Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-04
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.
The LarentOr's CIailI az aelaoslged aud prOIsetea
byte Gorsrnu4sats Of Ctnoda, he UnSted Sates,

The LRreHtOTs CTdiE az acknowledged GRd protected
blythe GoreFHWeAtE Of oin0da, TIE United States,
and Great Britaia; to al ,vLons II nay eoHe,yl.
VNHAT CLAM AS Ny INVENTION Is, THE
" w cOutriVanee Of keeping accounts current, OF
whatever kind, description variety, In printed
Orm, b. keeping the statements d the several Ae-
the type being 90 arranged in form as to admit OF
being readily and quickly readlusts1 In any particu
lar part, where an account may have undergone \
change by the lapse Of time or the current Of buA
meas tFOnSactionBi that, when feadJusted in all
such PaTts up 70 any given date impression then
taken fnJm the type shall exhibit in printed form
the true state Of all the accounts kept accurately
REPRESENTING all the bAlAnees eOnelusiUnS, In ac-
eOrdAnce with the end or ends contemplated In keep
Ing the record, rendering It, in commercial busnesA
q balance sheet Of the most compact and perfect
character. the detallE OF being sutNtan-
italy A. rSe'ted IN specthctOn, wherein It shown
that tile hM or tactH to he recorded may BE- repre-
sented by figures, symbolic dltes, numbers, used
either ssIarately or In combination, by whAtsTer
else will indicate the Fact or Llcts desired: and
furthermore, Lased this primary invention, also
claim the device or continuance OF rendering or
transmitting accounts IN partial OF full statements
when the statement or statements are thus,
or Substantially thus, kept IN type, by the cOntri.
yanees Of my invention be the medium Of tFansmis-
sion what IL may; but the particular mode Of rem
dcFing accounts by the % the Dispatch Machine
constituted Of Apron Movement. Reel, and Cutter
stamp, claim In the bradeSt aud tulleSt sense; and
also the machine ITSELF embracing all Its forms and
nlO,leA Of operating as iulicate 10 describing It.,
either as simple hand instrument, or as propelled
by machinery. And In connection with these EpecI-
&c claims, and based upon them, / also claim all
other means and appliances suIstantially the same
those herein claimed or intended to be clniined
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
a. above, this invention las already spread itself
over canaiA eighteen States of the American Union,
and into dreat Britain, and Is used in more than
three lundro'l Newspaper Otices. Itsimmense value
TO banking and similar Institutions will be shown in
circular which VIII make its Appearance soon.
Meanwhile applications Tor Information, Deeds Of
Right" "Dispitch Machines" will receive due at
tsntion, when addressed either TO
Rev. Robert, Dick, fS9f 9i. g r. e or or
to his Agent aud Attorney,
John j. HHines, london, ENGLAND.
~ To "LEN, who In the Montreal Gar.tie Of LIST
February 1850, prOnounCes the .sidea" OF keeping
accounts current ain type HsruSs absurdity,H
thanks hereby rendered, and the assurance given,
that this gross Absurlity Is all that Mr. Dick has
patented in the domain Of keeping accounts. Ills
claims hinder operation therein into which this
gTOss nbSurdity Is not practically Struggled In any
manner: neither bodily nor partially; neither d.
rectly or indirectly; neither explicitly symbolic
eally; this ground his claims cover, aud nothing
more; the absolute monopoly OF this absurdity and
nothing else Il all he asks as Ills claims, nationally
read, attest.-6Q septI