Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-05-27
A CARD.

CHICAGO. May 10th, 1870.
An indi, iiua,, nanc,i john strachan, of Mineral
Point, Wis., seems bent making himself Ridiculous
with niosy demonstrations, because we have taken
reaper agency away from him.
That he feels at losing the agency is evident
from the outcry he makes about it. 1t is likely
the first instance record wherein insisted
on being agent by force and against the wishes of
principal.
Now, since the U. S. Court has put injunction
on him, restraining him from acting agent, and
dered him to give up possession of our property
through receiver he attempts to give vent to his
bad temper by abusing our machines, in unmeasured
forms We suppose survive it taa@D b
Rejecting farmers will know how far John is sin
or honest in his denunciation of machines
when they consider that he plead hard for the agency
of them this year, and that his abuse commenced
only when he foun1 he could not got leave to sci /
them.
We hcsitated about even noticing this mans abuse,
but concluded that it due to cur friends in the
district to give the following facts in the case, and
having done so, We shall not attempt to any
billingsgate that may lie launched at us.
John Strachan refused to continue agent in 1870
unless we would promise large increase in
missions for selling. This declined doing, and
after giving him reasonable tms for reflection we
appointed others to succeed nina thing every body
will admit we had right to do! Strachan, just
her wanted ocontinue at the old and wrote us
the following letters. 1tH
MIN.RAL PoINr, MARCH, 22ND. 1879. 9ua
MEssRs. c. Ii. McCoRMIcK & Bro,
Dear !Sirs :--You can send on the ontract as you
say, and will see you, and talk matters gener
ally soon.
Truly Yours,
j. STRACHAN
1t too late however, as we had contracted the
district to other agents few days later he became
so alarmed at losing the agency, that he came to
Chicago, and begged hard to be auowed 10 act eren
local agent at Mineral Point. e
When be found however that he had really lost
the agency, he became abusvely3 angry, aud
theatened should never get possession of pro
erty he held, until We paid him mmence sum
for damage-although not two weeks before, we had
settled up his account in full.
How summarily the U. S. Court dealt with him, and
how quickly he was ordered to.give up our property
through the formaty of receiver, and how soon an
injunction placed on his intermeddling with
affairs hereafter, the following extract will show
milwaukee Sentinel, May 9th 1901
In the United States Circuit Court, Judge Miller
presiding. The case of G. H. Mccormick and Leand-
j. Mccormick of Chicago against John Strachan,
of Mineral Point in equity, came up yesterday,
motion of complaints for injunction against de-
PENDANT and appointment of receiver; and the same
having been argued by Finches, Lynde and Miller for
compartments, and Messrs Palmer, Hooker and Pit
kin, for defendants-the Court thereupon allowed the
injunction and also appointed friedrich c. Smyth, of
Madison. receiver. ~
This is very important case, involving nearly
500 600 in amount, and grows out of trans Ictons
while defendant was acting the agent of complain
ants in the sale of their sTvesting Machines, during
the years 1867 1868 and 1869 The order appointing
the receiver requires the defendant Strachan' forth
property in his hands, belonging to the complain
ants to the said receiver, Smyth and the injunction
allowed restraints the defendant Strachan from ill.,
termeddling with any Of the property in any way
manner. Thus all who owing for the machines
lid by Strachan, must rake payment to the receiy
er, Smyth. .
His ISLANDERS about machines are best met by
his letter, desiring the agency for 1870. 1t is
no secret, that some castings our Advance Ma
chine, last year, were defective and broke an acct
dent not at all unusual in introducing a new ma
chine. the first season. These breakages, caused
trouble where agents like Stracl,an gave mciiines
little attention, personally. All our customers
know that spared neither time nor money to re-
place them with improved castings, making the ma
chimes perfect as they intended to be. This
was and is being DONE free of expense to customers
In districts where agents cooperated with us in
edyipg the difficulty, the machines proved a most
triumphant success.
Z. III. MCCORMICK, & Bro.