The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1862-05-24
Morton's $ Gold PEGS.

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We last week directed The attention
Of our readers to the card and adver-
lisement Of A. Morton. sole manufac.
tn tr Of Mor,on's celebrated Gold Pens
We have used these pens. and speak
from experience when We say that. for
durability. elasticity, and adap!ahiIiiy
10 every style of penmanship. we be-
.ieve them 10 be the best pens We hare
ever used. Among many oiher kinds
Of pens with which We have written.
we a. one time thought the Zip Top"
pen the ne plus altra: bu; that Was be,
fore We had tried Morton's Mammoth;
aud now. with samples Of both before
us. taking pens of the same size at the
same price, We would select one OF the
latter manufacture.
We copy below an a;'lcle from the
N. Y. 1ritune on this subject. which
contains some interesting information:
GOLD PENs-The Gold Pen is, we
believe, Yankee invention. A: all
events, while oui oldest recollection Of
Steel Pens bears British stamp upon
il. We do not remember to have seen a
European Gold Pen for sale in thi.
coun ry: aud If any are. or ever were.
imported. their number must have been
few. We are con6den, that such Pens
do not figure in the Federal Treasury's
annual catalogue OF imports.
The Sold Pen in its infancy was a
rude affair. made BY hand, aud clumsi-
| ly made Now every one Of the thir-
W or forty processes through which i;
passes from the melted metal 10 the fin
tisl,ed pen is achieved By the aid ot
:,eam and machinery, precisely as the
best FIRE arms are made at the U. S.
Armory at Springfield. Mass Mr.. A.
Morton's spacious manusactory is full
Of costly aud delicate machines, to-
| gether costing many thousands of dol
lars. by tie aid Of which every opera
toni is performed with an economy ,ce-
Ierity and accuracy utterly unattaiuab e
BY manipulation alone. Sush pens as
| he xeils for 81 could not be made by
hand for double tliat sum-in fact coul,!
not be made at all. For ten years and
more he has been inveniing and per-
fec.ing the machines I've now uses. un-
| Ill lie can now turn out thousand pens
per week with less labor than would
originally have been required to make
a hundred. And j, is probable tha. be
las not get attained the Ultimate goal
Of his endeavors.
During the last four months Mr.. Nor
ion has sent away to our order ten Moa-
sand sir hundred and eighty .fge Pens.
each Of them TO some friend who had
aided as in extending or sustaining .lie
the circulation Of The TRIBUNE. In
not more than ten instances have We
had complaints Of the non-receipt OF
the Pens thus transmitted. while 10
barely tsco instances have we been ap-
prised that the Pens received were moi
entirely satisfactory: and those were
promptly replaced by Mr.. Morton. -
SUCH spontaneous tribute 10 the ex-
ceilen-e Of his workmanship aud the
| care with which his business is trans
acted enables us 10 assure our friends
that those who see FL to order Pens oi
him By mail will not be disappointed
either in the receipt or quality Of the
goods. and we heartily commend them
TO public iavor.-Neso York Tribune.
Apra I2. g sesss ~ @
Read the advertisement carefully and
send for such Pens as you may select
from the, description there given as d.
rected. We think there is no risk 10
run in ordering Pens from Mr. Morton:
and when it is desired we will send or
ders for persons who may wish 10 pur-
chase.