Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-08

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A GLANCE AT IT'S HISTORY AND PROGRESS
d rhe drst machine Of this name was patented u
the year lnol, by Theodore +. Weed, whe died
within a few yearsthereafter Tut there have Deer
machines made ever since bearing his name. II
was at one time constructed with It's machinery
above the table. having q vibrating needle arm
suspended by pivots, with curved needle, &e.,
. simimilar to that of WhoelerandW Wilson aud others,
whish we're subsequently, discarded and The Ie,rpen'
\ aieulGT needle bar and straight needle substituted.
In the year 1853 the attention Of business men
, and Ca itaiists Ia Hartford, Coma. was Enlisted,
and a reOr sanlsation effected. The manufict 'ry
acementi 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. \
1t had long been evident to those familiar With
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
OF the people had not ms yet beel met by any of
the various machines in the market To ~tscertain
what might be the deficiencies, and then ia 'or
faithfully to produce such q machine as would sup
ply the qualities lacking in others, WIS the first
work TO which the projectors of the New Weed
Company applied themselves; and time, la ,0r,
and capital were freely used for this object. having
satisfied themselves that u more simple mechanism
and greater capacity or adaptation to ofH Jrates were
the results { he aimed for In the new maehi G. a
number Of the most experienced and Competent
mechanics in thecountry were enlisted uuder the
chiefsupervison of FIR. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
"Weed" was completely Invested of all ancient ma
cumbersome attachment and appliances, without
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Machine could not properly he made :. and after
much time spent in invention and ex experiment., the
new of. F." was produced and submitted for aD-
TO sec a perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts taken away, stripped almost entirely
s "lSna ); sfoedius Wv whepeIs,6 con" SarpP'' ..ru s[%%Ss' .
'bo1bin hooks' and other Sowing machine para
Dhernalia, and such a simple artistic mechanism
1 executing flultlessly evert Imaginable variety of
work. wasan event seemingly not expected, and
as %sratiiDg as it was novel; yet such appeared to
be the result. But before presenting the nema-
chimes to the public, 1t was submitted to = course
of trial more severe than ever Sewing Machine
had been called upon to undcrgoi thoroughly
tested in very con .oivable way, for tscertaining
whetherany point necessary to it completeness had
been overlooked, it received the hi chest cncomi-
mus and warm cammendatiOn of all who witnessed
its wonderful performance.
Its inventor had claimed forit q general capacity
or executing work ct every description without
change of adjustment, from the most delicate FL
brio tethe heaviest goods. hithertn uninterrupted by
any machine, and ills butsimplc justice to say that
these claims were fully substan tiated to the salts,
faction of all examiners.
The few unimportant changes which these expe-
riments had shown 10 he necessary having been
made, arrangement were Co npleted for producing
the new machines In such quantities as it was ex-
pected the demand would require, ana the "Fami.
ly. Favorit"' was placed in the market as a candi-
date for popular fay n.
How fully these expectations have been realized
is to some extent shown ny tho standing
and business OF the Weed Company to-day.
1 HCll EbtNilus SiihN u pciCthNtSc " increase IN
sales, one year after another. far in excess of any
81 nilar concern in the country, and Ia seven years
business they have reached II position among the
manufacturers Of goods in their line, On attain
whiah their principal competitors have labored
for twenty years
Each year they have been com ed to add
largely to their Facilities for prOdu ing. and the
p%rescutsc lson Is no re lptipn to this rule, the de
maud for ther goods being greater than ever no.
fore
with tho highest commercial and financial suc-
cess guaranteed by past experience, and eter-
mined 10 maintain arcputatinn for honorable deal.
ing and reliable work second to mono, the
company will spare no labor or expense tn keen
their machines In the foremost position which they
now hold.
HNnestly believing their "F. F.n to he the hest
the world, and supported hy the unani-
nous favorable verdict of its patrons, they regard
time as not far distant, when even their com.
must nct 1ov ledgo the truth and Justice
Of their claim--that they have produced the Scu.
~ hqrhinc for the People, aud the first representa-
Of its C ass