Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-01-18
NEW DAVIS So vssS9s
MACHINE.

| Il is surprising that when a gen | wish
| es to purchase al article which he desires Il
| last him life lime, be 'uld AXE anything
| that is bro ght unsolicited to his home Or bay
the first article of the kind offarei bin Now, j
that article should be ii SEWING MACHINE
if YOU fail to tx MINI the superior merits of ihe
DAVIS and test its quaities you will be in the
same category with scores of Others in this and
Rock oridge counties, who hare purchased other
machines and now wish they owned the DA-
Wis.
From all directions hear of my machine be-
iEg denounced as worthless. by parties who are
interested in The sale of others An agent OF
the Singer s,id to d lady lend of mine. "The
Davis won't last no time, it will soon wear out,
saw an old Davis out i. the conntrs he other
day, i, was perfect old raitle-frap,' and the
lady bad onl used it or 4,years.' III he said
may be true. and he could have said the same of
the 'foli Singer"
dc not sell the sold Davis" 1t is the
NEW ONE | SELL, and it is warranted for
FIVE YEARS,
For The consolation Of that agent | will say
some laoies apprecia, the merits his machine
as evidenced by the fact that sold to a lady
one had taken in exchange for ''Davis."
One agent for anolher machine said 'that faE-
low around on Augusta street is humbuggirg
the people awfully ith that old Davis Ma
chine" That gentleman must be- troubled with
ed by visions of that eIlloO and the New / avis
Machine Oh, how | pity him Please read
what those have to say (who have been hum
bugged } who own and have tested the superior
qualities of the Davis: Mrs. Mary Lewis near
Bethel Church, says, III am charmed with nv
machine, would not exchange il for any ma
chine ever saw I think the gatherer is the
grandest thing of the kind, and works beaut
fally," Mrs. Harris, of Fishersville, although
owning Domestic and having more work than
she and daughters could do on one Machine,
purchased the DAVIS about three months ago.
Since that time, upon their recommendation |
have sold in that neighborhood machines to the
following persons: Mrs. Baskins, Mrs. Curd,
Miss K. Bateman, Mrs Bateman and Mrs Cam.
den, ask any of them, and they will tell you
how delighted they are at being humbugged by
that s'feIlow."
Mr. VIM Hanger, near Waynesboro' called
at my store on the 10th of Oct to examine thu
ma hine, He remarked | have heard other
agents run down that machine so much that
have concluded it must possess superior quail
ties to theirs, or they would not take so much
pains to denounce it. here is thirty-fve dollars,
send me one to Wagnesboro'.
was IN Rockbrdge last week called at Mrs.
Weirs, her dangt ter said 'Gdajor, we are per-
fectIy charmed with cur Machine;" also Miss
Smith. daughter of Mr.. 0 P Smith, and the
same report came up from Mrs Nelson, at Mid
way. | also refer you to the Misses Abney
near Mint Spring Mrs, Thomas A. Lightner,
near West View, also Major Breckenridge,
D. & B. Inst, Mrs. Frank Lyle Mrs. Geo. P
aker. Mrs. Prof Hoover, Mrs. Richard Hawk
ms, Miss Maupin, Miss NJ. ella Ike, Mrs. Davis
Miss McCausland, Mrs John c. Echord, of
Stanton. Mrs Moliie Switzer, residing al
Edinbnrg, Shenandoah count, called at my
store Saturday, Oct, 9Th, after "a thorough ex.
animation of the 'E3avis, y she remarked ~ have
had " hite Machine n trial for two weeks,
but prefer yours send me one to Edinburg "
She is so pleased with her purchase that she has
applied to the company for the agency for Shen-
andoah county, The Davis is a STANDARD ma
ch ne in every sense of the word, and was in
vented May 18th, 1854. since tina. time from year
to year the impro vemants have been invented and
put upon it, and but for the fact (known
to every body,) that all companies were
crowded out of the market by the combination
company composed of the Singer, Grover s
Baker, Howe and Wheeler & Wilson, the Davis
would have taken rank with sny of them long
since. In May last, Congress cut the throat of
that monopoly by refusing to extend the ''com-
biuation pAtent.' The poor who could
Lot buy machine before, owing to the high
prices can now buy q frst-class Davis Machine
with all the extra attachments for S35 Call at
J. ". NEWTON'S Store,
No South Augusta St., and examine them.
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