Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03
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Masculine March -, 1859
| MI. MAMIx: A the press II means ~ wh,c
4 good m rails, lew end order, DC. are estsbah~
end maintained. 20 also II 10 the best means ths
can b. used fos correcting erroneous impression.
Therefore Q small spscein your excellent paper
esrneetly solicited. foe the purpose Of placing Ger
tain matters and characters in their true lights
there has been much said in certain quarters with
IN he pas, lew weeks to prevent merchants an,
others from shipping -four packed in machine
ms'ie barrels. in consequence q their being autjsc
70 deduction Of 20 to IS cents per hl on hous n
| nh pprd. aud that A,ur has been shipped from z
| Washburn g. Sons Mill and treated 10 like me,
ner. opc'siing - sssious injury to The 6a,rr
| msDuiactory. That This false impression nigh,
| ne corrected, Few certificates have been ohasilrt
from persoUs whose iruihfulness will MT he aurs
toned. showing 10 extent At Ieas, the nature
WIN. BEvARD.
Mssscafine, March -, 1883
lhesr that there 10 repors in circulation 10 the
effect that We have shipped -four to 81 i.oWis this
Spring in barrels made a. G w Hunts Slave end
Basre Fsc,osy. in this city, anil ihss the 6nur WIS
scratched end 20 cents deducted from the barrel in
consequences Of the Aous being packet in mschine.
msde barrels. This rsp.at il excesJngly u,iusj
towards mo end Mr. Hunt, sod 10 raised in osaer
TO injar. % both, ~ il b wholly without founsla
tion end bssely false. I have MOI sh;ppei mn, has
sny ono else. ons hsnsl 81 -four made at the News.
Do Min since il 6rss sisrted I further stasa the,
os the lass eight yssrs fhsve besn using n,ur bar.
xls made by different eoopcrs IN this srginn OF
country. many Of which have bren good baryel,,
bnt hAva never seen sny that hors any comparison
With the barrels thas Mr. Hunt h nov makins.-
Fos strength, perfection end Destness they excel
coy thing in tbs shape Of 0our bsnels have ever
seen. z. WAsnBURs.
Msscnfine. March -. 1853.
hereby certify thsi Samuel Bamfosi informed
me this day that 6ous shipped from 2 Wsshbu,n
4 sons Mill. thss Spring. was scratched IN 81
Louis snd 20 esats deducted from the psiee, in
Consequences Of 10 being packed in machine bs,-
rels. JoHS BvHEa.
hsve used tho msehine-sssve Aour harvels male
u Quincy. Ill. Of which. In regard 10 shipping and
sourins nour, there wss no complaint.
u. F. MiLLEa.
We have shipped no Aow Up 10 this date.
(Maseh -. 1857 OsrLv,E l. ST. Joux.
Misscafine, August IL. 1852.
Messra BusvosCs 4 Prcstyman, (Dsvenpon:)-
We, the undersigned. 10 certify that No have been
making 6ous barrels Of the inachne.drsssed slaves
Of Msssss Hunt Il Besard, and the slaves were no
good IL MOI better thsn tho split slaves. Joseph
IOssssVss use uccu uesuB tue OdtFcu1 yeof 00O
beites end no states ~ ths, he would rather have
them then the split slave barrels. The reason he
doss not like them now 10 because he cannot pay
tor what be has already got, end he cannot get
sny more until he pays Or. That's oil the trouble
with Tho barrels that we know Of. We never
neaFd OF u until We wanted our pay on them, be-
fore which he did not find sny fault with shem.
He cent man TO engage 10000. at 40 cents per
Dbl. Yours. &c g. BAnvoap,
Jas. Buxsa:
S7AVE MACHINE AHEAD.-RAESE THE
FLAG!
QA Ia sijii;oa 70 the sbose, I wish you 20
}pshisA the following certificates, Obtained in
)Ss Louis. which will plses this matter h.
yond question fosevcr sltes. and put to siisscs
end shame the pesRdious detrsctoss Of honest in.
dusty. notwithstanding the barrels have soured !
-four and ent up sundry other cuaous antics, these
certificates sh ~ that there Is, to ssy lke least,
WIN, BEvAkp:
= LSsis, April II 1855
Aessrs Oxiaie 4 81 LbAm-GeRts: Tha as
bsnsia esalsininG Avus. seesivel lbsm you on ~
6ih instant. per Wiscossis. were maas iron ms-
ehiDs slaves, md ~ e00s;dss them iully 90 good
~ any barrels We have been in the habit Of receive
ing from he upper sivsfs. No oljecaioa was
nads 10 The hous In consequences d being In barssa
Rooms. PAenAx 4 Co.
81 Lou;s, March 81. 1853:
Mes@s Pemr 4 DooGftie-- GsMts. In apawes
10 yours of23d ulino. in rotation 70 tho Msscstins
osehins -four basrsls, - would say that 10y sss
dsaialy the best packages IL Aoui that Ne hays
received this year. 10 every respect.
Yours. ssapset(ully, w L Ewlse 4 Co.
s. Louis, April II. le63.
Tbs 10 to csstiiy tAst I. Lslden Davis. Flour 10
sPccior for the city or 81 Lesis did. on March 81,
1853. inspect (56) 6Ay-ix bssrsia Il -four for
w L Ewing 4 20, branded "Nevsda MIN. Mas.
easine. Iowe." and on April s. 1883, (3f3l twe
hundred and twelve barrels. Of the same brand so
plscs, with the exception Of (34l twenty-four bar
sslsof the los which were branded "Famiiy Flour
To the bess Of my recollection, both lots wess in
the bsse order Of any ot Of barrels that had ever
cone under ny notice, fiom above the Rapids.
And ! would further say, .hss the barrels brand
81 "Albion Mills," from Burrows & Prettyman,
ass ssassally in good meVchanisble order. All the
barrels spoken Of shove orc The machine barrels.
L DAVIS. FIbsw Inspector.