The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-28
"Just After the BATTLE"

every hand, the wounded, hear
the cries Of the widows and the sweet.
hearts. Obi will the time ever come
when Experts goods will be beaten
into pillow Shares" Cor words to that
effect). monkey wrenches made into
pruning hooks, and field fights be
known no more forever. | want 10
say right here there was not Nc
Cormick man present at the fight at
Bancroft, nor was our machine there.
We understand the Buckeye was
there, but came back.
speak of this because many think
it was Mccormick fight and knock
down. To any one who knows us, it
is unnecessary to say that we would
not have remained on that bloody
field, had we been in the county. AS
is always the case, the defeated parties
are moaning and giving their excuses,
telling what was done to defeat them,
etc. Now you will find there will be
an exception to that rule lin our
case. They tell us at the farm of
Geo. H. Warren's, near Ovid, the
Mccormick was defeated. Now all
we know about it is what We see in
the paper and have been told. We
don't feel bad about it.-Why be-
cause according to Mr.. Warmers own
statement, he had decided not to
have Mccormick Binder before he
had the trial. That fact together
with the terms he got the Buckeye
on-(S2oo, twice enough to do his
harvesting for three years, and re-
pairs furnished for five years. does
not make us feel the least down
hearted. We feel good over it
Why! because Mr.. Chaplin sold the
same binder and for his price, and
has got his pay for it. Our Binders
are all sold and mostly settled for.
With regard to the article from the
,"Baldheaded" Expert, Ihave little to
say. 1t seems to me quite uncalled
for and out of place for man ''not
in the habit of writing for news
papers" to come into a strange place
and pick up something he knows
nothing about, something that does
not concern him, trying to revive
disgusting controversy which has been
filling your papers for the summer,
and which the writer has tried to
bring to close for some time; he
tries to continue it by calling names,
commencing just where Bryan COM
menced, and with about as much dis
play of Brains and much less growth
of hair on his head. 1t looks to me
as if he is very anxious to become
noted for what Bryan and myself
have made a ridiculous failure at
lie. newspaper writing, to commence
controversy with him-we have not a
single point to gain, if his object is
to prove to the public that he pos
esses more Brains than his general
agent and myself, l will simply say
hat in the commencement Bryan
general agen), confessed he chad no
Brains" and after few week careful
Investigation l have fully concluded
hat if | have or ever had any Brains,
hey are so few that it would not be
my more glory for you to prove your
'elf my superior, than it is for us to
prove the Mccormick is superior TO
he Buckeye-and the contrast be-
ween them is so great that when we
lefeat your Binder we hardly con-
ider it worth noticing.
He talks about affairs that some
me has told him happened last
pring. "He "Bald-headed Ex- s
'ert" from Kansas comes up here to
)wosso and takes upon himself the
esponsibility of calling strangers,
ars, and that they are capable OF :
DING most anything" He says we
ave declined to accept their "chal- T
,nge;" that is false. He says we
ave a self binder left unsold; that is q
Use. He says we sold our Binder :.
Or between Saoo. and $2as, (don't
now exactly); that is false, and he t
ont know anything about it. e
ave known people to get rich mind k
lg their own business-suppose you .
y il You say eve will learn sew
raj things before we get through =
it'll you" We have got through N
18th you now.-We have no use for a
Oh. We consider you are meddling r,
it'll something that is none of your !,
usiness. No doubt you can "learn >
) something" but we do not feel D
sposed to pay much for it, you are p
mart no doubt of it. | cant see how it
man with so much ability can travel
an Expert for an experimental q
achine. ~ :,
Mr.. Bryan / Judge has concluded :,
drop this controversy. l hope he :,
IS, | saw him at Greenville, the Nc d
ormick defeated the Buckeye there. c
hat was not what was going to II
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