Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-11-17
THE CHAMPIoNREA EA PERI ARD
~ MOWER.
That "sweepstalkes Premium" Awarded
to the Champion Reaper and Mower
Mot Horse1 at the Ohio State Fair.


posted, throughout the grounds, Bills
Announcing that the Sweepstakes Pre-
MUM was awarded TO the Champion as
the best reaper on trial at the Ohio State
Fair. This wasall that the bills claimed
In the CHRONICLE of last week and the
Gazette of the 3rd inst, we see card
from the Buckeye agent, ]. NJ. Fadden
( Irish, } charging us with publishing a
falsehood, in posting said bills. The
following notice from the Springfield
Advertiser will set the matter fairly be
fore the people of Belmont.
.Ec THE CHAMPION.
1.-THE sweepstakes triumph oyer all
other machin IS Yesterday the State
Board of Agriculture awarded to the
manufacturers of the Champion reapers
and mowers the first. premium for the
best display of harvesting machinery
This compliment was worthily bestowed
and places the Champion where it be
Iongs-head and shoulders above all the
other machines on exhibition"
For the information of the Buckeye
agent we will just say that This was 8
regular premium offered by the Ohio
State Board and will be found in the
annual premium list, page 16, Entry
Book %, and the twenty-first article in
the list, and that the premium offered
is silver medal or twenty dollars $50,
at the option of the exhibitor.
We desire further to state that the
Buckeye agent was fully advised as to
the nature of the premium awarded and
before his last communication, and it is
|evideLt that he is either attempting to
deceive the community and the Secre-
arl l. g,
very much deceived himself; we are
charitable enough to believe that he is
mistaken. If he had ST. ted the facts as
they exist to Mr.. Klippart, then he
would have undoubtedly gotten the
reply that the premium was awarded as
above stated. If he has any doubts on
the subject let him satisfy himself by
submitting the facts. The statement of
Mr.. Klippart in regard to the premiums
awarded by the State Board of Agricul-
tare at the Mansfield trial in July last,
we understand to be correct. The man
ufacturers of the Champion only claim
that the Gold Medal was awarded to
the Champion as the best reaper at that
trial, but we do not understand what
the statement of the Buckeye agent in
regard to the draft of the machines is
predicated upon. as we understand there
has been no official report of the draft
test at that trial, and a part of the ma
chimes were not tested at all as to draft,
among which was the Champion No.
mower, and it is admitted by all that
the draft test a notorious farce and we
think that the farmers of Harrison
County who are using Buckeye ma
chimes will agree with US that if the
Buckeye cut, in ordinary grass, with a
draft OF 100 pounds, there must have
been an immense amount of ''fudgel-.
ingp DONE. Would not 260. pounds be
nearer the notch, although perhaps
little too low?
We have no disposition to continue a
correspondence, and do not
think that the merits of the Champion
Machine need any vindication through
that hannel, but we have made q plain
statement of facts, in order to allow the
farmers of Belmont County to Judge for
and we shall hereafter pay
no attention to any newspaper articles,
emanating from the Jealous agent of the
Buckeye machine.
Respectfully.
N MCKEE & HAMILTON,
Agents for the Champion.
p. S. Since writing the above we are
advised that the Grand Gold Medal was
awarded to the Champion No. 2 for Best
Combined Reaper and Mower and the
Silver Medal was awarded to Champion
No. A Tor single mower at the Great Ma