Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-06
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT

The Lpreytors CLGiBsS az acknowledged and protected
By tie GorsrHHeAtE Of GtHddd, tSe United SGfes
aHd Great Britain; 70 all loIson It may eo.errH-
WTHAT CLAIS AS NY INVENTION is, THE
w eontriTAnce Of keeping accounts current, OF
WhateTer kind, description variety, In printed
oEm, by keeping the statements Of the several
counts st2ndtngtn printer type or their equivalents
the type being arranged In E0Fuz to admit OF
being readily lnd quickly readJusted in any particu-
lar part where an account may have undergone
change by the lapse Of time tho Of busi-
ness tTapSacttonsi that, when Teldiusted in all
dueh parts up to any giTea date impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit in printed form
the trus state Of all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the balances eOuclusiOns, i ac
eoTdHnce with the end ends eonteinp lated in keep
ing the record, rendering IT. Ia commercial business
\ balance ahrrt Of the most cUmpact and perfect
character, tl,e details OF management beIRg substan
TALLY rr in specification, wherein Il is shown
thAt the " or tlctA To he recorded may ne repre-
Hented by hgnrel, bynIbols dates, numhers- used
either separately or in combination, by whatever
else will indicate tie fact facts desired: and
furthermore based on this primary Invention. also
| claim tho deviee or euptriyanec Df rendering or
Transmitting accounts In partial or full Rtatenents
when the statement or statements 50 cent an aims
or substantially thus, kept In type, by the contFf
Vancea Of thy invention, be the medium Of transmits
dertng accounts by the Of the Dispatch Machine
constituted Of Apron Movement, Reel, and Cutter
stamp claim in the broadcast and fullest sense; and
also the machine itselL embracing all its forms and
modes, Of operating, indicated In describing it
either as simple hand instrument, propelled
by machinery. Aud In connection with these spcci.
&c claims, and based upon them I also claim all
other means and appliances substantially the same
As those herein claimed intended TO be claimed.
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
~ above, this invention has already spread itself
over Canada eighteen States OF tho American Union,
and Into Great Britain, aud Is now used in than
three hutdrel Newspaper Offices ItsiInnen value
to banking and similar Institutions will be shown in
a circular which will make its appearance soon.
Meanwhile applications for Information. Deeds OF
Right" DisP Itch Machines" will receive due at
tention, when addressed either to
Rev. Robert, Dick, fi74 g2;. g y, or or
to his Agent and Attorney,
John j. HRines, London, ENGLAND.
~ To "LEX, who In the RoRtrsai Garst,s Of LIST
February, 1850, prononnces the "idea' OF keeping
accounts current elm tyre" n agrOss Rbsurdity,"
thanks are hereby tendered, aud tile given
that this gross absurJlity is all thnt Mr. Dick has
patented in the domain OF keeping accounts. Ills
claims hinder operation therein into which this
gross ahsurdity Is not practically struggled in any
manner; neither bodily nor paEtiallyi neither d.
Tectly or Indirectly neither explicitly symbolic
cally; this ground his claims cover, and nothing
more; the absolute monopoly Of this absurrilty and
nothing else e all he asks bis elRinr nationally
rnnh' attest. 80 sePtT