The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-17


The'publlc has OF late heard consider.
able Of the telephone patent right; and
more than ore company Ia trying 10
break, IN the United States C0nrta, the
patent taken Gu b. Bell In 1870.
The invention OF the telephone, like
that Cf m my Of the most important In
ventlone, was due 10 an accident. The
manner OF its invention by Dr. Cush.
man, In 1851, IA az foliOw5: He waa at
the time experimenting with an inyen.
tlon called the "Llghtnlng Arres,tr'
While waiting for storm he heard
fOulda from the telephone part u the
instrument. Fr0n a letter Of D., Cnsh'
mans to q friend, we quote the follow.
Ing: "My evidence TAX u since you saw
ma IN very full aud unimpaaclab Q.
You will remember that swear that In
1861, mys II, White, brother William
and Mr., BlOdgett talked TO each 0tner
from place TO place over q llne then be-
Ing constructed from Raci1e 10 Be,o,t
When we reached within three or four
miles of the end Of the line where one
crew Of six men we're at work, we
tested the point M 10 how we'll any one
could hear or talk through the boxes or
machines who had not been talking or
listening TO words AZ we had been dong
all the forenoon; then put up one box
at the end OF the line where the
men were at work, went back
on the line three miles, put hL0,her box
into the line Gnd spoke 10 the m0O.
They heard me plain and | heard what
they said when they spoke, and Vo
OF these men aliys. They are good, hon.
eat men; have their aflldaylts, | tind
Ia all over thirteen alive who used the
talking machines, ,naking use OF them In
business extending over u period trom
1851 10 1858, about which time | l,fI the
West for Ohio. The evidences ~ 10 my
use OF the alklng machines after lett
the West, up 10 1862 is full and con-
plete. My exhibition OF these In 1869;
Ia proven, and In brief the chain OF evl.
dence from 1861 to 1889 Is beyond I'M
peacl m.nt"
II was In 1875 or 1875 thal Bell pat.
ented q Teceiyer "a teleph0nel
Cnshman'e and Belts teleph0pe es (rO'
celvess) were 20. Of practical CONNER.
clal utility until the Introduction Of u
transmltter into the art OF telephOning,
Take away from the art OF teloph0ning
the tranamitler and the telephone 6usl
ness would 70 0II OF use except IN h
few instances where silence and quiet
prevailed,
sylyanus Dustin Cushman, the mau
who Ia thus trying to break the Bell
patent, was born a. Ogwell, Rutland
cOulty, w., Fsbruary ~, 1919 He DO
longs 10 the ninth generation OF the do
scendants of II bert Cushman.
In l8il, 8, ID, Cushmal went 10 one,
making Akron his hem dur ug six sun.
mera, atttnding m deal lectures -,
Lake Etie U Versily at WillOughby,
Ohio, during his residence AZ k on,
During lSi7 no entered into tbe trl,'
phone business. Gong West h- made
his headquarters NJ Racine, Wa. for
several yeara Ia 1851, as described
above. he discovered and invented what
IL now called Il ll'n receiver or telephone.
At The same date he Invented the cele.
brated Gus man cable lightning rod, II
being the ground wire 10 the telephone.
In 1865 no put the lltut Ora alarm tele
graph iuto Detroit. o 1867 he put che
same aystem u aro alarm and police
telegraph IN Cleveland aud several .her
cities. l. seems tlat three or iOnr yaafs
ago the Bal { lhp my heard VI DR., Cush.
man and th0nyhi u nest 10 get him o.
their aldo. aud II era whilo concluded
a three years' Con rict with \ m 20 the
Ell c, tat he should receive s,atei
sum OF money mNnthly, aud TIA he 10
return wa0 TO hold himself In readiness
10 DO their work ut any tlme, Az they
never called Oh I'm tnr ahy work, 4
seems ae II thls wa only dlde 10 make
the Docor keep quiet The contract was
To be renewed at their pleasure, and at
the end OF three y ara they did not
promptly en-, forward 30 the Docor
concluded TO push his own interests,
which resulted In the formation OF the
American Cushman Telephone Company
In CbIcaRO,