VOT..  XXXIV.  No.  19.1, 
VVHOl.E  No.  1397.  S 
NEW  YORK  CITY,  NOV.  4,  1376. 
PRICK  six:  oentm 
ri.50  PER  YEAR. 
f  Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congreaa.  in  the  year  187(i,  by  the  Rural  Publishing;  Company,  in  the  ofllco  of  the  Librarian  of  ConRress  at  Washlnjfton.j 
|iitiusti-ial  |m]^  I  cm  cuts, 
THE  WEED  MACHINE. 
Ajiono  the  various  display  Pavilions  at  the 
Centennial  Exhibition,  none  is  more  attractive 
than  that  of  the  Weed  Sewing  NIachino  Company 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  Nlachinery  Hall. 
Many  of  the  other  companies  have  tilled  their 
spaces  with  cabinet  ma¬ 
chines  inclosed  in  cases  of  If'  -i'll  ' 
elegant  workmanship  lljj  ■jl'  i||  j|i 
which  are  replete  with  pol-  j|  I' '''  ''  j  1!! 
ished  wood  and  gilt.  Not  j||j  Ijl 
so  however,  with  the  Weed  U  !|  „ 
Company.  They  display  |i  |j| 
only  such  machines  as  are  ||  ill 
actually  used,  showing  all  |  |  1] 
their  excelleiit  points  of  i|  i- 
utility  and  household  ox-  ||  j 
colleuce  without  eudeav-  |||  j 
oring  to  attract  attention  [i||  ^  j  l 
to  any  gilded  or  silvered  ||jj  ■  ||i ' 
cases.  Them  chief  disiday  j |j  li'jl 
is  in  the  work  actually  m 
performed  by  their  ma-  h  '111 
chine.  As  will  be  seen  by  ; 
the  illustration  given,  they  j  ^ 
exhibit  as  one  of  tlie  spec-  i 
imens  the  picture  of  the 
Battle  of  Bunker  HUI- 
one  of  the  flneat  piece.s  of 
workmanship  ever  done 
on  a  sowing  machine.  It 
embraces  all  .the  various 
kinds  of  work  of  which  a 
machine  is  capable,  and  4 
shows  that  ill  the  various  ■  ■  * 
improvements  which  havo 
arisen  in  tins  line  during 
tlie  last  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury,  the  Weed  Company 
has  kept  constant  pace 
with  tlie  times. 
The  Centennial  Judges  ■ ' 
appointed  to  investigate  ! 
this  branch  of  industry  j  i' 
comprised  men  who  have  iip^  " 
made  this  subject  tho  |  JSijfl  , 
study  of  their  lives  and  ' 
who  were  conversaut  witli  I" 
every  detail,  good  or  bud,  It--'  .'i/'lll 
possibly  existing  in  sewing  |  '.V'  .'7  ■ 
machines.  After  a  tlior-  !> 
ough  examination  and  a  J ;  !  a 
series  of  severe  tests  of  i 
all  the  working  parts,  and  ji  | 
a  complete  investigation  J  i 
of  what  it  could  perfonn,  ,  *«!•*„ 
the  Committee  of  Judges 
awarded  to  the  Weid  mo- 
chine  the  Highest  Honors 
awarded  by  the  Centennial  {jf 
Commission,  vix.,  the 
Grand  Medal  of  llonorand  • 
a  Diploma  of  Merit.  In  ad-  '  ' 
dition  to  this,  tho  Judges 
made  a  Report  in  which  ^  -'77^ 
they  set  forth  the  basis  ^  ~  ^ 
of  such  award,  which  was, 
among  other  things : 
An  excellent  Shuttle  Ma  ^ 
cldne,  possessing  onyi- 
nality  and  simplicity  of 
constructive  detail,  fine 
quality  of  workmanship 
and  ‘materials,  and  great  ^ 
adaptabUily  to  both  cloth 
and  leathei'  stitching.  This 
Report  was  aDo  officially 
signed  by  J.  R,  Hawley,  ^ - 
President ;  A.  T.  Go8Hok.s,  ^ 
Director-General ;  Mvee  Asch,  Assistant  Sect'y. 
