Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-03
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.


zSe iHreifOTs C7Gias as acknowledged and protected
BY ne GOnzauaea.s Of ciaaGs, Lss Caftsd !Sa,es,
and Greet Britain: 10 oil 1rl.oss 1t nay concern.
NYHAT CLAIM AS M INVENTION Is, THE
w eUntrTance Of keeping accounts current, OF
OED, BY keeping the statements OF the several ac-
counts 'tandingin prnter type OF their eQuyAlents
the tyPS being arranged In iorna as 70 admit OF
being readily md quickly readusted h any pS-tlru-
lar pATt, where an aeeJupt may have underEonO \
change. BY the lapss VI time the Of bu4i
ness tTHn-aetlons; 40 that when readjusIeI in all
such parts up 10 any given date. an Impression then
taken fruni the tyPe shah exhibit in printed form,
the TaS STATE q an the accounts 50 sept accurately
representing all the balances eoGcluAIous, in
eordGnee with the end ends eontenplatel in keep-
tnS the Treoni rendering IL, 10 commercial business
balahce sheet OF the mot compact and perfect
character. Is detaii. uf management being snbSar-
TALLY rrcit n IN specification, wherein Il l. shown
that the ~ or facts Ia be recorded may be repre-
aanted by hEuTel, symbols, dates or numbers. used
either SEPARATELY IN omhinatton by whatever
else will Indicate the tast or facts desired: and
furthermore based on this primary invention. RlsO
claim the dericO o.JntriVaneS Of rendering or
transmitting ACCOUNTS In partial full statements,
when the sthisn1ent OF statements sent thus,
or substantially thus, kept In tyre by the eoutri-
NDncGs OF invention. be the medium of transmits
sioa what IL may' bat the particular mode Of rom
dcTtpS accounts by the IT tho Dispatch Naehiua
ooOStitRiei OF Apron Movement Keel, aud Gutter
stamp claim in the bFosdest aud fullest seuse; and
also the machine itselE embracing all its forms anil
modes Of operating. as IMPLICATED IN describing Il,
etther simple hand Instrument, or rs propelled
by maehtnery Aud In connection with thess speel-
other means and appliances substantially the same
a thuse herein claimed intended To be claimed.
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
a. AhOTr, this invention has already spread itself
over Canada, eighteen States Of the American Union
And into Great Britltn, now tz-ei In more thaT
thru linudTu'l Newspaper Otees. Its immense value
to banking and similar Institutions will l,s shown in
= eireulAr which will make its appearance soon-
Meanwhile applications for Information, '.Dee,ls OF
Right" or ~Dlsp itch MachineSP will receive due AZ.
tenttOn. when addressed either to
sv.Robsrt, Dick, E E4 E9i, y; I, II y, or
tohis Agent and Attorney,
John J. HAInes, Lo1lSoa, ENGLAND.
~ To -LBX.' who In the MoHtroaI Gassste OF LIST
February, 1850, PrOnOunceB the '.idea" OF keeping
accounts current '-in type" '.Eross absurdity,'
thanks arc hereby rendered, and the assurance gwen
that this gross sbsurlify is all that Mr. Dick has
patented in the domain OF keeping aeeounts Ills
claims hinder operation therein into which this
Sr'Ss Rbsunlity Is not practically smugElSl any
manner: neither bodily partially; neither di-
reetly or Indirectly; neither explicitly nor symbols
eally; this Ernund his claims cover, aud nothing
more; the absolute monopoly Of this absurdity aud
nothing else !s all he asks his claims nationally
Rad. attest--6u sspt7