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DESCRIPTION AND ADVANTAGES OF 



The Empire and Monitor Lawn lowers. 



Persons in want of First Class Mowers should examine the merits of Walker's Patents, recently 



invented. The Manufacturers claim several important improvements over other 



Lawn Mowers; the following are the most important: 



The Empire Mower. 



1st. The Empire Mower is so constructed that all its parts are working parts, and all covered 

 so that no clogging can take place. There are no traction wheels to oil, they being secured by- 

 set screws on the central shaft, rotating the same as the cutter reel, which materially reduce 

 friction. 



2d. It is self-oiling, the oil chamber on central shaft holding oil sufficient to a last a week, 

 which is a great advantage, as some Mowers require oiling every fifteen minutes. 



3d. There are no small complicated Pawls, but. a substantial arrangement for this purpose 

 with few parts, and so simple that any ordinary person can take it apart and put it together 

 again in a few minutes. 



4th. It has a guide roller attached to the handle, and, by sliding the bar which holds the 

 wheel, up or down, regulates the cut perfectly. 



5th. It has a Sharpening arrangement which is perfect in operation and simple in construc- 

 tion. It makes the knives when dull, equal to being re-ground at the works. 



6th The last, but not least, new feature, is a machine constructed so simple, with its parts 

 interchangeable and lettered, that it is like two truck wheels rolling on the ground so easy that 

 a child can work it. 



The Monitor Mower. 



Is a machine with one light traction wdieel and two guide wheels in front, will cut long or sho?i 

 grass, also, w r orks equally as well on rough ground as on smooth, it is of light weight and can 

 be run at a high rate of speed without much fatigue to the operator This mower will be found 

 very effectual for cutting around shrubbery and ornamental borders or fl<>\ver-beds ; also, in 

 cemeteries, they must come generally in use. Each part of this Mower is interchangeable, and 

 numbered duplicates of the parts can be had by sending the number to any agent or to the fac- 

 tory. The knives of these Mowers are made of best cast-steel, tempered by a new process, and 

 every machine is warranted to work satisfactorily on any ordinary Lawn. 



"Empire" and "Monitor" Mowers, price $20 each. Sharpening Bar, Extra, $1.50 



«®-IE*or Sale "fc>y 



Agent for District of Columbia, 



621 7th Street, Washington, D. C. 



