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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13

CLARKE was the champion county
of Ohio, last year, for wheat snd hay.
as is shown-by the fact that, atthe re-
cent meeting of the Board of Agri
culture, at Columbus, the Committee
on Farm Crops reported awards as
follows. To Jacob Mumma, Clarke
county, premium on wheat, he havin. Z
raised sss 7-l6 bushels on 20 44-IOO
acres, being 43 l-5 bushels per acre.
Also to Joseph Mead, Bowlusville,
Clarke county, premium on crop Of
simosty hay, he having raised 5,e89
pounds per acre, on two acres.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13

OFFICE-In Ewlng's Block, over Ruth.
TaUfTs Hardware Store, Vest side of Main
Street. Findlay. Ohio.
AuyuSi IS Is72-tf .-.- . .-.
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Special Notices.
How Lost, HOW Restored

,zz.--.y.s Jus. published, a new edition
ESFEtT.s Of Efr. CuENerWeIi'E Eele-
E-S=sS4y braIesi Essay on tie radical
sSAzs-sS@ cure without m ed ic n q o T
SPEEMATOERHUsA or Seminal Weakness IT,
voluntary Seminal L0s-tS, INfTOTENCY, Mem
tai and Physical incapaciLv, ImpedimeHts 10
Marriage, etc; also, CuNsUNPTION, EPILEFsY
aad Frs, induced Oy selI-indUigence or sex
ual extravaganza.
Es-Prlce in "A sealed envelope onlv six els.
The celebrated author, in ruiS admirable
essay. clearly demonstrates from thirty
years successful prac ice. that the alarming
cans g0fnCe> o. self-abuSe may toe radically
cured without the dangerous Use OF internal
medicine or the application OF the knife :;
POintirg out a mode %! cure a. once simple
certain, and efIecfssSl, by means of which
every sufferer. no matter VIII Z his condition
may be, may cure himself cheaply, prlVas G.
~ and radically.
ra-ThiS lecture should DE in the hands OF
Cy-ry youth and every man in the land
sent under seal, in plain envelope 10
any address PGs,-P0if, on receipt Of six cents,
or Two post stamps.
Address the Publishers
CEsAS. J. g. KLINE d 60.
I2z Bowery. New York, POst-oiiice Box,
1856
Ian q T4-ly
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Facts i'm Fatfening Cattle.

Roussingault estimates that an OF
weighing 748 pounds, fed upon forty
pounds per diem, viii increase in
weight about two pounds daily. Ac
eording to Mr. Low, an OK weighing
no pounds and consuming 1928
pounds of turnips per week, If be
thIives, will gain in the same time
nesrly a stone, fourteen pounds in
weight. Allowing 100 pounds Of hay
worth 676 pounds of turnips, the
is still about two pounds a
day.
Mr.. Dubois says the quantity OF
green fodder consumed by en- OK dur
ing the eight months, when he is fat
tening, is equivalent to 5000 pounds
of dry hay The. average ratisa oi
green forage per diem, be calculates,
therefore, as equivalent TO about
twenty seven pounds of hay.
But this average is evidently too
small, particularly for cold weather,
which was proven in the valley Of
Auge in Normandy. ------ --' ' --
Mr.. Stephenson estimates that 81
per cent, OF the whole animal VIII be
butchers meat s. per cent, tallow ;
G per cent, hide; and % per cent j,
entrails. This OF course depends up
on the conditIcn of the beef-a lat
one will yield greater per cent, than
a lean one. Others give the per cent.
OF meat at -53 to 6S pei. cent. ....
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13

A Fatal disease has broken out
among the sheep in Audrlan Co,
Mo. The animal becomes dull and
stupid the ears drop forward, the
ewes are leaden I; there is an offensive
matter that exudes from the rose /;
the animal refuses 10 eat, Fingers a
few da, and expires without any ap
parent pain.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13
The Agriculture of the Future

