Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-13
San &rantisto advertisements,
FARMERS, BEWARE!
CALIFORNIA
REAPER AND MOWER.
CK'S
Santa Clara Header a. Harvester.
HAVING LEARNED FROM VA

WING LEARNED FROM VA
- klOUs sources that Trcadwell Co., Of this
city, are endeavoring to produce the impression in
the farming community that am manufacturing the
Nanny Machine, l am once more In the field 10 as
sert that al such representations are unmtigated
falsehoods
am not building the Nanny Machine, nor nfring-
ing on the Nanny Patent, nor do intend to do either;
on the other hand, am buildiug a Machine Of my
own invention, far superior, called the
California Combined Reaper G Mower,
Wholly unlike the Nanny Machine, except in the use
ever oeeni patent.
r,,oh Ih'nk NIX know what am about have had too
have sno, ft,rehee , as PRACTICAL MECHANIC, and
"vd pa pent 700 much. money in obtaining drawings
~ ~ specncauons from the Patent office of the va
session mo-, - =, np which now have in my pos
patents heretofnro ~ preeisey the line occupied by
also learn that am threatened with nrosecr,o,.
,d ny, ny "a, ~ ers t VINO may buy Of will be pros,
eOu'eu' rms Is ue old "BLUFF GAMRn and hss fH-
pretty well played out For two years the nA9 1een
Iorce nave been playing upon me- not openlv NJ.
MEANLY ana cowARDLY behind masked batteries ,,tS
view to the breaking up of home manufacture ,hs.
they might the more securely and successfulv co.,
tinue to monopolze the agricultural trade and keer
up prices at rates ruinous to the farmer But thus
iar their assaults have been enti ely without
ana VIII continue harmless II am sustained NV the
farmer, for whose interest I am steadily at work.
TIE GREAT SECRET OF THEIR USsoRUPULous AND Fx-
IKAohDiNARY WARFARE upon at this particuIar
time is, that as the season for selling has
they beEin 70 feel, well see, that nv CAIIFOR
MA COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER Is a decI
ded success and that unless they can intmidate the
farmer, and force him to buy from them at greater
cost, machines much inferior to mine thev will he
obliged to hold large stock over for next wear. an
unpleasant f~ truly but Fate DEGREES that they must
"grin and bear it,"
Persons who threaten prosecutions would he much
better employed in actually prosecuting and estah
fishing the truth Of their assertions than by sendIng
their hirelngs and secret circulars and letters
out the country, to poison the public mind with sto
ries KNOWN TO FALSE.
why don't they prosecute me, and let the farmers
aoner They know full well that they can maintain
no action. AS said above, they find the s'BIuFF
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 CAIIFoRNIA
CoMbfNED REAPER AND MOwgR, (not the NANNY and
have purchased the invention called "Peck's Santa
Clara REAPER AND HARVESTER" which / am also man
uacturing, and shall continue to manufacture both
IN nu nbers equal to the demand. And | now saw
tnat persons who may buy either Of the above ma
antee of indemnity. 90
Forward your orders, and they shall be filed.
Nlth this am done. l am now and ever have
been, READY FOR THE wHENEyRR rup rtauT onv,,
THKOS. OGG SHAW.
% Sacramento Street
"P-"- ihs San francisco,