Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-16
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

The Inventors CIGfms acknowledged and protected
By the GoperHane1ts Of Ccnada, the United SrtsE,
and Great Britain; to OH IeIOm Il may cs5socyr
WHAT ] CLAIM As MI INVENTION IS. THE
w .oOutrivau5e of RsepinE accounts current OF
whatever kind. description variety, IN printed
Orm, By keeping the statements Of the several Re
counts standing IN printers type their equivalents
the type being - arranged in form as 10 admit Of
being readily and quickly reAdiuEed IN any pRrtjcu
lar part. where InHy hsre undergo; 4
change Gy the lapse Of time or the current ef bust
mess transactions; that, when reaajuste3 IN XII
Euoh pGrts mp any given date impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit, N printed form
the true state Of all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the baIanoe4 CONCLUSIONS IN
cordanes with the end ends contemplated in keep
ing the record rendering il IN cmmeTri1 b1siDesa-
Z balance sheet OF the mort compact Rna perfect
character the dataiE Ui management being suhstRI-
tally recEtsd III specification wherein Is shown
thai the TACT or tGrts TO ts recorded may be repre-
Bented by hEsTEra symbols dates urEnberK used
either separately or in combination by whatever
else will Indicate the fact OF facts as desired: and
Furthermore based ts prinlary invention AiHo
claim the device coutF5Tance Of rendering or
transmitting accounts ia partial full statements,
when the statement or stGtemeuts selt thus,
substantially thus, kept type. by The curr5-
Of my Invention. be the medium Cd trnsruis-
sion what IT InRyS but the particular mode of
der1nE ACCOUNTS by the use OF toe Dispatch AGcIine
constituted Of Apron Movement Reel, and Cutter
stamp claim in The broadcast aud fullest sense; ad
also the machine itself embracing all its torS and
modes, Of operating indicated dpscribing il.
either as a simple hand instrument, propelled
by machinery. Aud in connection with these sleci-
nc clGimE and based upon tIFeIa. also claim all
other means and appliances Substantially the tdme
those herein Claimed intended be chained.
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
Is above This Invention has already spread itself
over Canada eighteen States oT the American Union.
and into Great Britain, and il used IN than
thrpe hundred Newspaper 0dices. Itsitnmense value
70 banking and simi1ar Institutions will EioIrn
circular which will make its appearance soon.
Meanwhile applications for Information. Deeds Of
Right" DiSp 4tcIi Maehines' will receive due
tention, when addressed either TO
Rev. Robert, Dick, sS94 r. y y or
to his Agent and Attorney,
John j. IIaInes, London, RHGLAYD.
~ To "LEX,' who In the Montreal Gazstts Of Let
February, 1890, TroDouDces the tidea7 Of keeping
accounts current "in type SErOSs Rbsurdity,7
thanks hereby rendered. and the assurance given
that this gross absurIity is all that Mr. Dick has
patented in the domain Of keeping accounts. Ills
claims hinder operation therein into which this
nI'surdty is not Pirattcally snugglel in any
manner: neither bodily partially; neither d.
Tectly indirectly; neither explicitly nor SYMBOL
eay; this ground his claims cover, and nothing
more; the absolute monopoly Of this absurdity aud
nothing else, IS all lie asks as his claims ratonHlIy
read, attest.-EA septT