Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-01-07

A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND PROGRESS.
The first machine Of this name was pate nted In
the year IS5l, by Theodore L. Weed, whs died
within a few yearsthereafter. but there have been
machines made ever sin &C bearing his name. 1t
was at one time constructed with los machinery
above the table. having a vibrating nevdle arm
suspended by pivOts, with curved needle, &C.,
simimilar to that of Wheeler and Wilson and others,
which we're subsequently discarded and the perPeH-
di1uilr needle bar aud snaiJht needle substituted.
In the year 1865 the attention Of business men
aud ca, italists la Hartford, Coma. was enlisted,
aud a reorganization effected. The mandatory
was at THIS time Nashua, N. H., the principal man
agement in New York City, and the headquarters
Of the corporation at Winstead, Conn, All were
now concentrated in Hartford, and the necessary
capital aud determination applied to insure sue
Cess.
II had long boen evident to those familiar with
the Sewing Machine business that the real wants
Of the people had not as yet been met by any of
the various machines in the market. To ascertain
what might be the dedcien sizes, and then labor
faithfully t. produce such a machine as would sup
ply the qualities lacking in others, was the first
work to which the projectors of the New Weed
Company applied themselI es; and time, labor,
and CAPITAL were freely used for this object. having
satisfied themselvesthat a more simple mechanism
and greater capacity or adaptation to of all Jrdfes were
the results b. he aimed for in the new machi Q, a
number Of the most experienced and. competent
mechanics In the country we're enlisted uuder the
chief supervision Of nr. Geo. A. Fairfield. The old
Weed" was completely Invested of all ancient ana
cumbersome attachments and appliances, without
WftOh " lhi ttNu otpbtNN' " SN"ih
Machine could not properly be made; and after
much time spent in invention and experiment. tho
new OF. f." was produced and submitted for ap-
prevail.
= TO sec a perfect Sewing Machine with half tho
usual parts TAX en- away, stripped almost entirely
off,, ), ,iJ.eSr w't, sD,IaSS : .S sng rtFansss'"
'hobbin hooks'' aad other Sew ing machine para
phernalia, and such a simple artistic mechanism
executing faultlessly every imaginable variety of
work, was an event seemingly not expected, and
NJ Urratiin u AZ H. wus novel: vet such lnDea red to
he the result. But before presenting the nema-
chimes to the public, II was submitted TO = course
Of trial more severe than ever sewing Machine
had been called upon to undergo thoroughly
tested in very con seivable way, for lscertaining
point necessary to it 'completenes had
been overlooked, it received the hi chest encomi.
INNS and warm commentator Of Ill who witnessed
its wonderful performance.
Its inventor had claimed for tia general capacity
or executing work eff every description without
change of ADJUSTMENT, from the most delicate fl-
brio to- the heaviest sUods.iith0rto uninterrupted BY
any machine, and tits but simple justice to say that
these claims were fully substan tiated to the salts,
of all examiners.
The few unimpOrtantc changes which these eXpe-
riments had shown to he necessary having heen
made, arrangement were completed Tor producing
the new machines in such quantitiesas 1t was ex-
pected the demand would require, and the "Fami.
iy Favoritn'' was placed In the market rs q candi-
date for popular fay n.
How fully these expectations have been realized
Is to some extent shown by tho standing
and business OF the Weed Company to-day.
Their returns show a percentage of increase In
one year after another. far in excess Of any
81 nilar concern in the country; and in seven years
they have reached n position among the
manufacturers of goods in their line, to attain
which their principal competitors have labored
Or twenty years.
Each year they have been compelled TO add
largely to their facilities for producing. and the
present season Is no exception to this rule, the de
nand for their goods being greater than ever be-
ore
With the highest commercial and financial sue
guaranteed by past experience, and 'eter-
mined TO maintain areputation for honorable deal
ny and reliable work manship second to none, the
company will spare no labor or expense to keep
heir mnchiuesi in the foremost position which they
low hold.
Honestly believing their "F. F." to he the host
machine in the world, and supported by the unani-
nous favorable verdict of Its patrons, thew regard
he time as not far distant, wht n even their com.
must ack now ledge the truth and Justice
their claim-that they have produced The Setc-
M Nrchiu' Gor the People, and the first representa-
i've of Its class.