There is a very radical article in
December number of FrGzer's Mdga
zine upon farming. The writer's be-
lief is that in the time to come. a farm
will be an immense food factory car
ried on by company. The companies
will be JOINT stock concerns, issuing
shares OF from $50 TO $3.50 each aid
working from 5000 acres. The build
ings of the farm (such is the scheme J
must be placed upon the highest point
of land, so that water and manure
may be conveyed over the surface by
gravitation. Machinery is among
other services, TO shear the sheep. A
whole staff Of butchers viii be en-
ployed TO kill ard cut up bullocks and
transmit the meat INTO pieces suitable
for the London market stIsight to the
salesman, without the intervention OF
dealer. The salesman will be in the
company's employ and only sell their
meat. The company will mske an
effort to get more than one crop in a
year But the most surprising of the
results which await the future OF farm
ing will be the Iipening of crops by
means of an electric current passing
through the plants, or by some other
kind OF artificial heat.
One poiut of which The writer makes
much is the impossibility of profit In
England from the cultivation OF 'heat.
Wheat is almost the only agricultural
product which has not risen since 1870
The only sort of corn which is much
dearer now than then is barley, the
reason being That barley is used III dis
tillation and brewing. la the last fifty
year meat and dairy products have
greatly risen in price. Wheat remains
the same, notwithstanding the rise in
the price OF labor and the increase in
rents. No increase OF demand has any
important effect upon the price of cora
A rise in wheat will bring any quanti'
ty of it TO England. The importation
OF wheat by England IN 1859 was ) =
100000 Of quarters, or 10000, ,OOC
bushels: In 1871 the importation wa
10000. 900 quarters. Yet the price o.
wheat in 1871 was lower than in 1860
1t is very plain, says the writer il
Frazer, that wheat cultivation can N
longer be profitable, and it would b,
better to use the land thus occupied {,
raise produce, which must be importe,
to England at loss. 0se of the dit
ficulties which the farmer must NEE
is TO find some green produce Thicl
will take the place OF wheat in th
rotations of crops. This obstacle tn
author of the article thinks yer
, serious one.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13
Thirty Years Experience of aI
Old Nurse.

Mrs. WinSIOW- Soothing Sy rup is The
prescription of one Of the -be>t fenihfe
PHYSICIANS and Nurses in the United states.
and haSb been used tor tnIrty years with frVVeT
falling safety and success by millions Of MOTH
err aud children from the feeble miami GI one
week old 10 the adult. II cOrrects acldiiy OF
the stomach relieves Wild collie, regulates The
bowels, and gives rest. health and comfort 10
mother and child, We believe u TO be IRE
Best and Sure>t Remedy in the Word in all
eases OF pYSENTFRY and DIARRECEA IN
CHILDREN. whei her il arises rom Iee!iiins
or from any other cause. Full directions for
C;enniue unl,SS Tie fac-simile Of CURTIS 4
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper Soid
by all Medicine Dealer. july -p-iy
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DR.. d. W. CAss,

r. BEs- a. W. sNF-f@s
PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office over Pat
terSon q WinderS' store ;-entrance on
West "a ndusky Street, third door.
September 10, '7S-tf
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JOHN RyTfEaAsrFF.

nEALER III Agricultural Implements, lion
y Nails, GiaSS, sash, Putty, Bent work. Cut
lery, Rubber and Leather, Betting and fall
stock OfShe5 GeaiS.-No. IS E.W4Hsls- -If4ck,
Main Street.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13

i TECkNEY AEDCUUNSELLOR AT La v
u and Notary Public. Viii attend prompt
tyJD al. hrSlsrsass entrusted 10 ms care. Pax
ttculiir Attention i-EI, - CGl4rIliUnS, ParIi-
loning Ul lands, aud business IN Probate
tGGTi. .-- .---rr-
r. OFFICE CT Haiu Street, Ea-t oi the CsGst
House, in rOOIa formerly occupied b. Brown
8urkeL. ImaN I.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13

