Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-07-25
Wo9TRr gHg ATTENTION OF BUILDERS
AND oTHER IMPRoVING GENTLEMEN.
Stephen Brown,

GUN-SMITH, sc. NoRTH MARKET STREET.,
RIcuMoED:
HAVlNG purchased Ke0edy's patentrght of
4 l. using and vending 10 othe,s TO nc used IN this
c'y, and the counties of Henrico and 6 ooch,and,
Aijinvention and Improvement IF fastening rails.
inS and supporting Window Sashes By Springs
and Knobs; proposes 10 supply gentlemen upon
Tue shortest notice, with any number OF those pa
tent springs, with their igtcS, and most COR Piece
improvements 1T the price OF fifty cents piece,
reaCy fitted and adjusted to the sash ; or arthirIy
tour cents, if taken from the shop. This aba c.
ment OF sixteen cents is allowca 10 any gentle
man who may prefer 10 have them set IN BY ther
own worEn'en, as the work is tuhing; the abate
ueat will be found 10 be liberal Builders and
others, who mayrequire quantity OF those paieur
springs, viii be accommodated with generous
allowance. on taking them by the groce.
The above invention. for rs utility, convent
ence and cheapnesS. win Instantly convince any
person who may examine it, tha' there was ne
Yer any thing invented for the purpose, which
could in any degree bear 4 competIticn with it
The former manner o! fastening sashcs by small
bolts, and raising and SUI porting them b. pullies
and e2den weights, was not only exceedingly
complex, diiliouh and expensive but was also L
able to many acciden- as the wearing or break
ig OF cord or pulley, &c would prevent the
whole machinery from performing its expected
t'inetions, and would require more expense in re-
pairing aisue han would purchase the new in.
vented patent spring. 1h spring will act
safe bolt to proven the window nom being open
, ell BY rising from Srit6ovt, and by Just touching
the spring it may be raised from within TO any
convenient height where il viii rest with as much
safety, as lift were supp 'Tted by pill ar
L IS not surprising THAI an invention useful,
which is at once so simple and so convenient,
! should prove 4 temptation to-sonie thoughtless
| workmen, who had not considered the come.
quences, to vend spurious kind without au,ho
rity. Such mean conduct have already de
te6ied, owiug TO the extreme badness of the work
| and to complete the pitifu fraud their trash has
| been SET into the Windows in my name ! But as
| l have paid ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY DoL-
LARS for the exclusive right 70 use and vend this
! patent within the city OF Richmond, and he
counties Of Henrco and Goochland, shall not
! fail to prosecute to the utmost rigour of the law
| any person who shall in future attempt such
contemplate fraud.
! In order to secure gentlemen from any imposi.
ton in the above articles, the initials OF my name
J 6 B. y shall be struck on the white metal knob,
affixed to each of the springs, and those who are
I engaged to fix them in for me. shall be furnished
( with written authority, and every such spring
| shall be WARRANTED BY ne
STEPHEN BROWN
II. p. Any orders for the above, viii be receiv.
ed and punttually attended to If left at my shop
as above, or At MIR Pritchard's Book store. w here
the model may be seen.
! sTa Old Weights and Pullies, or any Old Me-
| tai. will be received in payment S d.
July 9, 1904. IF