The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-22
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STANDARD SCALES
FAIRBANKS SCALES,
"HONEsTY IL THE Rect
OK, OH"
Honesty b Better than Any Po,,..

CHICAGO. June ~. 49,,
.. !. GRAVES. ESQ, Dear Sr:-Ansna,iS 1851.
versation We had about the rem.rl. ~. the con.
Greenlesf Of the firm Of Fairbanls = . G By NJ.
touching the Scale we put up for N Rslnseaieai,
OF Ao,ngton, ~, wrote to Mr.. Harder harden.
G,ose 20 yea nis reply. ros will Geo fro aae -
you were false, or he must have been ssn 0sae t.
ander great mistake. want Won to nooriag
mouse mere exactly what Mr.. Creenlss," nte our
you, as this 10 not the first time thst ~. STATED =
ca our scales, and we are determinsS sradue.
Mem IN their true position position ~ ~ pl.es
PUBIC Respectfully yours. 'fs The
AA'o0kT' DlcERsoSAco
Per s. G. HOOKER
ABINGDON, ILL.,, June l4th ,o.,
vASDERvooRT. DlcKERsox Co. DE-. assl.
Aouls 81 me I2th inst is at hand. and oa "us:-
sc. f mo IN reply would say hat lie SI .ats
since you we're here 20, .n me work like char.
contrary, BY the Agent Of FairbanI.,S. % the
any party. must have been made frors ocaiea .,
preston made BY some interested mart. 'sase Ia.
= disposition on his part to injure ~. y. ron
ton OF the Scales, by false statement 'epats
ssen's' .ne whole thing is fabrication n.M
as well as to the satisfaction of Ali o,ha slactioa
VINO have witnessed their working n ~. parties
mere. have the fifty pound wei.h. yoe VEN
would like to keep it sometime so.y et w
Jesse Burr has not purchased Sc.,.. "ser.
probably will not for sometime on . yes ~
the hard times. W sccountd
Yours respectfully, HIM..
M...,. hEwANEE June lsth. 1851
Messfs. NANDERvoORT, DlCEERsoY \ ~ ''0A'
Ue"fttmen lin answer to your lettsr =, ,
i1th, enclosing letter to you, Mons. ~ ~
d. 3. Harden, Of Abingdon dated Juns 'I M. Asr;
would say That after feft your store c, r.
the establishment Of Messrs. Fairbank, 49,.
le a on or about the l!th of June, and iusuIss1
OF them the lowest price they veuld Nh q. \
iour-ton Scale, and mentioned ut the ss.. ~.
that ! had been looking at the Howe's Sc.,ss-.
thought something Of purchasing one Of tf.m
MI. ureehleaf then gave me their pricea ~
spoke OF Howe's Scales a. being a yery imn.,s..,
ana poor scale, and that there were manv ~
tnem that would not work, and mentioned to m.
.nat scale near by where lived was badly ous
or order, and would not work At all mi. go ~
ne said. was at Abingdon, ILL.,, and had 49,
bought by Mr. NJ. b. Harden, and xas vorte
notAing for weighing and had been Abandoned.
al OF which tended to discourage me from NM
CHASING the Howe's Scale, and after mentionis.
this matter to your agent, Mr.. Hooker ana \. -.
,leo the same and stated to me that M. Gres,.
ieai was not a man Of veracity, a, he has S.ss..
ed him very recently in several fs,saho .sseT
began TO doubt his yeracity. Since I havs 80.
the letter from Mr.. NJ. B. Harden n, Ah;v sees
dated Jane l4th, / am inclined 10 ,bi,l !. oo'
all said BY Greenleaf for the purpose Of d;..on.'
aging me, and that it was FALSE. As The encio.or
,e!er OF harden is in contradiction 10 C.r.sn.
leaIs statement to me, and l think ri. m,r.s-
course of competition ought to he d;sco u"'sI
nanced. rs there is nothing like fair NAV ana
truth in trade. Hoping this explanation /. at
'S'ac'ory' am respectfully yours.
O.T,GRAVEa