- SURGEON DENTIST, having practicad t1gen-
~ ty-tlSe years ia Findlay and vicinity, will
insert teeth in ali the different styles. Discs
Teeth aUf Gains treated i'll IA scientific man
ner. Teeth extracted without pain. Once in
Henderson, BlCcS over Hancock Bank
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. Al
THE London correspondent OF the
.JessisA Msssngsr ssys that be is IN
receipt OF 8 private letter from Jeru-
ssIepa. which gives q ssd. secoant- OF
the state OF things in the Holy City,
Beooars are mary, laborsrs lew. lt
IA indeed, sad 70 hear these eontln-
aed descriptions from impartial Wit
-ss.es. of Sbe miserable, .beggsrly
noa;tiou Of the Jerusalem Jews -
5iTeeav srseed to the misplaced, ill.,
advised generosity of the European
Tevs. who think they are dischsrging
a religious duty, as wsll g. perform
inc a charitable act, by sending mon
ev In the form of GhshscAzh 70 Jeru-
ssIen. Old men, middle-aged men,
even young lad, Who can and ought
N he made work for their living,
center their whole object in life upoa
sharing in the funds obtaised from
Jews outside OF Jerusalem. The
worst OF It is that the youBg chill
dren follow, AMI, in fact, are made
IN follow the pernicious example Oi
their parents. There must essatlsl
=, come a lime when concerted acton
vii be taken ny The Jews Of Europe
mon this question. Undoubtedly
orsat good could be done with the
money now sent to Jerusalem. IL .
bstter system Of distribution wsrs
or0auized. As iE rs, under the pres
ant system, the money does much
more harm than good
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13

A FARMER can do more work with
good thinking apparatus than with
the best span of horses ever hitched
to a wagon ----- .-.-..s.- -.s.... -
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DR. IAEn

OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DEN
~ tist, CrOmiey's Block. All Operations
pertaining TO tie profession. carefully and
Hardin Street.
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u. REsnHHrEv.

{ TTCENEI At LAW and Claim Agsu
n wa practice Ilw Il Stale and U. <. Court
and attend promptly To- business intrusJcti 70
his care. As Justice OF the Peace will attend
OCcnyeyanciHg and neutrality-suspicious.. Office
Room No. !. AlcIuEgun building EindIay D
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13
NO. 40.
HYMN.

III NM
AaKe the praise We bring Thee. Lord,
Something more than what We s,ezk
FOR the love within Us feslz -
Words uncertain, cold and weak.
thoughts that rise and tea-s that nau.
Praise Thee better: Take them all
Looking baek the way we've come.
What sight. oh! Lord, We see!
All the failure in ourselves,
All the love and strength in Thee,
Yet IL seemed so dark before,
Would that we had trusted more!
Use US for Thy glory, Lord,
--- In the way that seemeth right,
Whether but TO wait and watch,
Orto grid our limbs and ight, ....
Marching on, or standing still, ..--.. ---.
Each is best when 'tis Thy will.
When at last the end shall come,
What, oh Lord. Is death but this,
Door OF our dear Fathers home,
-- Entrance fnO perfect bliss,
Peril past ard labor done, 80 ---.. ..-,
Sorrow over, peace begun, ~
[-Slrnday School Times.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13
Children Onen Look Pale and
GFcE

Iaz Bowery. New York, Post-oiiice Box,
1856
Ian z lI4-lN
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The HOUScEOId PaDeca,
and
VF.iuimpnf

IL the best remedy IN the world ior the ioI-
loving complaints, viz: Cramps in the
Limbs ard stomach Pain IN tire stomach,
Bowels or Side. Rheumatism in all It's forms,
Bilious Collie. NsUra. .gia .Ch Olera, lHSt ilttTy,
Colds. Fresh Wounds. Burns. sore Throat,
Spinal mpiainfs SpTafEsand BTui So, ,t'hIfis
and fever For Internal and External use
lis operation j. not only to relieve the Ta-
tient. but entirely removes the cause OF the
complaint Il penrtrates and peTvadeS the
whole system, restoring healthy action 10 All
itS part>. and quicl-uiug the blood.
The Household PsBaeca ~ purely
Vegetable and All Healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 2l5 Fulton street New York.
Forsale by all druggists July Sly
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13
Flowers in Mexico.

