St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-04-17
BosTos, March u, 19sS
Messrs. PADDOCK, DEAN & CO.

several Nerm papers of recent date needs my atteu
ton You still seem disposed to mislead tho public
mud IN reference TO my Super-Phosphatc of Lime and
you even in'nuate that grass weeds &C. washed upon
my grounds by the tide, eventually worked into my
ouper-fhosphate You have such materials
my factory which had the appearance of being moved
pack and thrown into heaps heat.
you have been to INV Factory =. Wevnou,b Won
have seen such stuff You describe II ,ras Hoa-trsed
have many tons every year washed upon my bcacb
and give farmer in the ueighborhood half of II for
throwing it back into hcaps my half in the plac.
Of straw bedding fol- horses, the farmer cart.
his half AWAY and does what 10 peases withit Ilave
never watched him to what use he made of it, IA:
have no idea he it to make Super Pho-pha,e
You probably noticed at this visit to my Factory q
large pile of lumber, many thousands of brick granite
and other building mateIisls. Why did you not con
clud' thst all these materials Were to be worked into
my super PHI rphate? should quite think of
using lumber, brick granite as should sca-weed or
muck, in making super Phosphate
Now about 'humus surely Won k,r that il ia mould
that it organic MISTER. either animal or vcpe,,be
in stat of decay fermentation and one of the most
valuable heterogeneous substance. it possible I, mt in
TO the soil II not muck peat Ii you know
ask any chemist Do you suppose DIR. Hsycs would
write "humuS," when he meant m'irtF Just AK ham.
really think YOU would make q better fertilizer if Won
knew more about hta,4s. Why did you not give the
actual definition of humus you found in Webster
dictionary?
lie tells you that humus I,dn.-Ia Jrotrr s5$aacs
Jo7"fd By tic Gci-' 4 m. ar SoVi animal ar rey,t-
able matter. II st raluuble constituent II soL~ You
carr fully avoid saving anything about animal matter
for fear, suppose the farmers might see where the
| humu' of my Phosphate came from, which DR. HAYES
reported in his yss YOU refer to in YOUR
| letter.
We are told that certain large portion your
per-Phosphae will dissolve in water, but we are not
told how much of the really valuable substances will
dissolve in rain water. Why do YOU tell us'
All the virtue in Super-Phoph.tc is hidden like
the copper in ore.
Nothing Will prove i's prescncc but practical trial
a true chemical analysi- If you have such won
ierfu Phosphate why do you publish fun anay-
ais. have correct analysis # your Phosphate, aud
i'll publish it if You desire and will be respou-
sIbe for the correctness of the same. shall Il, RP
You say You regret that ,uy Misunderstanding has
eIisted but feel confident viii accept your spuogy.
believe You do regret IT, bat fsil to your spoIo-
gy, and would advice you hereafter not to undertake
u Introduce your manufacture, by trying down
your neighbos. This bad policy if you have
article Of equa merit and douby when you have an
article, worth less thsn half and costing than hafas
much the you trying destroy by misrcpre=
entatioB
You know and the agricultural community through
out New England know, that my Phosphate ias gained
Il unprecedented reputation, the srAxpARp PHos-
rATE # the country, and you might well undertake
IN rim thc F,irnk's sea t If the market I r.,re-
seutg that all the bearings their scales i.dj
try drive of the market, by saying that
use muck i'll my Phosphate. ONE WOULD BIZ A. TRUE
. ,ur o,,,rp Esirh,,,l., - ,,. lola ,b. cams. ,,i
HS TIE "infI' f"'OihA7 S'He= .o'' me came p'f'-
ton 1 scale, that Phosphate doe. Phosphate,
and ii for this reason that unprincpled Try to
both down to int oduce their own inferior manufacturer.
give below such proof ar deem necessary to con-
vince d'Htef' sed a'.d S' '''''''' interested par
INA, 90 '''' use ." '.. III III! sui''-i No7i'
Should this not b. satisfactory can give morr than
me- b,,,,r.i additional names of men in nv employ
-.
iiel' mat IN sc ceF'ihca'es are true
WI. /. BRADLEY,
Manufacturer Of RE,pIEy'- PArE>r srrEg Pu,s-
PU,rror LINE 81 ,rL n ID, 7,.,,t -,r ,rt, r ,y., trI
h. u~.j
:" STATE STREET, b"sr"N, March 70 le6s-
WV. /. BEApLEl. Esq, DEAu SIR: In reply to
your inquiry # Yesterday, have been familiar with
yor errrl ger for several yeer. and have analyzr il
IN its different stag of m,nuf4 ctur, when finished
when old and fr' aueutry Tor other partie who are
purchaser
There has never been any muck or pat in it. nor
has any such constituent ever been found n N this
iahoralsry Iumus" z present hut th't il il deT,ed
from muck Is an crroneou- lief and ~iho oun-
dation. Respectfully.
= DANA HAYES, ; ate A--tyer OF Mas
Il soNEsEr STREET, Bo,ro>, March, =, 80
To WunN IT NAY .,>'lr,. hi. :, c.. tif, NAT
have frequently visited Wm. l.. Rrid.' = Super
-Gsphn, ed 81 i hen. mamac'.ay a nav ,T r t
shIneut
have male many analv-es Of liz ~u, r-I.hosvhat..
md have never discovered muck in the r ILL., LiIr the
malv>es have ALWAYS proved that the uia,tiai- have
.en at his factory We the N tclcs " ich CnI.. Iii
super Fhnspnate Of Lime
state A--9y,. 10 N,.s
Nory. presume Dr. Have both flthc- md -ou,
md Dr. Jackson do not require any endor to sat
sfy YOU of their ability to aualyze f,rtizers " LIB
p Nj, - 49,
r, ,,o,, - .., GOVERNS. c,r,if,, h..
have or seven wears post been with VIM l. bradley
Nnce ne commenced III present. husih's IL gent ma
.ns.ctoTv snd do hereby t,fv tbst no mnck has,
ev,r been w. in his cgtalishmeut in anv way .nape
| OF manner. CHAs. {. Coz
Bosrr>, March p. ISGS.
/" wHoN II NAY "oSoEEs: his Il I" certify that
nav. been IN inc rnplgHn % M l.. hfad'i iof
" sid Rr al, S,nar Itosnh,,. ~ me In,nuf,ctov
At Rorbury Mas and able tc-tfy from pofitive
AnoNeIEe 'naI no inu 'a7 pt'li 5eu o u stau
Pha nHS al. r. inc WhTTrE N. RoGrEe
| RosTox March = 1865
To WHOM 1T NAY ooScrES: Tins is to certify that
| have been with VIM. l. hradlty, IS Ioitman, lot
Line mspufacto' " at Roxburv aud WEYMOUTH.
have family mixed and weighed the materials
ai S ELL ; III NV ' % ~ mt'u, or Zen zen i
lively thai no muck has been used by said BRADLEY in
bis Super-lhosphate OF Lime. "UsT. ULoNLE.
No. WEYNoUIH, Mass, March -, 1-GS.
| T.uh.ln il mgr c.ncy7l This is to certify that |
have been with VIM L. Bradley for nearly three yesrs,
tIo,Ii'om.h NJ ava am at n, ass1,t 1t,rry
No muck is ever used by said Bradley in manufacur-
| ing Super-phospha'e of Lime. Lew b. CURTIS.
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