Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-10-24
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

The Earensors Cgcfmz Acknowledged and protected
b. the Governments ef Csr1odd the UI'itsd .StasE,
and Great Britain; u all rrtOm II my eones7s.
TTYHAT CLAIM as MY INVENTION Is THE
w Continuance OF keeping accounts current d
whatever kind description Or variety IL priDfea
orm by keeping the statements OF riie several az
standing in printers type OF then
the type being 30 arranged m inrh d 10 toit u
being readily and quickly read listed IL IlE-tlcu-
lar part. where an account may hWve undergone 3
change % time the Curret ri bust
ness transactions: 50 tfat when resdinS:eE il ri!
such parts NJ any given da:e- an impression thea
taEe from the ryts shall exhibit printed form
the true state OF all uhs accounts Kept accurately
representing Nil the BALANCES o. csicu=lcs ~ &C
cordauce with the end sUas contemplated Il keep
ing the record: rendering IL II cTne-rial business
balance sbeeI 81 the lnost compact and perfect
character the "details Of management being sUssn-
TALLY rscitsd IN specification wherein i i SHOWN
that the fast OF facte 70 tag Tt'ooicto may - ri's
scented BIZ figures syIDbuls- date ruClt'sfe- used
either EenarafBly in communism OF by whatever
else vii! Indicate the fact facts desired: ana
fr4Fa-rn,-t lrase5 on the Urinary invention also
claim tho device ccntT5Tsnce # rendering OF
transmitting aeccuuts N partial full statements
when the statement statements 80 ssDf are thus
or substantially thus kept il type 10y the coniT-
vGnces uf INV invent be the medium Of transri'
Bicn what il may: bul ihe particular mode n
derinE Hoo9uUts by the u ts Dispatch siactin'
constituted II Apron Increment Reel. ara CUriF
stamp claim IL the bras5sst srsd fullest
also the machine itssli embracing al its forms az
modest Of operating Indicated II describing
either simple hED6 instrument I'roI'elit
r rr,acfrirlrry in CJnDe-TiJn with tae-e sJec
fc claims aid based upon them also rEiIn
nther means and appliances substantially tne sail
ne those herein claimed intended 70 be ciafToe'
With these r4ans fully acknowledged and prot ects
above. this Invention hss already spread iiss.
Canada eighteen States Of the American Crioi
Gresi Britain and Is used II tl7
three hundred Newspaper Offices IT, immense val
70 banking ana similar institutions viii he shown
circular which viii make its appearance ECc
Meanwhile applications for Information. DEEDS
blight OF ~Disp ttch Machines will receive due
Isniion- when addressed either 70
Rev. Robert, Dick, RI RI, -, 6. X.
70 his Agent and Attorney,
John j. Hafnes, London, ENGLAND
81 To -LEY.' who in the Montreal Gassiis Of
February 1860. rroDounces the -idea7 Of keepr
accounts current in type -+Ercs- absuriity
thanks are hereby rendered. and the ASSURANCE give
that this gross absuriity ia all that Mr.. Dick rs
patented in the domain Of keeping accounts.
claims hinder no operation therein into which tn
gross absuriity Is not practically smugRicd in an
manner neither bodily partially; neither
recty indirectly; neither explicitly nor symbol
calIy; this ground his claims cover, and npthir
more: the absolute monopoly Of this absurdty al
nothing else is all he asks his claims, rationale
read, attest."tfA sepr7