Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-17
San c6rantisto advertisements
FARMERS, BEWAREI
CALIFORNIA
REAPER AND MOWER.
PIE KS
Santa Clara Header a Harvested
LEARNEn FRnFf va

ING G. LEARNED FROTI VA
4 kIous sources that Tr adWell 4 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
lalsehoods.
! am not building the Nanny Machine, nor nfring-
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
Of the knife which there is not now nor has there
ever been, a patent
think know what am auout have had too
bSTa bEsn experience as PRACTICAL MECHANIC, and
and slpts pus 700 much money in obtaining drawings
roits kinds ~ from the Patent Office Of the va
session ne, u ., teapers, which now have in my pos
no,ent 49,. ~ 20 Nhow precisely the line occupied by
ai Iieae.oiofe obtained and now in force
aao learh that am threatened with rros,c,,,toss
ana that the farmers who may Inv ", ~ p Vnecutlous,
ecuted- This is the old BLuFP GAME ava hP Plos-
pretty wei played out For two years The rabed
lorce nave Been playing upon me- not oooyI Ivy W
MEANLY and cowARDLY, behind masked battcrts ouf
view TO the breaking up OF home manufacture ~.
they might the more securely and successfully con-
tinue to monopolize the agricultural trade ana Ss
up prices at rates runous to the farmer Rnt ,h,gs
iar their assaults have been ent ely without success
and VIII continue harmless If am sustained by Inc
Iarmeri Tor whose interest am steadily at work
The GREAT SECRET or THEIR uNscRrPuLous Ann px
IRAohDiNARY WARFARE upon me at this particuaf
ume s that as the season for selling has commenced
~ pStA " lttlA Hs wei as see that CAIIE0R-
MA CoMBlNED REAPER AND MOWER is n dec-
ued saccess and that unless they can intirndate the
farmer, and force him to buy from them at greater
cost, machines much inferior TO mine thew will ia
Obliged to hold large stock over for next wear: an
unpleasant f~, truly, but Fate DEGREES that tiev ust
"grn and bear it." N-
Persons who threaten prosecutions would be much
better employed in actually prosecuting and estab
fishing the truth of their assertions than nv sendin,
their helnss and secret circulars and letters throngb
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 maintslh
no action. As | said above, they find the s'pIuTT
GAME" more successful with the farmer than with me
and consequently the of their operations This
year has been transferred from this cy to tile fartr
in the country.
REPEAT THAT AN MANUFA ACQUIRING THE CALIFORNIA
CONFINED REAPER AND MowEI,, mot the NANNY and
have purchased the invention called "Peckis Santa
CARA REAPER AND HARVESTER" )" which am also man.
uiacturing and shall continue to manufacture both
IN nu abers equal to the demand And l now saw
mat persons who may buy either Of the above ma
chlnes OF me- will If required, recei, written guar
antee of indemnity e
Forward your orders, and they shall be filed
WIN thls am done. am now, and ever have
peeh, READY FOR THE FIGHT WHENEVER THE feHr oprNs
EHOs. OCsG SHAW.
33 Sacramento Street
Inns San Francisco.