Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-02-18
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TIME WEED SEWING MACHINE.

| A GLANCE AT ITS HISTORY AND PROG RESs.
| The first machine OF this name pate nted in
| the year ISL. by TheUcUrc Z. Weed, whe died
within few years thereafter, but there have been
machines made ever since bearing his name. IL
was at one time Constructed with It's machinery
above the table, having n vibrating needle arm
suspended by pvots, with curved needle, &C..
simimilar to that ofWheeler andWllson and others.
which we're subsequently discarded and the perpen-
dieuiar needle bar aud straight needle substituted
In the year 1865 the Intention Of business men
and capitalists in Hartford, CONF. was enlisted,
| and n reor saniEation effected. The manufactnry
was at this time Nashua N. H., the principal man
| agoment in New York City, and the headquarters
| of the corporation at Winstead, Conn, All were
| now concentrated in Hartford, aud the necessary
capital and determination applied to insure sue
cess.
| 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 market. TO ascertain
| what might be the dchcienci sizes, and then la1or
faithfully to produce 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, labor,
and capital were freely used for this object having
satisfied themselves that more simple mechanism
and greater capacity adaptation to ofdH were
| the results b, be aimed for in the new machine, a
number of the most experienced and competent
mechanics in tn country were enlisted under the
chiefsupervision of Mr. Geo. A. Fairfield The old
WEED, was completely Invested Of all ancient ana
cumbersome attachments and appliances, without
which II had been heretofore supposed n Sewing
Machtn0 could not properly be made; and aftor
much time spent in invention and experiment the
new ''F F'' was produced and submitted for ap-
prova!.
To sec perfect Sowing Machine with half the
usual parts tax en- away, stripped almost entirely
| oftho Iclintry'w spring, 'clamps,' franks"
'cams," "feodng wheels" "cog" "rushpads,"
'hObbin hooks" aud other Sewing machine para
phernalia, and such simple artistic mechanism
executing faultlessy every imaginable variety of
work, was an event seemingly not expected, and
n grating rs it was novels yet such appeared to
be the result. But before presenting the nena-
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 ascertainnr
whetherany point necessary to it had
been overlooked, IL received the highest sncomi.
nuns and warm communication of all who witnessed
its wonderful performance.
Its inventor had claimed f0rit n general capacity
or executing work eff every description without
change of adjustment, from the most dell icatc ia,
brio tho heaviest soodS,hlthorto uninterrupted by
any machine and tits hut simple justice to say that
these claims fully substan tated to tho salts
faction of all examiners.
Tho few unimportant changes which these expe.
riments had shown to DO necessary having been
made, arrangement were completed for producing
the new machines in such quantities as it was ex-
pectcd the demand would require and the "Fami.
ly FavOritr' was placed in the market as u candi-
date for popular fayJr.
How fully these expectations have been 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 a position among the
manufacturers OF goods in their line, to attain
which their principal competitors have labored
for twenty years
Each year they have been compelled 10 add
largely to their facilities for producing. and the
presrn season Is no exception to this rule, the dc
mand for their goods being greater than ever be-
fore
With the highest commercial and financial sue
coss guaranteed by past experience, and fctor-
mined to maintain areputation for honorabi deal
ing and reliable workmanship second 10 none, the
company will spare DO labor or expense TO keep
thoir machines in the foremost postionwhich they
now hold.
Honestly believing their "F. F." to he the best
machine in the world, and supported by the unani-
nous favorable verdict Of its patrons, thcv regard
the time as not far distant, WHEN even their com.
pctitors must ackno ledge the truth and Justice
of their claim--that they have produced the Ssu-
ing Machine for the People, and the first representa-
tive Of its class.