lCor- Garden
-One thing which strikes one pleas.
snuy in Mexico is the wonderful
abundance of flowers. All the year
round, crowds OF Indians sit at The
street corners, in tie early morning,
making and selling for a real (twelye
cents), bouquets, which in London or
New York could not be got for al
guinea. --~-.- ------
Roses, Verbenas, HeliOtropes, and
Carnations grow like weeds :; ard, be
sides the made up bouquets, the In
dians bring down on their.backs. from
the mountains, loads of the Flor &c
San Juan (BeuVardial, fo#erGke a
white Jessamine, and for a quariil.a
(;hree cents) you can buy an armlul
of it, which vii! scent q whole house
for a week. Our rooms were always
fragrant with bouquets which came in
fresh every two or three days, snd
sometimes round the hsngIng-baskets
in the windows a leveiy humming
bird would hover, and dip his long
bill into the flowers for honey. -, =
EARLY EGGs.-If few light Brah :
ma pullets are kept in a warm, rUo,py
clean coop, and are fed upon corn
meal wetied with warm water, with
a change to boiled potatoes ted warlr,
some chopped cabbage, Scraps OF
meat, bread, etc, with plenty OF pure
water to drink, and occasionally
some powdered oyster shells and
crushed pepper given On their feed
they will lay continually throughout
the winter. Half dozen fowls thus
cared for will provide a family Of
moderate size with sufficient eggs.
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2ra Go6ds.
Posi-


DEALEFS N FOREIGN and nonestieDry
IL Goods, Ladies snd Ceniiemen's Furnish
III. Goods. Yankee Notions, Millinery Goods.
White Goods Gloves tnd Hosiery Stationery,
etc, etc. Specialjy-tfoOd goods and low pri-
ces. No. ~. NAN street. ------ -
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EEsFEfN {, EsLLARn.
- @RrdEAre. --

A TT0RSEIS ALLAN,
lIlice in Paiterson'5 Block, FindIay, Ohio.
OJau. ., 7i-tf
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ENGLIsH FACTORY GIRLS.

An observer among the English
factory girls describes their dinner
hour amuSngly. The crowds had
assembled oatside Of 8 certain chesp
cook shop in tass half hour allowed
for dinner. Amoog the girls was one,
ragged, scantily, clothed child OF
about fourteen. she stood for
long time wi fully before the cook
shop window. All the others had
gone, and this forIorn object still
stood there rattling q few halfpenee
in her hand. Finally, with q longing
look at the lucious display, she
paused for q last sniff at the open
door, and then dlIted down the
street. The observer followed, think
ing she wss seeking cheaper cook
shop, and pitying her. But she
stopped az q store where second hand
fnery was for sale, entered, and in q
few moments returned with . some
what faded but still gorgeous bunch
OF artificial flowers, consisting OF =
rose tnll blown, . poppy or two, and
a fair sprinkliDg Of wheat With
glow OF triumph on her Wizsnsd iaee,
she cast an esger glsnce TO the rtghs
and lett, snd spying close at hand ne
seclnded gatessy of . timber ysrd,l
darted across the road, and crouch
ing In . coraer, was soon busy Sltn
her battered Old has on her knees
rttrimmfUg It 30
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St. Eaichaers Cathoiic Church-Rev,
IAN Lutheran - John'.) Church
.gncraifpl.

