Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-12-18

1t is not surprising when gentleman wishes
to purchase an article which he desires to last
him lifetime, he would take anything that is
brought unsolicited to his home or buy the first
article of the kind offered him. Now, if that ar
ticle should be a SEWING MACHINE. If you
fail to examine the superior merits of the DA-
same category with scores Of others in this and
Rock bridge counties, who purchased other ma
chimes 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 a lady friend of mine, ''The Davis
won't last no time, it will soon wear out, saw
an old Davis out in the country the other day,
it was perfect old rattle-trap,' and the lady
| had only used it or years." All he said may
be true and he could have said the same of the
"old Singer
do not sell the "Old Davis 1t is the NEW
ONE SELL, and it is warranted for fiUe gears.
that some ladies appreciate the merits OF his
machine, as evinced by the fact that sold to a
lady one / had taken in exchangedOr a Davis
One agent for anoth er machine said that fell
low around on Augusta street is humbuggng
the people awfully with that old Davis Ma
chine" That gentleman must be troubled with
dyspepsia, and his slumbers at night are dis
turbed by visions of that felIoeo and the New
Davis Machine. Oh, how 1 pity him. Please
read what those have to say (who have been
humbugged,) who own and have tested the SUI
perior qualities of the Davis: Mrs. Mary Lewis
near Bethel Church says 81 am charmed ed with
machine ever saw; think the gatherer is the
grandest thing of the kind, and works beauti-
owning a domestic and having more wcfk
than she and her daughters could do on one
machine, purchased the DAVIS about three
months ago. Since that time upon their rec
ommendation 1 have sold IN that neigh
borhood machines to the following persons:-
Mrs. Baskins, Mrs. Curd, Miss K. Bateman, Mrs.
Bateman and Mrs. Camden, ask any of them,
and they will tell you how delighted they are
at being humbugged by that fellow
Mr...Wm. Hanger near Waynesboro', called at
fI,oI of 1f f1nor
chine. He remarked have heard other agents
run down that machine SO much that have
concluded 1t must possess superior Qualities to
denounce it, here is thirty-fve dollars. send me
one to WaynesbOro'.
was in Rockbridge last week, called at Mrs.
Weir's, her daughter said major, we are per-
fectly charmed with our machine;" also Miss
Smith, daughter of Mr.. o. P. Smith, and the
way. also refer you to the Misses Abneys, near
Mint Spring, Mrs. Thomas A. Lightner, near
Greenville, Mrs. June SummersOn and Mrs.
West View, also Major Breckenridge, d. ID. & B.
Inst, Mrs. Frank Lyle, Mrs. Geo. P. Baker, Mrs.
Prot Hoover: Mrs: Rie ila Hawkins Miss
John G. Echord, of StauntOn. Mrs. Mollie
Switzer, residing at Edinburg, Shenandoah
after thorough examination of the "Davis,''
she remarked, ~ have had White Machine on
trial fer two weeks, but prefer yours, send me
purchase tn she has applied to the company
for the agency Tor Shenandoah county. The
Davis Is a standard machine in every sense of
the word, and was invented May 18th, 1854 since
which 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 COM
panies were crowded out of the market by tho
combination company, composed ofthe Singer,
Grover & Baker. Howe, and Wheeler & Wilson,
the Davis wauli have taken rank with any OF
them iong since. In May last, Congress cut the
throat of that monopoly by refusing to extend
the Combination patent" The poor man who
could not buy machine before, owing to the
high prices, can now buy first class Davis
Machine with all the extra attachments for Sss5,
Call at
J. W. NEW4ON'S Store.
No. South Augusta Street, and examine
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