line, to attain
Fhiah their principal competitors have labored
NJ twenty years.
Each year they hava been compelled to add
argely to their facilities for produ ing. and the
resent season Is no exception to this rule, tho de
land for their goods being greater than ever he
IRE
With tho highest commercial and financial sue. ,
ess guaranteed by past experience, and ieter-
lined TO maintain areputatiOn for honorable deal G
" androliable workmanship second b. none the /
'mpany will spare no labor or expense tn keen
eir machines in the foremost position which thew h
wv hold. !,
Honestly believing their "F. ," te he the hest Il
achine In the world, and supported by the unani- \
Gus favorable verdict 81 its patrons, thev regard
e time az not far distant. wht even their com.
,t'tors mustn Ioulodge the truth and Justice
their claim--that they have produced the Sem
. hqchin' for the People, and the first representa-
We of its class.