Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-05-23

--.----(>sasse ne i now prepared 10 iulnlsh
them with those reapinS machines of as good or
little better quality Than any that have as YET
| been made al $40 deliverable in Richmond, and
homes that those in want OF those RcapcrS will for
ward their orders 10 him as early as possible
lIe is also authorized By Mr.. Mccormick 10 re-
cciye orders for those machines from other conn
ties on the North side of James river; and hy Mr.
Marin Tutwiler The proprietor Of said right, for
The counties living on The South side o James RI
YER in Virginia, 10 receive orders for him. AS
il is of great Importance that the cutting knives III
those machines should be Of the best quality, The
subscriber wouli inform those who may want his
, machines that he has contracted with the well
known and Justly approved edgetooi maker, John
Hitchcock. Esq, 10 make his reaping knives, and
which. with the turning Of all the Su,!scnnS ant
other extra work, he thinks, will fully justify him
in charging Five dollars higher for those ma
chimes than is charged bv others when delivered
in Richmond, as they afford him but 4 small profit
al $40.
The pa.cn,cc d This Reapng Machine (Mr
Mccormick having published in The Richmond
Wing. Of October 21;h, 1912, and OF December
2Oih, 1871, and ohcr papers many certificates
from Virginia farmers, of high standing. VII"
have lho,,. Pcapcrs in use, showing their appro-
val of those Machines, and their great saving .:
labor and wheat the subscriber concludes that
few if any. wish or further testimony in their ia
yor. and therefore, h. will now publish only The
,wo following certificates, from gentlemen residing
in AMI well Iinowl'in the district for which h.
hos nurchased the right-one living near Rich
,nond and tie ollsr in Charles City county.
JABEI PARKER.
Mr. AicCormicf--Sir: ! have used yoIr Pa
lent Wheat Cutting Machine, made by Mt ia.
bez Parker of lhiscity, with entire satisfaction
cutting with great ease from l. to IT. acres pei
dav with one parof horses, not Eitsnins them
in The lraI. ! CT my crop Of 50 acres with
one blade which appears 10 be but little WON,
ma ,s uond n. eve. Some al my wheat WAS
heavy and leaning and some cul when il was
w.,-.,hc machine managed il we'll and cut very
cIa,, Yours. respectfully,
~ JNO. p. SCHERMEnHORN.
Richmond, 18Th juno lSil
GRerswAY, ChaIes City Co., Feb 81, ISIS.
Mr.. Parker: Some time during he LAT spring
or the early par Of The Summer, J purchases
one of Mr.. C. II. McCormick'> Reapn% Ma,
chimes. with which cut The Srealer portion ol
mv Inst crop of wheat without The least inter
rnn,nn ami lony entire satisfaction, al saving
in nv estimation per lay, in labor and The dii
iar.nce h.,,ycen that ordinary scythemen, Of
e;chl J,llars. | work three mules 10 my Ma
cl,na Zone in The lead. as they are managed with
as much facility as Two, and 10 saperceac The
necessity Of changing The leam) and can cut,
with ordinary diligence, between seventeen and
twenty acres per day. Mr.. Mccormick furnished
,~o knives with The machine, one Of which
nrovcJ rather Indifferent which is The only com
rlaint | have, or can with propriety make 10
my purchase; in all other respects It is every
thing could have desired.
UNDERSTANDING you have purchased the patent
IL, f III; Machine for some Of The counties
If .L;s State. should you have 10 furnish any,
I rsnn.s, The favor OF you 10 procure for me
tniS. If MIR. uilchcock's make think with
= AKIN knif, Of Mr.. nichcock's make and 'emperng,
I shall be fixed in The reapins way till am
=" Yours, very respectfully, &c,
Nav I3-ciI RO W. Clltio INV