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If you look at a mowing machine, you will see it is nothing but a lot of shears. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOWING MACHINE YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS NOTHING BUT A LOT OF SHEARS
 school to-morrow and ask your children they would say, “Elias Howe.” He was in the Civil War with me, and often in my tent, and I often heard him say that he worked fourteen years to get up that sewing-machine. But his wife made up her mind one day that they would starve to death if there wasn’t something or other invented pretty soon, and so in two hours she invented the sewing-machine. Of course he took out the patent in his name. Men always do that. Who was it that invented the mower and the reaper? According to Mr. McCormick’s confidential communication, so recently published, it was a West Virginia woman, who, after his father and he had failed altogether in making a reaper and gave it up, took a lot of shears and nailed them together on the edge of a board, with one shaft of each pair loose, and then wired them so that when she pulled the wire one way it closed them, and when she pulled the wire the other way it opened them, and there she had the principle of the mowing-machine. THE SEWING MACHINE IF I WOULD GO TO SCHOOL TO MORROW AND ASK YOUR CHILDREN THEY WOULD SAY ELIAS HOW HE WAS IN THE CIVIL WAR WITH ME AND OFTEN IN MY TENT I OFTEN HEARD HIM SAY THAT HE WORKED FOURTEEN YEARS TO GET UP THAT SEWING MACHINE BUT HIS WIFE MADE UP HER MIND THAT ONE DAY THEY WOULD STARVE TO DEATH IF THERE WASN'T SOMETHING OR OTHER INVENTED PRETTY SOON SO IN TWO HOURS SHE INVENTED THE SEWING MACHINE OF COURSE HE TOOK OUT THE PATENT HIS NAME MEN ALWAYS DO THAT WHO WAS IT WHO INVENTED THE MOWER AND THE REAPER ACCORDING TO MISTER MC CORMICK'S CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS SO RECENTLY PUBLISHED IT WAS A WEST VIRGINIA WOMAN WHO AFTER HIS FATHER AND HE HAD FAILED ALTOGETHER IN MAKING A REAPER AND GAVE IT UP TOOK A LOT OF SHEARS AND NAILED THEM TOGETHER ON THE EDGE OF A BOARD WITH ONE SHAFT OF EACH PAIR LOOSE AND THEN WIRED THEM SO WHEN SHE PULLED THE WIRE ONE WAY IT CLOSED DOWN AND WHEN SHE PULLED THE WIRE THE OTHER WAY IT OPENED THEN AND THERE SHE HAD THE PRINCIPLE OF THE MOWING MACHINE
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