Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-01-01

| 1t is not surprising when a 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. 1fyou
| fail to examine the superior merits of the DA-
| Wis and tsst its qualities, you will DE in the
same category with scores of others in this and
Y Rockbridge 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 lady friend Of mine, 1.-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"
ONE SELL, and it is warranted for flee gears.
| For the consolation of that agent will say
that some ladies appreciate the merits of his
machine. as evinced by the fact that l sold to a
/ lady one had taken in exchange for a Davis.
! One agent for another machine said that fell
| low around on Augusta street Is hpmbugging
{<.hine." That gentleman must be troubled with
dyspepsia, and his siumbers at night are dis
Davis Machine. Oh, how 1 pity him. Please
| read what those have to say (who have been
humbuggedD who own and have tested the SUI
periorqualities of the Davis: Mrs. Mary Lewis
| near Bethel Church, says, Il am charmed with
my machine, would not exchange it for any
machine ever saw; think the gatherer is the
grandest thing of the kind, and works beauti-
fully" Mrs. Harris of Fishersville, although
owning o domestic and having more work
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 X. 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
my store On the 10th of Oot to examine the ma
chine. He renarke ed have heard other agents
run down that machine so much that have
concluded 1t must possess superior qualities to
theirs, or they would not take much pains to
denounee it, here is thirty-f1ve dollars. send me
was in Rocxbridge last week. called at Mrs.
Weir's, her daughter said major, are per-
Smith, daughter of Mr.. o. P. Smith, and the
same report came up from Mrs, Nelson, at Mid
way. also refer you to the Misses Abneys, near
Mint Spring. Mrs. Thomas A. Lightner, near
Greenville, Mrs. June SummersOn and Mrs.
Bucher, daughter of Hon. A. B. Lightner, near
West View, also Major Breckenridge, d. ID. & 3.
Inst, Mrs. Frank Lyle, Mrs. Geo. P. Baker, Mrs.
Prof Hoover, Mrs. Richard Hawkins Miss
NJ. Clarke, Mrs. Davis, Miss McCausland, Mrs.
ohn Eeh9r of Mrs Moe
county, called at my store Saturday, Oct. 9th,
after thorough examination of the "Davis,''
she remarked, ~ have had . White Machine on
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
iOI tiiC dStLcy lOI foutHduuOdI COuuly. Inc
Davis is standard machine in every sense of
the word, and was invented May It'll, 1854. since
which time from year to year the improvements
have been invented and put upon it, and but
for the fast (lcpoWp to every hoiiy) that all COM
panies were crowded out of the market by the
combination company, composed ofthe 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 monopolyby refusing to extend
the combination patent The poor man who
could not buy machine before, owing to the
high prices, can new buy a first CLASS laws
Machine with all thS extra attachments for $50.
Call at
J. w. NEWTON'S Store.