. eetingwith no success, he finally came to dehver an ultimatum, and meeting Corbin on the Httle platform in front of the office door, told him thatif P. & F. Corbin did not advance the price of brass butts the price wouldbe put down to where the Corbin factory could not make them, even thoughit cut below the Scovill cost. Go back to Mr. Scovill, said Mr. Corbin, and tell him that when Iwas a boy and hunted muskrats I never shot a muskrat while it was underwater, but when his head appeared I fired — and got him. Now, if Mr.
. eetingwith no success, he finally came to dehver an ultimatum, and meeting Corbin on the Httle platform in front of the office door, told him thatif P. & F. Corbin did not advance the price of brass butts the price wouldbe put down to where the Corbin factory could not make them, even thoughit cut below the Scovill cost. Go back to Mr. Scovill, said Mr. Corbin, and tell him that when Iwas a boy and hunted muskrats I never shot a muskrat while it was underwater, but when his head appeared I fired — and got him. Now, if Mr. Scovillwants to play a muskrat game he can, but every time his head shows abovewater Ill bring him down, and with this message Mr. Partree was dismissed. A few days later Mr. Scovill appeared at the old Humphrey House inNew Britain and asked for a personal interview with the Corbin Philip and Frank Corbin appeared he greeted them with, Which isthe fellow who hunts muskrats? The meeting ended with the most friendlyfeeling on both sides. 37. BRASS BUTTS HISTORY O F THE HOUSE O F & C O R B I N ! In 1849 o^ 1^50, Corbin, Whiting & Co. issued the first price list of Corbingoods, a card which would slip into an ordinary envelope, with the price listupon one side and the firms name upon the other. In 1852, P. & F. Corbin^the copartnership, issued a little book with eight pages and cover, which listedall the goods of manufacture and included some bolts made by Frederick In 1856, a somewhat larger book, with thirty-six pages and cover, was required, and the articles listed com-n addition to the goods already men-full assortments of cupboard catches,French window catches, closet and trunkes, chain bolts, cabin door hooks, pic-ture hooks and nails, looking-glass>ks, wardrobe and coat andhat hooks in largevariety, sash fastenersand lifts, drawer anddrop handles, door pulls,hutter screws, house, tea,and call bells, bird-cageooksj door knockers, a11 line of the
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