The New York herald., 1862-04-12
who Makes the Best Gold Pen :


The New York Tribune Of April IL says
GOLD PKNs.-Mr. A. Morton, the principal manufac.
page of this issue Of the Tribune for the proper descrp
toD and recommendation Of his wares and wo improve
the opportunity 10 say few words Of cur own On the
The Gold Pen is, we believe, Yankee invention. At
all events, while our oldest recollection Of steel Pens
bears British stamp upon IL, do not remember TO
and any are, or ever were, imported their number
must have been few We are confident that such pens
Of imports.
The Gold Pen, in its infancy, a rude affair, made
by hand and clumsily made Now every oIe Of the
thirty forty processes through which passes from
the melted metal to the finished pen achieved by the
ala OF steam and machinery precisely as the best IRE
arms made at the United States Armory ut Spring
field, Mass Mr.. Mortons spacious mandatory is fun
OF costly and delicate machines together costing many
thousands OF dollars by the aid which every opera
ton IS performed with economy celerty and accuracy
utterly unnttanabe py manipulation alone Such pens
as he sells for 81 could not be made by hand for
double that sunni fact, could not be made al al.
For ten he has been nventng and perfect
ing the machines be now tses, until he now turn
cut thousand pens per week with less labor than would
have originally been required 10 make hundred And
Is probable that be has not yet attained the ultimate
goal OF hIs endeavors.
During the last four months Mr. Morton has away
TO our order ten thousand six hundred and eighty vc
Pens each OF them friend who had aided as in
extending sustaining the circulation Of the Tribune
In not than ten instances Lave had complaints
Of tie receipt Of tho Pens thus transmitted while
barely two Instances have we been apprsed that the
promptly replaced by Mr. Merton. Such q sponta-
tribute to the excellence Of his workmanship and
the with which his business transacted enables
US TO ASSURE our friends tha; those who III TO order
Pens Of him by mail wll lot lie disappointed either in
the receipt the quality Of tie gooGs, heartily
Commend them 10 public favor.
The New York tribune Of July IL, 1861, says
ws happen 10 know Mr.. A. Morton TO be not only one
peus, not Only America but IN the world We use his
pens and assure readers Of their excellence
In It's issue Of August OF last year the New
York Erening Post says
We have been the habit Ct using these Gold Pens for
long time and have always found them the best
meLts Of the kind that have fallen IN CUR way.
TIE New York Commercial -Adceytiser Of July l3
says OF gold pens
good pen is essential TO perfec, chirogaphy, and
there is nothing to our NH comes under Mat dcsigna-
tion better than good Cold Pen. Such for in
stance as is mace by Mr. A. Morton
The Courier des Etats Unis, OF New York, Of
August 81 says
Nous appoons laienton &c nos eceurs sur les plses
dor dc Morton. la plume or, prix dc vento de NJ.
Morton etre obet de luxe deyient un
Indispensable pour tous Nous aouerors Que nous non.
cetier pexcelenes des plumes ct nous en-
gageons nos leoieurs lire ateniivemont cete annonce
dans colonies.
The Nese York OJse-rer of March l3, bears
witness TO the superior excellence Of Morton $
Gold Pens tkns:-
The zen lighter than the sword says our friend
Morton who manufactures Cod Pens for the million To
say nothing Of It's might, syeak Of the real com.
fort Of OF Aortons Gold Pens We have been more
than twenty years trying 10 ourselves into the
hlbtral use Of Gold Pen bot have never found one
iii used Mortons, that we did not side after
short use.
The Nep York Criminal Zeit,tn1 and Eegetrfs.
,iScles Journal the principal German literary
paper Of the country, OF October IS, under the
caption Of Gold Pens, pays the following tribute to
the perfection Of Mr. Morton's manufactures
GoIDFIpKRS IL let bekennt dass elns wrslich rute
Goldfcder mehr Wcrth fur den Schreiber lat ais ene
yolle schachiel sdhlfeden ndcm disselben die Egcn.
schaften der lseefhatIgket und Begsamkeit bestzen
und dem Rosten nicht worfen end, DurcL lang
ahrigen Bctrebung doses Geschafes und den dsbe 90
machten trfahruDgen, ist Herr Morton In den stand
gosctzt, desen Artcke 80 zu vervolkomnen dass lau
etwas wunsohen ubrig bleibt. verschiedeue neae
EfDduBgon, die dersebe zam Vorthee senes Fabrcat
weDdet, ermoglchen lhn einen vorzng cheron und
vsrhatunassgcn billgeren Artickel, ais rgend emapd
Anders herzustelcD und wir sind fest dass
sobad die vorzuge der Goldfedern mehr bekannt wer
den die Stahiedern immcr mehr und der Zeit ganz
und gar aus dem Gobrauche kommen mussen. Der
schreiber descs besucho das Etabsscment dcs Herrn
Morton und uberzeugte sioh personicb Won der Cute
dcssen Federn es maeht ihm daher viel vorgnugen
descbs geebrten Lpsern aus Bsste cmpehen IN
konnen und sic IN bitten, sch Won obgep angsgetspen
Thatsachcn sebst zu uberzcugon."
The New York Methodist Of September q says
of Mr.. Norton
Ills Gold Pens, one Of which We now using are lhs
very best vo have ever met with.
The american Baptist of November 20 says
Nr Mor;on's Gold Pens worthy of special altcb.
ton We have mover scen lot of pens so unversally
excellent u would be running Iitto risk 10 take any
pen out Of hundred smooth and no aro tho points
and 80 well bodied are they all In elasticity they re
semble the quill than any gold pens We have seen
aud render IL luxury write We dc net hesitate 10
assure those who wish good pen that they will flnd
that article at Hr. Norlon's
The New York Ecenjng Post of December lo
says Vt Mr., Morton's establishment
Mr. Morton makes excellent pen and the resources
extensive rurh Tn .tf.
20 furnish great variety Of styles Tie superiority OF
tho Gold Pom IS acknowledged, for II K az once moro
durable and panle than see or quil and The score
Of economy alone nr Morton shows us that mo los
price he charges renders tho gold pen cheaper fan y
other kind. lie bas been engaged In tho busrcss ~
mauy years. and produces az steic Which fa 10
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