Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-11
San qfrantisru advertisements.
FARMERS, BEWARE!
CALIFORNIA
REAPER AND MOWER.
PECK, &C
Santa Clara Header 4 Harvester.

HAVUNG LEARNED FROM VA.
HI RI0US sources that Tr adwell Co. Of this
city, are endeavoring TO produce the impression in
the farming community that am manufacturing the
NANNY Machine, am once more in the field, TO
sert that al such representations are unmtigsted
falsehoods
am not building the Nanny Machine, nor infring-
ing on the NANNY Patent do intend to do either;
on the other hand am building a Machine Of my
own invention, far superior, called the
california Combined Reaper & Mower,
wholly unlike the Nanny Machine except in the use
o wy Shie, on which there is not now, has there
ever oeen, a patent.
think know what an, abor, ha,., -, g..
| h h.o" experience as a PRACTICAL MECHANIC and
Se S sPe.s 700 much money in obtaining drawings
rin,s Pnd from the Patent ofce, of the va
lious klus OF reapers, which now have in NV noe
session. not TO know precisely the line oecunid h,,
patents heretofore obtained and now in forcs ~
also learn that am threatened with nrosecu,,
ana that the farmers who may buy Of me will he No.
ecuted This is the old "BLuFF GAMEn and sshes.
pretty well played out. For two years the combinea
| force have been playing upon me, not onenlv ~.
MEANLY and CowARDLY, behind masked batteries ,i,h
a view to the breaking up of home manufacture that
they might the moro securely and successfully con-
tnue TO mOnopolize the agricultural trade and keen
up prices at rates runous TO the farmer. But thus
ar their assaults have been enti ely without success
anu WIN continue harmless II am sustained by the
farmer, Ior whose interest am steadily at work.
HE GREAT SECRET OF THEIR UNscRuPULous AND Rx-
IRAoRDlNARY WARFARE upon at this particular
ue IS that as the season for selling has commenced
uey Detn 70 leel as wen as see, that my CALIFOR-
MA COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER Is a deci-
ded success and that unless they can intmidae the
farmer, and force him to buy from them al n greater
cost, machines much inferior TO mine thew will he
Obliged to hold large stock over for next wear. nm
unpleasant ~, truly, but Fate DEGREES that they mus
"grin and bear it,"
PERSONS who threaten prosecutions would be much
better employed in actually prosecuting, and estab
fishing the truth Of their assertions, than by sending
their hrelings and secret circulars and letters through
out the country, to poison the public mind with sto-
ries KNOWN TO BIZ FALSE.
Why don't they prosecute me, and let the farmers
aloneP 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-
and consequently the scene of their operations this
year has been transferred from this cy to the farmer
in the country.
REPEAT THAT AM MANUFACTURING THE CAIFoRNIA
CoNBNRD REAPER AND MOWER, mot the NANNY and
nave purchased the invention called "Peck's Santa
CARA REAPER AND HARVESTER" }" which am also man
uiaeturlng, and shall continue to manufacture both
IN nu aoers equal to the demand. And l now saw
that persons who may buy either Of the above ma.
chines OF me- will If required receiI written guar
antee Of indemnity. e-"A
Forward your orders and they shall be filled.
WIN this am done. l am now, and ever have
been, READY FOR THE WHENEVER THE FeIIT oprss
T1OS. OGG SHAW.
30 Sacramento Street
ap29-lmis San Francisco.