Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-12
San cfrantistu advertisements,
FARMERS, BEWARE!
CALIFORNIA
REAPER AND MOWER
PECK,S
SANTA Clara Header 4 Harvester.

WING LEARNED FROM VA
al RlOUS sources that TT adwe Co., of this
city, are endeayoring to produce the Impression in
the farming community that am manufacturing the
Nanny Machine, am once more in the field 10 as
sert that al such representations are unmitigated
taisehoOds.
am not building the Nanny Machine, nor infring-
ing on the NANNY Patent do intend to do eithers
ON the other hand, am building Machine Of my
own invention, far superior, called the
California Combined Reaper G Mower,
Wholly unlike the Nanny Machine, except in the use
oi the knife, on which there is not now has there
ever been, patent
,,i. l. Ihnk know what am about. I have had too
h muun experience as a PRACTICAL MECHANIC, and
S naSe spent too much money in obtaining drawings
rio,s ti,,i ~ ons from the Patent Office, Of the
session. not =, ivepeFs, which now have in my pos
patents heretofore obtained and now in force -
, ao lhat am threatened with prosecutious
ana that the farmers who may buy Of Tno mn ~ @
ecuted. This is the old "BLuTF GAMp AVA ~, oe pros
pretty well played out. For two years the orhJS
force have been playing upon me no, oneni It
MEANLN and cowARDLY, behind masked batteries vtsh
| view to the breaking up Of home manufacture that
uey might the more securely and successfully com
tnue TO monOpolize the agricultural trade and keen
up prices at rates ruinous to the farmer. But thus
ar their assaults have been en ely without success
ana VIII continue harmless If am sustained by the
iarmer, for whose interest am steadily at work
IHE GREAT SECRET or THEIR UNsCRUPUBoUs AND Fx-
! IRAokDiNARY WARFARE upon me at this partcular
ne s' mat as the season for selling has commenced
|
| MA COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER is a deci-
aed success and that unless they can intimidate the
armeri 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 fN, 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 hreings and secret circulars and letters through
out the country to poison the public mind with sto-
ries KNOWN DE 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 "BLUFy
GAME more successful with the farmer than with me
and consequently the scene of their operations this
year has been transferred from this cy the farmer
in the country.
RErEAT THAT AM MANUFACTURING THE CALIFcRNIt
CoMBMED REAPER AND MOwER, (not the NANNY and
have purchased the invention called "Peck's Santa
Cara REAPER AND HARVESTER" which am also man.
Qiacturing, and shall continue to manufacture both
IN nu 1bers equal to the demand. And now saw
,nat persons who may buy either Of the above ma
chnes OF me, will If required, recey written guar
antee Of indemnity.
Forward your orders, and they shall be filed
WIN inns am done. l am now, and ever have
been READY FOR FIGHT wHRNEyFn rtIr rtnt.r op,,
THOS. OGG SHAW.
30 Sacramento Street
| "pN'-lihis San Francisco.