Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-06-02
Shirt of yetf1rsolr,
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

the NfcCorrnick Reaper, large numper OF
which have been in use IN this and ADJOINING
counties This partiality of expression has
drawn from the agents ofthe Wood Reaper
in this county card, which appears in the
last Free Press, in which they unintention,
allv do themselves and our article injustice.
Not desiring to be drawn into controversy
os to the relative merits of the two machines,
VIC can only notice the position formerly as
suned by US, and the published deductions
of the agents of the Wood Reaper. That
our readers may not misapprehcnd either the
agents or ourself we publish their card, al
though not solicited to do SO. 1t is in the
following language:
a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in an editorial in
last weeks Spirit notice the editor mas spread
hmseIfvety much on tie McCormick Rfarets' IN
reoly we arc sorry say we must contradict nun
in most of his remarks; and we are prepared 10
Prove wha. say both out of and in the heid. lie
saws none hold higher position in the estimation
of the farmer than that which enables MN TO mar
vest his crop with case, WHICH we admit; but con.
tend that it be donc with more ease with w oods
Reaper than with McCornlick's He again says
that none have succeeded in carrying off the palm
ot superiority from the pioneer in the held. (Mc-
Cormick,sI Now If the editor will examine. he
will find that, tho Paris Exposition, last Summer
Walter A. Wood'scarricd off the only PT:es awSTd-
ell 10 Amcrican Reapcrs and Mowers, ana the Ma
chine that Mccormick is harPing over was q ma
chine built there with Burgess X KEGS improve.
n.cnt exhibited in mis- and was NOT IKE that
built by Mccormick in ChiSago and SOLD mere
lie agaiL says the Mccormick Reaper has more
than held its wherever introduced, winch we
DENY as it has been run out Of the field in every
Instance in Mary land. Although VIC admit mat
there were more McCormck RCapcrs sold IN this
County last than others they did not give as
full satisfaction Woods, and We nave reason 10
believe in several cases the terms on Tnlcn ahey
were sold more thought U! than the fNeoPCr'"S
issthc tins time.
was content mi did not want any other. 1hls VIC
dcny and W know Ih"t the e'Iii"r Is aware that
last season Mr. Cr:itcudcn. near l;iPFon purchased
a Mccormick Reaper, tried II ana 1"Hs mol content
until he procured a Wood Reaper, h,td ~ end Kept
At AID rtturncd the Ne Coi mick, which fact has been
kept very low. lie aSaln says. the McCnrmick
Reaper is best adapted to the nncvc" surface OF
our lands, which we deny, as Woods Is the only
Sef-Rakc Reaper that has ever been introduced
here that eau be raised and lowered whlie passing
along. .:
of Virginia. which we admit and are ProuG OIL nut
he docs not pretend to say that Walter a. Wood Is
a native Of Virginia, neither does he pretend
to say that the State New lork) where WOOD
ReaIcrs re ma Cturcd not more favorable: 10
Virgins than the State Illinois where McCor-
Now. in Conclusion. we will excuse the editor
little = (havnr heard him express himself iaEor-
able to Woods Rcn per. from what he had gathered
from those that used thcIn-not from his own know
ledge oil Rcrpers! we doubt very much whether nc
cau tell 4 Reaper from a Horse Rake and Would
advise him TO have nothing more TO DO WIN reap
erS, but employ his spare time with Joe CAapi'He'
-'oAe' ''-e' SNYDER, LINK & OsBURN.
putHcIds, May, %, 1865.
1t will be observed that the first paragraph
asserts that the only prizeeawardcd to Amer
lean Reapers and Mowers, last summer, was
carried off by Walter y. Wood. we had
not the satisfaction of attending the Paris
Exposition, and of our personal knowledge
arc not prepared TO contradict the above state
ment, but we have before Us pamphlet prin-
ted in 1868, on the first page OF which APP
pears the tollowing:-"I'drts Exposition an
1867. The large and only Grand Gold Ned
81 of Honor, for Harvesting Mach!nes, and
the Decoration of the Cross Of the Legion Oh
Honor. awarded CYRUS ii. MCCOnMICK orcr
all o4her compctit0rs The only Exhibitor
who received both these Grand Distinctions
at the Exhibition" 1t is true the pamphlet
from which we make this quotation is pub
hshcd by the Mcssrs. Mccormick, but it is
spread broadcast from one end OF the country
to the other. and we hardly think those gen
tlencu would publish TO the world gtarlng
falschood. They have regulations co-cxten-
sivc with the country, and to sustain those
regulations, they must be men OF Vcraclty and
integrity. We have heard that Mr.. Wood
claims to have taken prize at the Exposition,
and we have never said, and never mean to
say, that lie did not. But with the lights
before Us, we have as much right to believe
the statement of the Messrs. DlcCvrmlck as
that If Mr.. Wood
In tHe SccOHu piIdS!dp pa Va I"Sh SN'H' I''N
AGENTS soy that the Mccormick Reaper "has
been run out of the field in every Instance in
MARYLAND" This may be SO, and shall
not enter the broad field of Gcmiul to contra
dict it, but whilst they have been ''run out of
the field in Maryland" it seems that they
have been run into the field here, for in
the very next sentence the agents OF the W God
machine admit that there "werc more Meteor
mick Reapers sold in this county last season
than others"
The third paragraph speaks of the Reaper
purchased by Mr.. Crittendcn, and Of this the
agents say he tried it and was not coMfcnt
until he procured a Wood Reaper, hic" 1t
anil kept II and returned the Nc CoTm''h,
which fact has been kept very low" This,
doubtless, means to convey the impression
that we were disposed to suppress facts. We
e1rmy any purpose to do anything OF the kind,
and further deny that we were aware that
Mr.. Crittenden had purchased Mccormick,
for if the agents of Wood had ever aPPriscd
lis of the fact, it had entirely escaped our
memory. The card further charges us with
having said that ..the Mccormick Reaper is
best adapted to the uneven surface of our
lands" We never said it was best adapted.
We did not use the word best in our article
On Reapers. In speaking OF the Mccormick,
we said % its perfect adaptablity TO the UNI
even surface Of our lands" &c Now it is
not an impossible thing that both Eeapers in
controversy may be perfectly adapted to the
uneven surface of our lands, and from what
we have learned of both from parties who
have used them, We think they are and it
may be possible that in this respect the Wood
Reaper is the equal or even the superior, OF
the Mccormick. But to return to the ma
chine rejected by Mr.. Crittendcn. 1t was
never returned, but was sold in Mr.. C's field
to a gentleman on adjoining farm, who
cut his harvest with it, and who publishes
one of the strongest certificates in its favor.
The next paragraph needs no comment from