Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-12-31

I services in detailed account of Jauifret'
French Method, with an evident design TO EN-
barrass Mr.. BONNER in his business. The con
stituted authorities of the Patent office, having
once admitted that there were sufficient advan
tages in the Improvements presented by Bacr ant
Gonliart to Justify patent, it lily becomes a
public officer in the same department to adopt
any measure calculated to hazard the privileges
which by his official acts he is bound to protect
! Whatever opinion may be entertained by Mr.
Ellsworth or others who merely speculate upon
the theory, practical results have demonstrated
that the peculiarities which distinguish Bonn
ners Method from Jautirct's are so essential to
its success that without them the Method is ut
tcry useless.
| Too much dependence ought not to be pace
on the specifications of the patent in forming an
estimate of lis character, since these are the
! mere skeletons of the SYSTEM and are commonly
of but little value without the method itself, in
which its varions provisions are amplified and
rendered practically useful. individuals may
haze bccn embodencd to attempt ar infringe
ment upon the patent by Misrepresentation OF
its claims. but they have generally lost more for
the want Of the ample details contained in Bonn.
mer's Method. than they have gained by their
understandable endeavors TO secure 1t by stealth
The Editors of the Albany Cultivator, in their
preface to Mr.. Ellsworth's letter, remark we
know that the method used by hun, (Bommer)
and described in the pamphlet, copy OF wh'cn
is furnished every purchaser OF right, VIII
make manure in any quantity, ana OF me Dest
quality, for almost every kind of cultivated
crop. OF tie French method. as described
in the specifications, we are not competent
to Judge, ha,i1g never witnessed its effects
we shonld, however. prefer pur hasing Mr..
Bommer's book, in which the who'e process
Il. .Is tl,..,.
is sustained by the fact that Mr.. Bommers i'm
provements save an immense amount IF labor,
which, in this country particularly, is of primary
Importance. Thousands of testimonials may be
produced from the most unquestionable authori-
les, in confirmation of the economy and utility
If those features of Bommer's method, which
distinguish it from Jauiirets, and prove its
to this and every other system, and
consequently to establish the validity of the
lafent predcated on these improvements. Not
all the efforts which have been
mt forth from time to time to disparage this most
important patented improvement, it is rapidly
Using in public estimation. and its use it becom-
ng more extensive than at any former period,
md it is evidently destined to save millions of
wealth for our country, by increasing the fer
lllty OF the soil, and the products Of our farms.
Win these facts in view. we can have no appre.
tensions oi any serious dt1rin"n tn lis success
rom an impartial investigation of truth.
ELI BARNETT Ptoprietor.
LEGAL OPlNIoN-I hereby certify to all whom it
nay concern that having examined thu evidences of
he validity OF the patent, known as Bomners Meth
vi OF making manure, | am satisfied thut the patent
vas duly executed and recorded in conformity to the
avs OF the United States, and that the Method is an
important accession To the interests of agriculture in
his country, and that the Improvement. on which the
American patent is prcdcated, are OF sufficient inn
ortance 10 JUSTLY and sustain the same ,gnnst all I'M
awful encioachments. f.. X. FOSTER,
-lttorney at Lar and Judge of P,,Late fur Ne,o
IdreH District