Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-15
San C9rantistu advertisements,
FARMERS, BEWARE!
CALIFORNIA
REAPER AND MOWER,
PECK -
Santa Clara Header a Harvester.
u&VTNG LEARNED FROw.

H&VTNG LEARNED FROM VA
1A RlOUS sources that Truadwell Co., OF this
city, endeavoring to produce the impression in
the farming community that am manufacturing the
Nanny Machine, am once more in the field, TO as
sert that al such representations are unmitigated
ialschoods.
am not building the Nanny Machine, nor infring-
ing on the Nanny Patent, do intend TO do either;
on the other hand, am building Machine Of my
own invention, far SUPERIOR called tie
California Combined Reaper & Mower,
Wholly unlike the Nanny Machine, except in the use
o ue knie on which there is not now, has there
eVSt oeen, patent.
,Dh Hh.ik a know what am about. I have had too
bna uVi a Ia psrienee as PRACTICAL MECHANIC, and
! and slaocs ~ ., much money in obtaining drawings
rious kinds Of reapers which now h y, ~ @ nn &
session, NOT 70 know precisely the line occunied bv
patents heretofore obtained and now IN trp ~
also learn that am threatened with nro.o..,
and that the farmers who may buv OF mo r t'
ecuted This is the old "BLuFF GAME" and has hae
! pretty well played out. For two years the coTh;eS
! force nave been playing upon me, not openly bnt
MEANLY and cowARDLY, behind masked batteries vi,b
view to the breaking up Of home manufacture that
they might the more securely and success fully rom
tnue TO monopolize the agricultural trade and keen
| up prices at rates runous TO the farmer But thus
ar their assaults have been ent ely without success
ana Will continue harmless II | am sustained by the
! farmer, for whose interest am steadily at work
the GREAT SECRET OF THEIR UHscRuPuLous AND Ex-
TRAoBDlNARY WARFARE upon me at this particular
tne 49, that as the season for selling has commenced
they be- in to feel rs well as see that nv CAITFOR
| MA COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER is A deci-
ded success and that unless they can intmdate the
farmer, and force him to buy from them at a greater
cost, machines much inferior to mine thew will he
obliged to hold large stock over for next wear. an
unpleasant f~, truly but Fate DEGREES that they must
"grn and bear it,"
Persons who threaten prosecutions would be much
better employed in actually prosecuting, and estab
fishing the truth Of their assertions, than hy sending
their hirelngs and secret circulars nd letters through
out the country, to poison the public mind With sto-
ries KNOWN TO FALSE.
Why don't they prosecute me- and let the farmers
aloneY They know full well that they can maintain
no action. As | said above, they find the "BLuFF
GAME more successful with the farmer than with me-
AMI consequently the of their operations this
year has been transferred from this cy the farmer
in the country.
EErEAT THAT AN MANUFACTURING THE CALFcRN1A
CONFINED REAPER AND MOWER, mot the Manny) and
have purchased the invention called "Peck's Santa
Ga REAPER AND HARVESTER" vhicn l am also man
uiacturng, and shall continue TO manufacture both,
IN nu 1bers equal to the demand. And / now say,
mat persons who may buy either Of the above ma
chimes OF me- will, if required, recei, written guar
antee Of indemnity.
Forward your orders, and they shall he Rued
Win This am done am now and ever have
been, READY FOR THE WHENEVER THE FIer opnSs
TIAOS. OGG SHAW.
33 Sacramento Street
ap29-lmis San Francisco.