SIMARS

Any one who happened at that moment to contemplate that red simar -- the gorgeous robe of office -- and the rich lace, or who gazed on that pale brow, bent in anxious meditation, might, in the solitude of that apartment, combined with the silence of the ante-chambers and the measured paces of the guards upon the landing-place, have fancied that the shade of Cardinal Richelieu lingered still in his accustomed haunt.

In truth, that the red simar which occupied the wonted place was his no longer, was still more strikingly obvious from the isolation which seemed, as we have observed, more appropriate to a phantom than a living creature -- from the corridors deserted by courtiers, and courts crowded with guards -- from that spirit of bitter ridicule, which, arising from the streets below, penetrated through the very casements of the room, which resounded with the murmurs of a whole city leagued against the minister; as well as from the distant and incessant sounds of guns firing -- let off, happily, without other end or aim, except to show to the guards, the Swiss troops and the military who surrounded the Palais Royal, that the people were possessed of arms.

After the body and engine work was completed, the SIMAR was painted green with red trim.

After he restored his SIMAR, he took it to several shows in Pennsylvania and received a number of compliments.

That's why the SIMAR is still better than a lot of the newer ones, if it is in good shape."

Jason purchased his smaller SIMAR three years ago at the Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Reunion show in Georgetown, Ohio.

"I was set up next to this guy who had a SIMAR tiller.

On Jason's larger SIMAR, the carburetor was the only thing he had to repair.