Those  who  are  at  all  familiar  with  mechanics, 
will  at  once  wee  by  tho  construction  of  this  ma¬ 
chine  tliat  (ho  claims  of  its  manufacturers  and 
the  Higliest  Award  of  tlio  Centennial  Commis¬ 
sion  are  based  iqion  no  pretexts,  but  upon  a  solid 
foundation.  Some  of  tlio  points  of  superiority 
arc  ;  (1)  It  lias  a  link  device,  by  which  tho  noo¬ 
dle  and  shuttlo  are  Lrouglit  to  their  respective 
extreme  points  at  exactly  the  same  instant  of 
time,  thus  insuring  poriection  in  each  stitch  en¬ 
tirely  uidependently  of  the  one  preceding  it,  and 
this  being  done  without  the  use  of  the  cam,  also 
insures  greater  speeil  wltli  much  loss  friction, 
both  for  work  on  cloth  and  leather— on  light  or 
heavy  work:  (2)  The  Weed  Cylinder  Shuttlo  car¬ 
ries  much  more  thread  than  most  machines, 
thereby  saving  both  time  and  labor :  (3)  Tho 
upiier  tension  is  so  arranged  that  -the  thread 
passes  under  a  leaf,  which  oscillates  so  as  to 
bind  it  at  one  end  while  it  relaxes  at  tho  other, 
thereby  obviating  tho  mcossaut  halls  and  wtoii- 
C3i:iVTii:iViviA.iL,  exiiiuit 
miJE  WEEJ>  CO, 
pages  caused  by  knot.s  and  kinks  in  the  thread, 
which  passes  tlu-ough  without  breakage  orbin- 
draiice.  The  upper  and  lower  tonRions  are  so 
perfectly  arranged  relatively  to  each  other  that 
the  dillerenee  in  the  appearuneo  of  tho  stitch 
from  a  full  or  nearly  empty  bobbin  is  entirely  im; 
perceptible:  (1)  ft  has  an  exceeding  convenient 
spooler,  whose  sluipHcity  enables  it  to  bo  easily 
worked  by  a  child  :  (5)  By  reason  of  all  tlio  prin¬ 
cipal  bearings  being  capped,  lost  motion  from 
wear  and  tuar  can  be  re.udily  taken  up  and  the 
. .  inaohhie  kept  constantly 
i'l  perfect  running  order, 
thus  avoiding  the  expense 
of  replacing  woni  parts  : 
(G)  The  feed  is  positive 
hr  itself  without  tho  aid  of 
Bpi'higs  :  (7)  All  tho  parts 
aagi^ 'H’C  thoroughly  tested  and 
l'a«>'ch  oP'ui  before  tbe 
muchino  is  set  up,  so  that 
W  there  is  mr  d.'iuger  of  get- 
ting  any  hut  aperfccl  ina- 
cJlino.  (g)  Each  individ- 
Uat  jnirt  of  the  m.acliino 
rFSI j  oan  bo  easily  replaced. 
Tlio  above  points  of  ex- 
Ijj  J  c  e  1 1  e  n CO  in  mechanical 
i'jljji  oonstruction  and  device 
are  the  results  of  years 
pevinmilt  ou  the  part  "ef 
1  l'-i|  tho  experts  in  tho  employ 
J'"i|  of  tlio  Weed  Company, 
and  it  must  ho  a  gratili- 
ii  1:111  cation  to  it  to  know  that 
il'ijj  the  Judges  at  tho  Conten- 
nial  have  indoriicd  their 
labors  and  ex|ienditrrroa 
^  Ifj!  hy  conft-riug  upon  them 
^  avi  HigliOht  Awai'd  which 
all  DoUtd  by  tho 
^  i  flnminisslon.  In  addition 
to  thi.s,  they  have  based 
crowning  glories  of 
I*  I  l|j  struction,"  its  “line  qiml- 
I  ^  '^’oi'kmansbip  and 
it.'/  to  holii  cloth  and  leather 
Klitching,"  thns  cumliiiiiig 
two  niaciiinea  In  one,  both 
suits.  The  Ruual  Las 
sent  out  to  Its  agents  as 
premiums  for  getting  up 
eJuUs  hundredrt  of  these 
machines  williout  the  re¬ 
ceipt  of  a  conipluiat  from 
one,  arjd  our  Ulus  are  to¬ 
day  lilkd  with  letters  of 
praise  and  thanks  for  so 
uaful  and  excellent  an  .ad¬ 
junct  to  the  home  circle. 
Bo  inofuBo  have  been  tho 
words  of  irraise  extended 
to  it  that  the  Company  has 
named  its  niachino  the 
catchword,  hut  as  a  just 
Company  Improviug 
the  “  i\woiuTK’'  is  a  safe 
guaranty  that  tho  future 
will  develop  equal  pro- 
gi-ess  and  entitle  it  to 
the  motto  “Excklsioe.” 
-P 