FirdiaY Council, Eo- . 0 RS S.Hl-
Regular GpuEgCaiuJu s-G.Hu Monday III
c;lcn month. -. - I'dJl-.sJl, L. /. v. VI. and
ID. IL Issy C>4uy, H=Iuru,E.
findIay Chapter, 40. S3, r. a. III.
& :--GI.,T ,'JII Du:t.4OI ril i;ie first Monday
o. ia each month. D.E.I,-.il usisy, Il. i. ana
-. l.. G.aU.U, Secretary.
Findlay Lodse, 40. 227s 2. & A. ri.
Regular COMMUNICATION Hrst and third
wednesday Iii y..c:I iIIoI.tE. =. n. Huber,
". II. ANA - l.. ISlaD.e, Secretary.
Golden Suie Encanlp'nant, lie. 81,
1. >. .. =. Stated I.le .J2i- su Inc second
ana isarin FRIDAYS Df est-H month. u.
Joy. Z. z. and D. =. Niudcrs. ScuDc.
Hancock Lodge, 10. : 4, 10. c. :.
Seated meetings every Tuesday evening.
L. ). Kinrer, y. G ara ,Y1ilI;tiu kiamToth.
Secretary.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-02-13
Thirty Out-Lots!

i easy terms. THIRTY OUT LOTS one mile
rom Main Street ont East SanduSky Sueet-
size OF lots from one and a quarter 10 two
acI ON some ofthe above lots are valuable
stone quaTIieS.
Nov. %, z3-Iy CHAS. OESTERLEN.
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--77-
4 Z aALnnNINH

GENERAL CCEGfERCHANTs. Deal
tT ers in Butter, Egss, Lard, Feathers. seeds,
6Iied Fruits, ,Beeswax, Pelts, Hides and Coun
fTvProduce OF all descriptions
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PATTTYSON q, WINDERS
sltuiurt 4flerrhanfs.

DEALERS IN BRY GOODS, ,NfllineryGoods
IL Ladies' and Gents Furs, Clothing Car
pets. Hats, Caps, etc, Nos 81 and - Main St,
Findlay, Ohio.
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6rntfrifs.
D.CLESE SONS

lUHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
w in Groceries, Flour, Fish and Il General
variety in the Grocery and Provision line
Good prices paid iuT Butter, Eggs, aud Couu-
try Produce generally. East side Of Main ST.
arst door north of Colt House Block. Findlay,
Ohio. April Is, '7O-tfl
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w HOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS
w a+td ue44<yS i,I-+ iCur. Prev is O4lS, Nes.4eE
willow ana stone y aTe. 0nIect IoIlery r ruitS
Notions and general variety. Goods at Whole
sale. 81 Clcve-and sId Toledo prices. Nos. p
ana . Main street
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III. u bEOThIl5
CODtDiisSiOner Of Ptftents

Verify there must be Something
rotten in the state of Denmark when
the head of department can admit
in such very plain terms tLat many
of its actions care trifiing and well
calculated to annoy" AS the Com
nissiOner's efforts to persuade Con
gress TO do Justice have been unavail
ing, IT is high time that the cOnstitU-
encies themselves tried, their persua-
sive powers. The persuasive arts
which touched the lawgiveIs in their
tenderest parts, (their pOckets,) and
induced them, reluctantiyand tearfuily,
to forego their increased salaries, will
be equally as effective when directed
to securing d revision Of the patent
laws.
In the inside of cur paper will be
found the pre- ceedlngs in the Common
Pleas Court in the case OF the State
of Ohio rs. Lucius l. Hubbard, who
claims to be the assignee Of Teel IN
Northwestern Ohio.
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Uhe SeffersOllian.
=. o. IDe E3LEE,l r5:,,
.. !. De WOLFE, Ai'0S'

Easlsqnd.s,Ey 81. 4ara 1oor EaatOf Fostafle
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9ruggjsts.
S%Ln-H HrRER ~

IEALERS N DRUGS, Stationery, School
- Books etc Prescriptions accurately com
pounded al all hOurs-day or night, Perfectly
pure Drugs-gUaraateed. Corner Main and
NainGirO>S Streets
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from no otner cause than having worms in
the stomach.
BROWN'S NERMIFUGE CfrMFITS -
will destroy Worms without injury to the
child. being periec.ly WHiTE.and nee frrm
all cOlOring or other injurious lngTeGleL Is
usual = used in worm pre- pafalonS.
CURTIS d BROWN. RrOpTletoTS,
No. Cl5 Fulton Street. New York
Sold By Druggists Gld Chemists, and dedteys "a
elfs ines at IyvE STY- FIVE CESTs a Box ~
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Not for Sale in Book or News Stores

