Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-04

GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS
iho hrst machine OF this name was pate nted il
thc year l7Il, by Thcoaore Il. Weeu, wins diet
within lew years thereafter, hut there have beer
machines made ever sin co bcarin. his name II
was at one time constructed with los machner,
apoVe The table, havln; vibrating needle arm
suspended by pivVts, with curved needle, &C.
slmimar to that Of Wheeler aud w ilsun and others
winch we're subsequently, discarded and the perpea.
d'c"far needle bT and strGiJht needie substituted
! In the year lr6j the attention Of business NOR
and ca italists Ia Hartford, Conn. was enlisted
aud rcUr ;auization effected The nanufact nv
wasat this time Nashua, n. H., the principal man.
asement in New YORK City, and the headquarters
OF the corporation at Wnstuad, 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 yet been met by any of
the various machines in the market. To iscertaIu
what might BIO the deficiencies, and thon la n,r
faithfully IT, produce such machine Us would sun
! plJ the qualities lacking in others, was the first
rTork to which the projectors Of the New Weed
Company applied themselves and time In ',or
and capital were freely used fDr this object having
sat- shed themselves that simple mechanism
and greater capGcity adaptation to ofqH yafes were
the results b, be aimed for in the new mach o. a
number of the most experienced and Competent
mechanics in theeountry were enlisted uuder the
chief supervision of tr. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
Weed" was completely Invested If all ancient ana
cumbersome attachments and appl auces, without.
which 1t had been heretofore supposed y SEWN.
Machine could not properly be made; and after
much time spent in invention and experiment the
new "F f." was produced and submitted for ap-
prova!.
To sec perfect Sewing Machine with half the
usual parts taken away, stripped almost entirely
0fGIi ~ lty''w - sbril {, 'ctfmps,' 1T RANKS"
'cams," 'ieeding wheels" "cos," ''rushpads,"
'oo,bin hooks" and other Sowing machine para
phrrnaa, and such simple artistic mechanism
executing flultessly every Imagina Die variety Of
work, was an event seemingly not expected, and
as grating as 1t was novel; yet such appeared to
he the result. But before presentin. the men A.
chimes TO the public, it was submitted to = course
of trial more severe than ever Sewing Machine
had been called upon to undergo; thoroughly
tested in very con .eivable way, for iscerttininr
whetherany point necessary to tscompleteness had
been 'verlooked, ii received the hi chest encomi-
INNS and warm ormmendation of u II who Witnessed
Its wondering performances
Its inventor had claimed orita general capacity
or executing work cf every description without
change of adjustment, from the most dell icate IA
brio to the heaviest goods hitherto unattempted h,
any machine and tits but simple justice to say that
these claims were fully suhstan tiated tothe salts
faction Of all examiners.
The few unimportant changes which these expc.
rlments had shown to he necessary having been
made, arrangement were co npleted for producing |
the new machines in such quantities rs 1t was ex-
pected the demand would require, snd the "Fa,ni |
~ Favorit'" was placed in the market as a candi-
How fully these expectations have heen realized
is to some extent shown by tho standing
and business Of the Weed Company to-day.
sales. one year after another far in excess Of any
81 nlar concern In the country and in seven years
business they have reached u position among the
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 produsing and tho
present selson Is no exception to this rule, the dc
maud for their goods being greater than ever he
fore
with tho highest commercial and financial suc.
cess Guaranteed by past experience, mud .etar-
mined 70 maintain arepntation for honorable deal.
ing andreliahle WORK innnship second 10 none. the
their machines IN the foremost position which thoy
now hold,
Honestly believing their "F. F." to he the hest
machine In the world. and supported by the mani.
nous favorable verdict If its patrons, thew regard
tho time rs not far Distant. when even their com.
potltors NUT act now ledge the truth and Justice
Of their claim-that they have produced Inc Som.
tive Of Its class.