Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-20
San cfrantistu advertisements.
FARMERS, BEWARE!
CALIFORNIA.
REAPER AND MOWER,
PECK,S
Santa Clara Header q Harvester.
.AVING LBARNED FRoI vA-

HAVING LEARNED FROM VA
IL RIOUS sources that Trcadwell & Co., of this
city, are endeavorng 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
fasehoods.
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 the
California Combined Reaper q Newer,
Wholly unlike the Nanny Machine, except in the use
Of the knife which there is now, nor has there
ever been, patent
think know what am about I have had too
much experience as a PRACTICAL MECHANIC, and
aN spent spent too much money in obtaining drawings
anu anu SPECIFICATIONS from the Patent Office of the vas
rlous kinds Of reapers which now Lave In nv nos
netents 49,. & 70 toW snow precisely the line occupied by
aiso Is IIeassolore ,t obtained and now in force,
"iso earn lhat am threatened WIFI ,rosscrtfaus
and that the farmers who NAV INV ~ % 'i,
ecuted' This is the old "BLurF GAME ~ and has b.
pretty wen played out. For two years tha .sa.Ss,
force have been playing upon me No, os, nL
MEANLY and cowARDLY, behind masked batteriss ,.,
view to the breaking up Of home manuiactuye sh,
they might the more securely and successn1itS saa.
| tinue to monopOlize the agricultural trade and Sea
up prices at rates ruinous to the farmer But inns
ar their assaults have been enu ely without success.
ana Will continue harmless II am sustained hv the
| farmer, for whose interest am steadily at work
The GREAT SECRET OF THEIR UHsCRUPuLoUs AND Fx-
| TRAoRDlNARY WARFARE upon at this particular
ume IS, that as the season for selling has Commenced
they beein to feel, well as see, that INV CALIFOR.
MA COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER Is a decI-
ded success and that unless they can intimdafe The
larmer ana force him to buy from them at greater
cost, machines much inferior to mine thev will be
Obliged to hold large stock over for next wear. an
unpleasant f~ truly, but Fate decrees that they must
! "grin and bear itn ''
PERSONS who threaten prosecutions would he much
better employed in actually prosecuting and estab-
shing the truth of their assertions than by sending
their hrengs and secret circulars and letters Through
out the country to poison the public mind with sto
rles KNOWN TO BE 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 s'RLuFF
GAME more successful with the farmer than with me
and consequently the Of their operations this
year has been transferred from this cy to the farmer
in the country
REPEAT THAT AM MANUFACTURING THE CALIFORNIA
COMBINED REAPER AND MowgR tnot the NANNY and 1
nave purchased the invention called "peckis Santa
cara REAPER AND HARVESTER" when / am also man
uiacturngi and shall continue to manufacture both
IN nu lbers equal TO the demand. And / now saw
That persons who may buy either Of the above ma
chines OF me, will, If required recey written guar
antee of indemnity
Forward your orders, and they shall be filed
WIN lhls am done. / am now and ever have
been, READY FOR FIGHT WHENEVER TuF FIcuT opvrs
THOS. OGG SHAW.
| 80 Sacramento Street,
"P@'-ins San Francisco.