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turn his four mule team around twice in a space 

 of twenty paces, and then drive at a trot to get 

 through, while mine was not impeded by the 

 dampness — (Mr. Wight said he would not have 

 his machine— yet has Mr, H. " had the satis- 

 faction to think his machine was preferred." I 

 would not deprive him of this satisfaction, so 

 long as I have the satisfaction to receive their 

 orders for the machines)— that after this he went 

 higher up the river (James) to Mr. Carter's, to 

 cut tangled wheat, and from his own account 

 (to a gentleman in the neighborhood) failed, 

 complaining that even Mr. C. did not go to see 

 his machine operate — that he had his two ma- 

 chines together at Mr. Wight's, when he knew of 

 the regular trial to take place at Mr. Hutchison's, 

 and yet lohy not be able to get one as well as 

 the other to make battle in so important a con- 

 test ? — that after the cutting at Hutchison's, he 

 again challenged me to a trial at Mr. Roane's 

 in cutting tangled wheats and in the attempt to 

 cut some such there, he broke the blade of his 

 machine, and rake, and failed — (I made no at- 

 tempt to cut it, as it was too much down to be 

 cut with any machine but a simple scythe or 

 hook, but did cut other tangled wheat in the 

 field) — that my machine did cut several acres 

 more wheat in the day than his, &c. 



Is more evidence required as to the real im- 

 pression which has been made upon the public 

 mind by the two machines, Mr. Editor? Yes. 

 The inquiry will at once arise, are we yet to 

 look to the operations of these machines upon 

 paper, as set before us too by interested parties, ! 

 or has that unerring test of experience not al- j 

 ready spoken in this matter ? If so, what does ' 

 it say? Well, in addition to Mr. Roane and| 

 Mr. Watkins, Mr. Hussey has succeeded in get- 1 

 ting statements from one or two persons in Jef- 

 ferson county, under what circumstances of com- 

 parison I know not, or whether they saw my 

 machine operate — that it is considered of no ac- 

 count ! If this statement proves any thing, it 

 only proves, I suppose, what I had learned in a 

 letter I. received from James Madison Hite, Esq, 

 of Clarke county, who purchased the right to 

 Jefferson and seven other counties, viz : that he 

 had built and sold fourteen or fifteen machines, 

 a few of which did not do well in consequence 

 of defects in workmanship, &c, but generally 

 they had given great satisfaction, and he calcu- 

 lated on building a considerable number for the 

 next harvest, and has ordered of me one hun- 

 dred blades. Although Mr. Hussey, as has been 

 stated, had two machines at Richmond in 1843, 

 and had another there last harvest, I have not 

 heard of the sale of either of them ; and yet it 

 might be inferred from his statement that he had 

 been selling many machines, and " neglecting 

 his interest by not publishing the certificates." 



Since the harvest of 1843 (and including that 

 harvest), when I had the trials with Mr. Hus- 



sey, my reaper, as he has observed, has been 

 widely diffused throughout the wheat growing 

 parts of this State. Near half the county rights 

 have been sold to persons who had either used 

 the machine or resided near to where it had 

 been used the previous harvest. It has also 

 been diffused during the last harvest and since, 

 by sales and contracts, through Maryland, Ken- 

 tucky, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Mis- 

 souri, Wisconsin, Michigan, and New York. — 

 The manufacture of two hundred and fifty ma- 

 chines at one place, (Cincinnati) for the next 

 harvest, has been contracted for, besides many 

 other important contracts in other parts of this 

 vast region. The permanent popularity of my 

 reaper has already been so far established, I 

 trust, as to place it out of danger of passing 

 into oblivion after a short-lived reputation, as I 

 think has been the fate of Mr. Hussey's cutter. 



As this has already been extended, Mr. Edi- 

 tor, much longer than I intended when I com- 

 menced, I suppose you will not find room to ap- 

 pend certificates to it, I should be glad to fur- 

 nish you with a few if you can give them a, 

 place in your next. 



Very respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



C. H. M'Coiimick. 



November 8, 1844. 



P. S. — Having already received many orders 

 for the next harvest, and as this demand pro- 

 mises to be considerable, it is desirable and may 

 be necessary that persons wanting my reaper 

 should order soon. I could have sold several 

 more last harvest if I had had them in market; 

 but my object is to meet the demand, and when 

 wanted orders should not be deferred. W T ith my 

 thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore re- 

 ceived, I have only to add that my terms will be 

 the same as heretofore, viz: $100 at the facto- 

 ry, or $105 at Richmond, at four months from 

 harvest, warranted to perform in the best man- 

 ner, as usual. 



More full accounts may be seen shortly in the 

 Whig and Enquirer. 



C. H. M'C. 



VALUABLE RE€IPE. 



To clean mahogany and marble furniture na 

 soap should ever be used for them — they should 

 be washed in fair water, and rubbed with a clean 

 soft cloth till dry. A little sweet oil, rubbed on 

 occasionally, gives them a fine polish. The fur- 

 niture should be rubbed over with a cloth dipped 

 in oil, then rubbed over with a clean cloth till it 

 appears dry and polished. White spots on var- 

 nished furniture may be removed by rubbing 

 them with a warm flannel, dipped in spirits of 

 turpentine. Ink spots may be removed by rub- 

 bing thern with a woollen cloth, dipped in oil of 

 vitriol and water mixed, being careful not to 