TIE ALDfNE, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or
timely interest characteristic OF ordinary Pc
riOdicals. IL Is an elegant miscellany of pure
ugnt. and graceful literature; and a cOllee-
IiOn OF pictures, the rarest specimens of ar
Listfc skfIf, in black and wilite- Although
each succeeding nnnber affords Iresh
pleasure to tns friends the real value and
beauty of THE 4LDINE will be most ap-
preciAted alterit has been bound up at the
close OF the year. While other publications
may claim superior cheapneSs- rs compared
with rivaIs Ofa similar class, THE ALDLNE
is uhfuue and original -concepJiUn-aiOne
and approacheo-absolutely without COM
petition in price or character. The possess
OF Ofa complete volume cannot duplicate
the quantity of fine paper and engravings in
any other shape or number of volumes for
ZEN times Us cost; and then, there are The chr0-
TloS OesideSg
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cIe TeeI slLde an.. 80 &C.

FEe TeeI Slide ans; Swing Gate.
The following Letter, lcOtu lie L. =
Commissioner Oi Patents 70 IlCn. r.
B Hyde, (sent by the lziler gentle
ran 10 tn. Princeton, No., dlgaBcsl
81 v.luaJle a, = laying down of the
-xact s,ace Of the law by one yu,
0 Ieht to know II. tIr II de, having
noticed reports that tie tanners Of
Northern Missouri were being harness
ed by agents or gsiguees ct .'Ieel's
Gate" wrote to tie Commissioner oi
Patents, and also 10 the L 5 AttoTney
General, and requested that proceed
ings be taken 20 snnul the patent
q also eta ed that he intended at al
early day to call the attention OF the
proper committee 10 the House 70
this and other abuses Of the paten;
Laws:
L. s. PATEsT OFFICE,
WAsHINGToS, ID. c. Jan 6, "a
Hos. IRA b. HYDE, HCUkE or kEP
REsEgTA rIvEs-DeQr Sir Your note
IN regard 10 fence patent is received.
find no patent OF 1867 OF CLLeT date,
for "gate'' TO any person by The name
Of Cherry. A patent, however, was
issued to a Mr.. A. &. Teel, Of Girart
Illinois, Dec. lst, 1868, and re-issued
July I'd, 1867. That patent will ex-
pire seventeen years from Dec. lst.
1868. There is no doubt bat the At
tOrney General may commence pro
ceedings 70 annul any patent that has
been obtained by fraud, for understand
OF course that fraudulent intent
wolld have to be proven.
If the gate, which he claims % be
his invention was Ia public use more
than two years prior 10 his application
for patent, then Of course he would
fail to sustain his patent in an action
for infringement. II IS not pro; er Tor
me 10 give legal opinion rs to
whether the patent IS valid or not. |
enclose copy Of the specification and
drawings. 1t is very possible that II
may be some other atent hat is an
nOyIng your constituents, Is the mum
Der OF patents granted upon farm |
gates" is very numerous, and many
Of them very trifling snd well calcu
lated to annoy. If you can give me
the name Of the pstentee in any IN
stance l shall be able 70 ascertain I
patent has been granted or
not. The date OF the patent is also |
very desirable. 1t Is frequently the |
case, however, that a patent is granted /
and then assigned to some other per-
son, and an assignee is tie one thai
makes the trouble The name Of Ibe !.
assignee will no: aid in discovering
the patent here. .. .-l
You will permit me to suggest right
here, that for two years past | have
TO persuade Congress 10
amend the Patent Law, admitting Of
> re organization of the Patent Office
that will guard the community against
1 great mass OF conflicting and tIifllng
atents until such Reorganization ,-a;i
be had much harm will be done Yet
with all the harm, ] believe cur patent
system 10 be the best in the world,
md TO it our country is greatly in
iebted for its progress and present
wealth. Very Respectfully,