Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-07-22
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

Tie EGvsEtoTF CIdilaT Acknowledged AID protector
BY Ls GOrerRmeHts u CStuadd, tte Csited Ssases'
aud GJrGt Britdi all srI0E, Il my eoHeeT7'.
NJTHAT CLAIM AS sly INVENTION is, THE
w enntTiSHnee of keeping accounts current, "t
whatever kind, description EaTiety- IN printed
orrR. by keeping tie statements Of the several &C
count udinE priuters tyl OF their
the type being % Arranged ~ ioIfh = 70 Ao.t y
lar part, where account may have unueFEohs
change by the lapse Of time the current Of busi-
mes. transactions; % that when rslayuSteH :" -, ..i
such parts up any given date an Impression then
taken from the type slRIl exhibit in printed ioIi
the state Of all the accounts 30 kept accurately
representing all the balances or eonelnsionl 10 &C
eoranee with the end ends contemplated in keep
log the record. rendering H. In commercial busines-
a balance Hiiert Of the most compact and PeIieet
Character the details Of Management being snbstAn-
tay - Titsd in speeihcAtiOn. wherein u il chow NJ
that tie EWt facts TO be recorded, may Dc repre-
Eenteh by Asute1, symbols, dates or numbers, USED
either separately 10 combination, OF by whatever
else Uli indicate the faet facts a. desiFedI and
furtharunore based on this primary inysntons also
claim the device eontdvnnee Of rendering OF
tr1nTIftipg accounts In partial or full statements
when the Statement statements 90 sent are thus,
or Substantially thus, kept In type, by the eontI-
vAncea OF my invention, be the medium Of transmits
sion what Il may; but the particular mode Of rem
deTnE accounts by the use Of tho Dispatch Machine
constituted 81 Apron Movement, Reel, aid Cutter
stamp claim In the broadest and fullest sense; and
also the machine Itself. embracing all Its forms and
model OF operating As Indicated In describing IL
either a4 simple hand instrument, OF a. propelled
nc elAluA, and based upon them, also claim all
other means and appliances substantially the same
a. thoss herein elAlme9 intended 20 be claimed
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
s. above this Invention has already spread ttaelf
over Canada eighteen States Of the American MON,
aud into Great britain, and II used In more than
/ three huudrsi Newspaper Ofiees. ItsinmenSe value
70 banking and similar institutions will he shown IN
, eiFenlAr which will make Its appearance soon.
MsauUhIle applications for information, "peeds Of
RIght or .Diipiteh MpehlnssT Will receive due At
tAntion, when Addressed PithSr 70
raw. IaaBsrt, Dick, F fs ~ n r r. " Of
70 his Agent aud Attorney,
John j. HRInes, London, ENGLAND.
~ To LEX who in the NontTeal GaIetse Of LIST
February, 1850, pronounees the idea Of Keeping
seeounts current '.in type" ''Eross absurdity,
thanks are hereby rendered and the assurance given
that this gross absurdity f. all that Mr.. Dick hAs
patented In the domain Of keeping aecounts His
claims hinder operation therein Into which this
gross absurliy Is not practically snugEled In any
hammer: neither bodily nsr partially; neither d.
reetIy OF Indirectly neither explicitly nor symbol
cAily; this GROUND his claims cover, aud nothing
more: the absolute monopoly Of this absurdity and
nothing else IL all he asks his claims, nationally
read Aitest.-Ea septT