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paris furxace company, clayville, okeida co., n. y. 



The very superior display from this company at our last fair, 

 merits particular notice. It consisted of scythes, hay-knives and 

 forks, made of the best materials, and a finish so extraordinary 

 that they attracted attention and commendation during the entire 

 exhibition. a. c. 



EDGE Toots. 



Messrs. D. Simmons & Co., Cohoes Falls, N. T., exhibited two 

 cases of edge tools of very superior quality in all respects. And 

 we may add, that this company may safely challege the world to 

 excel them. a. c. 



GRASS AXD GRAIN SCYTHES. 



The scythes from Mr, S. Harris, Pine Plains, Dutchess county, 

 N. T.J were reported by our judges to be of excellent quality, and 

 fully sustain the reputation of this long established manufacturer. 



A. c. 



Remarks. — ^We feel an assurance in saying, that should our cus- 

 tomers from the West Indies and various parts of South America, 

 in quest of tools and implements in the markets of the United 

 States, be careful to make their selections from the authorised 

 agents of such establishments as we have named in the three fore- 

 going notices, and many may be added to the list, the complaints we 

 have heard as having been made in South America, of the worth- 

 lessness of American manufactured articles, will soon cease. The 

 probability is, that these orders, to a large extent, are filled with 

 articles of foreign manufacture, which, like Pindar's razors, are 

 made 'to sell,' and that thus the reputation of our own excellent 

 manufacturers and artizans is made to sufter. We find, on examina- 

 tion of the list of imported articles made of steel, iron, brass, &;c., 

 that nearly $7,000,000 in value were imported in 1851, of the 

 very articles made by our own citizens, in a style that cannot be 



