Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-01-11
A BRIEF REPLY TO FOLKS UP
SALT RIVER.

TIME subs cribcrs feel tacmse YES again called up
l. on 10 make a passing remark IN answer to a
new set OF advertisements over The 81 -nalure Of l.
Webb & Co and G.. L. and G. c.. RobI son, ruJ-
lished in two of the pubic Journals, printed II
Montpelier, although we consider II drrogatory 10
us and condescending too much 10 answer the lool-
hardy impostors and would not do II ddswe suppose
the nublic knew them well az we do III rcore
we once more bee the ln6us ence oi The pub WI Ir
we endeator briefly TO PRINT so'ne lew OF Inc Ia 8
positions genleucn have taken relative to or
Cooking Stove Al first they come before the public
with M advertisement stating that in the winter al
,3S D. s. RoweE Invented stove with an elevated
oven and that in the winter oil 40, we, or lilden.
stole the model, carried 1t 20 one Fisher Holmes,
procured patterns put the Stove INTO operation
and by fraudulent means secured patent hereon.
We would here state that the Tden and The itoweli
stove ore two in principle and construction, and
there Is not in the Rowel stove that bears any
analogy to any plate in our stove. The Siovrs are
a. dssimiar TO each other as COnanps and Wool
sons except that both have elevated ovens. 1t was
early discovered mat h1ro was "'w Pi%,e :" our
stove that not be fonnd in the Rowell, or any
other stove then extant, called triple curve plate
With this they declared war; this they said was o
invention but was put in the stove by The suggestion
of Mr. Holmes, which is as false the nlcoran and
that the truth might prevail Mr.. Holmes came be-
fore the public and charged them directly with he
le and they have not, dare moi, cannot answer
him. Here the cloven foot showed ITSELF and it ap-
pears TO have heen their chief design since that tins
10 scandaize and abuse us, and humbUg the pubic
ou, of the idea they hao lied. They then claimed
that the plate was invented by Elisha Town, and
was used in the Town stove some Yeas previous 10
the nyenl ion OF our stove; but in this they were
oually unfortunate, the plate referred to was moi
in The stove when il patented, nor was it put
In BIZ Mr. Town, and it compares with the plate in,
our stove a broad axe does with plough share
ar the above nance gentlemen do with decent men q.
And now over date OF Dec. IS and 4, they boast they
have fired their big guG, and think they have, and
like the negro, besmeared their new cOuts for moth
inc They have for the last three months been
throwing IN the face and eyes of the public con.
tjnued volume OF falsehood and abuse and for what?
For no other reason only because we have underiu-
ken tu maintain and defend the rights the laws Of
onr country have guaranteed 10 US If VIC liepe in.
ured the N, is there no honorable way 10 get rem
edy Are lhoy compelled 10 Kick, cnil and abuse
ms as ,hey cast they have, by OF def IN
the law? or is it but giving vent to their mal zna
nassions which. cannot be loo mean for NJ ~ Ia
stoop TO? O! shame where is ihy bush We say
they have done Us wrong, and we take none bus
hon ,rable means 10 get hat wrong ushlcd. They
talk oC beino over alto eked with The weapons Of truth
and iustice Il this e. 'ually false, or nel II hue,
WHY not use them in III cir warfare with that awisl
Monster, Tilden's pateD', instead OF longer usins
the weapons OF faschood nd sec i"y dc not nave
better SUGGEST They say lhey have provoked rs 10
sue them; ana for his as how much cteu art
they entitled tol and complain they were not sud
soon enough. We Ihiuk there : no reason Tor this,
for we assure Them Uncle Sam III put his veto on
their AS They wish, va IA NJ drclsion
they'll fad a good deal OF OK. X" lkod konsola.
ton 1 as the drunkaid laid whom he IoHk glass OF
cold water for The glass of gin. The gerlcmen say
let The October lcrm pass without sung Them.
True, We did; nnd because we were Obliged 10; we
would have shown them the way 10 Rutland lasl Tail
had they given opportunity. The trAth ~ they
dared sell stoves unrl suing time Oh Tor The
October session, and # he brave gentlemen are a.
well pleased as they pretend about Leng sued We
think they had better not boast any more abont got.
ling cleared from the suit Tor lweHiy five do lar; aud
why is this Monipce Gent, man, MIR Webb, So
much alarmed about the public b Ilg Injured by ~
while he is al the same uc selling the me arclc2
We regard our own interest as'pataH cunt 10 public
in matters of business, and rest cJuiented believing
that The public are capable oil taking Of them
sci, es and if Mr.. Webb has good right TO make
and vond our stoves, why was ht in August last so
anxious 10 obtain our PERMISSION, or " Hing TO Civ,
US al least 200 dollars for The privilege Of casting
and selling the 1--we. We leave il Tor The public TO
Judge.
And now in answer to MORE LIGHT" We
have only 10 say they are men OF wonderful sagaci.
tytha with the advice OF able counsel they discover
I'd that the new yaent law OF '36 was not like the
Gid law OF 1913, and IL appears from Tho heading OF
their last advertisement they ure possessed Ola lite
Of that super ,aiural ar; oil cabbage which they are
so much alarmed about for fear they shall moi sue
coed in making the public believe We are guilty al
the crime they themselves have committed. We
only say 10 them they are welcome 10 our engraving,
but we should moi like 10 have them maui aud de-
form il so as 10 represent their old Row II stove -
They have also made one Other important discovery
which involves an eniite new principle of law, and
say they are confirmed in The opinion by the Com
missioner of Patents; that is, that there is no honor
bic or lessl way 10 vacato iraudu nj palent-that
they were obliged 10 kick. cuff and abuse the pa
tenlec until he could bn provoked 10 sue, and if the
case went 10 trial aud the coult did mol sustain his
action, why then he was beat. Wonderful disco,e G.
y indeed, and u true. they arc Justly entitled 10