The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-03-27
THE PATENT OFFICE.

Some of It's Peculiaritles and Curiosities.
No bureau of the Government, says
q Washington paper, exceeds In i'm
portance the United States Patent
Office From the start, it has been
self-sustaining, and now has an unex-
pended balance to its credit of about
81, 800, 900. This money is the resul
of fees paid by inventors to secure the
patents which protect their inventions.
The pressure of work and the dim
inished force has brought the work be-
midland. In some divisions, of course,
it is further in arrears than in others,
for the inventive genius seems to fol-
low the public need or public interest
For instance, when the new standard
of time was sgitated, there was at once
large number of applications filed for
improved watch and clock dials.
The troubles with the grip on the
Brooklyn bridge are already bearing
fruit in the Patent Office records.
Every week brings forth one or more
patent grips, and the backwoods are
not yet heard from. Should the winter
prove severe enough to suspend out
door labor in the rural districts, the
spring will usher in an array of patent
grips that will leave -couplers, cleo
trio lamps, and check-rowers entirely
in the background. When anything
happens to keep portion of our popu-
lation inside doors, its effects are nm
mediately apparent in the Patent Office
records.
One would hardly think where every
thing is 30 thoroughly matter of fact
as the Patent Office, that there could be
anything that would excite a smile ex-
tracted from its records. The inventor
is a sober, thoughtful man, and he
brings his applications and models to
the Office. where they are received and
investigated by staid and critical ex-
aminer; and one might almost as soon
expect to get comic song out of an
oyster as to look for funny things from
the cranks and cogs of the models. An
examination of the applications, how
ever, reveals some curiosities i'll the
way of names and the patents applied
for that are quite amusing. Marc An
tony applies for patent fruit can: L.
Atwood, for barrel platform; j
Brown, for refuse objector; j. Barn
hill, for planter; j. Christ, for tor
pedo; Isaac Cook, Tor cook stove !;
Crofut q Knapp, for felt hats; and Gar
Carpenter, for car-heater. One Pre-
served Fish has invented mast for
vessels, and Lazarus Fried has patent
for toy watches. f. f. Foot has APP
propriately applied for patent for
boots and shoes; H. Goodenough, for a
horse-shoe; G. J. Glover, of Glovers-
vile, n. Y, for glove fastener; L.
January, for q fluting machine; G..
Lightsinger. for a harmonica, and w.
Legg, for boot upper. +. Million has
patented gas engine; Modest Merke,
q tiy-trap; j. ID. Miracle, valve; ID.
A. Moon, a grain measure; Manlove 81
Green, O corn harvester; z. b. Meat
yard, an ox-bow; j. e. Mustard, pep
per cruet; A. North, refrigerator
Perry Prettyman, of Paradise, Spring
Farm, Oregon, a lamp-burner; j. ID.
Peck, a measure-probably a peck
measure; ID. Il. Trueblood, q medicine
spoon E. b. Turnipseed, a beehive
j. Whitecar, an oyster dredger; and
Wall Work, a car signal.
OF other peculiar names there are
w. Il. Argue, William Allchln, and
Gallup q Hurry, who are attorneys
Candy John, A. Colderhead, Il. Curb
setter, S. Cornfeld, 0. Drinkwater,
Ludovic Charles Adam Joseph Guyot
Dartmouth, A. Doll, Cook Darling,
V. G.. A. p. d. G. Comte de Ayapruck,
Leo Louis, Aime Ellie, Picot de la Pey-
rouse, p. Il. Earlywine. d. Goodwillie,
F. w. Gossling, w. H. Goodchild,
Sampson Goliah, J. c. Holyland, c. X.
Harmony, Jackson Martin Van Buren,
ugenfritz, Z. Kiss, NJ. j. Laughter, E.
s. Laughinghouse, Mustapha Mus
tapha, of Zagazig, Egypt; Return
Jonathan May, Church & Chaplin, Rob
Roy McGregor, A. Morningstar, Re,
turn Jonathan Meggs Only, G.. L.
Plugge, l.. Soarbsck, b sloppy, J. r.
Scattergood, w. S. Sharpneck, G.
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