Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-02
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

The AreaC0rG ClaiS az dcEHoICledged and protected
bytas GorsrRment5 Of CaRada ne UhileR States,
aHd Great Britaia; to al 'Vtou, {! aay eoueern,
WTHATJ CLAIM AS MY INVENTION Is, THE
w cOntEiVance OF keeping accounts current, OF
whatever kind description or variety, in printed
ora, by keeping tile statements of the several Rc-
printers type or their equivalents,
being readily and quickly readjusted Ia any pRrtIolI-
lar part, whore an account may have undergone
chAnEe by the lapse Of time the current OF busi-
ness transactions; that, when readjusted in ali
such paTts up to any given date impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit, in printed form,
ts true state OF all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the balances or conclusions in nc-
cOTdAnee with the end ends contemplated In Keep
ing the record; rendering it, 10 commercial business
a, balance sheet o. the most compact aud perfect
italy e recit ed in speciioHtIoS, SssrsIn
that the fact facts to be recorded may lie repre-
sented W figures symbols dates, or numbers used
etheE FspaFatsly or 10 combination, by whatever
else viii indicats the fact or faeis az desired: and
furthermore, based on this primary invention Siso
sn ihS device or coHtrivHnee OF rendering or
accounts In partial or full statements
When the statement or statements 30 sent ara thus
or substantially tl.,.. kept ta tyRet by E0ntrF.
eion what u may; but the particular mole OF REM
dornB accounts by the use Of the Dispatch Machine
constituted Of Apron Movement, Reel, and Cutter
stamp claim In the brOadest and fullest sense: and
also the machine itself embracing all Its forms and
modes Of operating, a. indicated In describing It.
either a. simple hand instrument, or as propelled
by machinery, Aud Ia connection with these speci-
Dc claims hirl 6aAod upon them. also claim ali
ALlu hppilnuCea Substantially the
~ those hereln claimed or intended to be claimed
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
a. above, this invention has already spread ifseli
over Canada eighteen States of the American Union
and Into Great Rrtan and Is now used In more than
three hundred Newspaper Omces. Itsimmense value
to banking and similar Institutions will be shown IN
elFeular which will make its appearance noon
Meanwhile applications for Information. "Deels 0f
Right" or DisP tCh Machines" will receive due ut.
tentton, when addressed either to
Rev. Robert, Dick, FS ,7s s9. y Z II or
to his Agent and Attorney,
John J. HaIneH, London, ENGLAND
E8- To "LEN,'' who In the Montreal Castle Of LIST
February, 1850, pFOnounces the s'idsa" Of keeping
accounts current Tin type" '4gross absurdity"
thanks are hereby rendered and the assurance given
that this gross absnrlity Is all that Mr. Dick has
patented 10 the domain Of keeping accounts. Ills
claims hinder no operation therein into which this
ErOsa absnriity Is not practically pmuggled In any
manner: neither bodily partially; neither III.
reilly OF Indirectly; neither explicitly nor symbolic
eatiy' this ground hil claims cover, aud nothing
more; the absolute monopoly OF tlis absur,ilty aud
nothing else, Is all he asks his claims TttounlIy
read, attest.-6a sentT