The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29
THE NEW DAVIS SEWING
IL MACHINE.

to purchase an article which he desires to last
him life time, he would take anything that is
! brought unsolicited to his HON buy the first
article of the kind offered him. Now. if that ar
ticle should be SEWING MACHINE. If you
fail to examine the superior merits of the DAVIS
and test its qualities, you will be in the same cat
egory with scores of others in this and Rock
bridge counties who purchased other machines
and now wish they owned the DAVIS.
From all directions hear of my machine be-
ing denounced as worthless, by parties who are
| interested in the sale of others. An agent OF the
Singer said to lady friend of mine, 1.-The Davis
wont last no time. it will soon weaf out, saw an
perfect old rattle trap and the lady had only
used it or years.. ali he said my .e true. and
do not sell the "Old Davis" 1t is he NEW
| ONE SELL, and it is warranted for IRE gears.
For the consolation ofthat agent will say some
evinced by the.fact that sold to alady one had
taken in exchange for Davis.
| One agent for another machine said that fellow
I around on Augusta street is humbugging the
| people awfully with that old Davis Machine
| That gentleman must be troubled with dyspep-
STA, and lis slumbers at night are disturbed by
visions of that telloao and the New Davis Machine.
Oh, how pity him. Please read what those have
have tested the superior qualities OF the Davis
Mrs Mary Lewis near Bethel Church. says. Il am
| it for any machine ever saw think the gather
er is the grandest thing OF the kind. and works
owning Domestic and having more work than
she and daughters could do on one machine, pur-
chased Une DAVIS ABOUT LnFee months ago. Sluce
that time, upon their recommendation I have
sold in that neighborhood machines to the fol-
lowing PERSONS: Mrs Baskins, Mrs. Curd, Miss X
Bateman, Mrs. Bateman and Mrs. Camden ask
any of them. and they will tell you how delighted
they are at being humbuged by that fellow"
Mr.. VIM. Hanger, near Waynesboro, called af
my store on the 10th of Oct to examine the ma
chine. He remarked have heard other agents
run down that machine so much that have con-
Guided it must possess superior qualities to
theirs, or they would not take so much pains to
denounee it, here is thirty-hve dollars. send me
one to Waynesboro.
was In Rockbridge last week, called at Mrs.
Weirs, her daughter said major, we are perfect
iy charmed with our machine; also Miss Smith.
daughter of Mr.. o. P. Smith. and the same report
came up from Mrs Nelson, at Midway. also re-
fer you to the Misses Abneys. near Mint Spring,
Mrs Thomas A. Lightner, near Greenville. Mrs.
June Summerson and Mrs Butcher. daughter of
Hon. A. B. Lightner, near West View, also Major
Breckenridge ID. d. & B. Inst. Mrs. Frank Lyle
Mrs. Geo P. Baker, Mrs. Prof. Hoover. Mrs. Rich
ard Hawkins, Miss Maupin, Miss NJ. Clarke, Mrs.
Davis, Miss McCausland Mrs John c. Echord of
Staunton. Mrs Mollie Switzer, residing at Edin-
burg, Shenandoah county, called at my store Sat
urday, Oct 9th, after thorough examination
of the Davis she remarked have had White
Machine on trial for two weeks, but prefer yours.
send me oneto Edinburg. She is so pleased with
her purchase that she has applied to the compa-
ny for the agency for Shenandoah county. The
Davis is standard machine in every sense OF the
word, and was inv ented May 18th, 1854, since that
time from year to year the improvements have
been invented and put upon it, and but for the
fact (known to every body,) that all companies
ton company, composed of the Singer, Grover &
Baker, Howe, and Wheeler & Wilson, the Davis
would have taken rank with any of them long since
In May last, Congress cut the throat of that mo-
nopoly by refusing to extend the Combination
patent" The poor man who could not buy ma
inche before, owing to the high prices, can now
buy first class Davis Machine with all the extra
attachments for S35. Call at
j. w. NE WTON'S Store,
No. . South Augusta Street, and examine them.
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