Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-12-31

Ssoves-The 8oReka ~. Z he ChoIlc0ges
DAVENPORT. Dec. 30, 1867.
Eprron OF DRMocRAT Please insert the
following correspondence which viii fully
explain itself
Respectfully yours,
J.H. DuMorr.
DAvgSPUKf, Dec. %. 1857.
q. w. SMILEY, EsQ.-Dear Sir: hsvo
been iuformed on numerous occasions Of
your speaking disparagingly of the kunHxA
Cook Stove, and ruuning Il down In ap un-
merciful manner, - berg . humbuR, &C.
&c. Also, on or about the 1ss OF December.
1867, you told Mr. Spencer from the coun-
try, that the Eureka Stove vas al gas, and
the people who are using them are taking
them down and putting the Challenge up
in their place, which l believe 70 be false,
and ii false, then malicious also. But. on
the contrary, have taken down several OF
the Challenge stoves and replaced them with
the Eureka, and afterwards been informed
By the parties that they did not consume
more than half the coal required by the
Challenge.
Now, in view Of this. will give You an
opportunity TO test the respective merits OF
the two stoves, in public way, and accord
iugly challenge you to friendly contest in
UP in the same chimney; size OF stoves No.
8; size of pipe six inch; coal to be weighed
out euual for each ssove; merits Of the stoves
to be decided by the amount Of coal con-
sumed in baking bread. loaves Of which
shall be equal In size and weight; also, the
time used in completing said baking and the
Quality Of the baking: time 20 be considered
from the lighting o! the fires; all things
being equal except the construction OF the
stoves; contest 20 be decided by q committee
of three pefsone, one 70 be chosen by your
self and one by myself the third by the two
first; committee TO be ladies, II possible;
amount of stakes t1C0. Immediately upon
your acceptance, land informed OF the
same,) will place the *lOO in the hands OF
the cashier Of the First Nationsl Bank, you
covering the same by an equal deposit, sub
| iect 70 the order Of said committee; and II,
upon fair trial. said committee shall decide
that the Challenge does the most rapid and
even baking. with the least fuel, then the
5000 ehall be yours and delivered TO you by
| the committee; and IL the decision shall be
the opposite aud In favor Of the Eureka,
then the e2OO shall be mine and delivered 10
me nv the committee. Their decision shall
be fiual and without recourse. This will
remain open until IL O'Clock, Monday, Dec.
3Oth, 1867, and If not accepted by that time
will consider it rejected.
Yours, &C., j. Il. DUAoxr.
DAVENPORT, Dec. 2Ssh, 1887.
Jas. H. Dumont. Esq,
DEAR SlR:-In reply to yours OF the
2sth inst, permit me TO say:
lst. Circumstances are not allowing me
TO deposit one hundred dollars in the
hands OF q cashier.
81. In my opinion you can use the $1OO
10 better advantage. Impossible, J. II. d.
81. shall praise the Challenge hereafter,
same as Ihsve done heretofore, a. high %
can, IL l could praise it (the Challenge)
etill higher l would do 30,
4,h. You can do the same.
Respectfully,
q. W. SMrLHY.
Ngw LIBERTY, Iowa, Dec. II, 1867.
Jas. H. Dumont,
| DRARSrR.-I have . No. Challenge
stove, had it some time. Top broke frat
| week. II consumes SO much coal that
cannot stand it much longer. Yesterday
afternoon brought in bushel basket full
of coal, We retired at o'clock in the even
ing, without coal enough left to kindle
fires with next morning. l want one ol
your Eureka stoves. as they are acknowl
eyed the most perfect. durable and eoonom
ical stoves in use, 90 am informed by par
ties using them.
| Yours, truly,
| THos. Z. lloDGE.