Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-31
WHAT is IN A NAME?
Remarkable Answer Given at Patent
Office.

w nat S in Il Nance might be asked
in regard to patentees and their pa
tents, and receive very interesting
answer, for the numerous patents
bearing a close relationship to the
names of their patentees would almost
lead one to believe that the name as
well as the necessity mOthered many
inventions. though generally the mind
doth shape itself to it's own needs"
A truly remarkable collection of this
nature is found in the class of fuel,
under the one subclass of firekindlers:
MeSsrs. Burnett, CordeS, Greenwood,
A. Matchet, B. Swift. Wood. and
Woodman. and again in animal-traps
we have Messrs. Fox, Hair. Hart and
Wolf as patentees. Though grass
does not generally need the shelter of a
greenhouse, Mr.. Greengrass has in
vented one. What could have sug-
gested bottle-stopper more to Mr..
Augustus Bunker or Mr.. Flood than
their names: or a valve to Mr.. Cock;
Messrs. Spring and Hour have inn
proved patents on clocks. Mr.. Speed
railway speed recorder. Mr.. Goforth an
engine, Mr.. Lock a railroad lock, and
Mr. Furnace a steam engine.
- Nti. Sdl ptIltcI patents Il ICuSuIt.
Mr.. Cyphers set of scales. Nj.
Wheat a pillow spring, Mr.. Stone a
rock drill, Mr.. Graves a shovel, and
two by the name of Hay have invent
ed, one rake and the other a harvest
er and thrasher. Messrs. Bean, Pitcher
and Packer must have been farmers,
for seed-planters from the first hay
fork and hayloaders from the latter
two, come by suggestions from name
as well as heed. Who but Mr..
Cannon could so appropriately invent
a fuse Cor firearms, or Mr.. Puff an ex-
plosive prOjectile, Mr.. Pierce lance,
Or Mr.. Hunt an Improvement in fire.
| arms; though the suitableness of Mr..
Peace inVenting a magazine for fire
arms Or Mr.. Dark a trap. is doubtful.
The anxiety Of Mr.. BILL can better be
realized when it is known he struggled
Hoard a mOney-box; it however. took
a pair to open the way for a collection
box, and Messrs. Church and Chapel
may have had as hard work to achieve
tneil desire as some workers who en-
deavor TO put to use sucn inventions in
places suggested by these inventors
names. One can imagine Mr.. Chubb's
disappointment if his fishing reel had
net with an interference in the
Patent Office. or the child Mr.. Close
would have had if his button had not
closed the way for any infringe
ments," or how Mr.. Cave would have
g,onad hindly without his lantern. or
the distress of Messrs Ash and Cook if
their orking range and automatic
.j:'ile.' had been marked imperative"
+ Mr.. Eouse if his single machine
'F.Is rejected"
NJ. Faucette. in this instance, would
not have lost his washing-machine, or
Mr.. Tubbs his pump, OF the plea of
public USE" or Mr. Paine because his
dental-plusger inflicted cruelty
when the poor man may have been
driven to it by the cruelty of his pain.
If Mr. Fillmore had such anxiety as to
the final result of his furnelfiler that
he filled a caveat," Mr.. Coffin would
have entered disclaimer" if the
office had declared his foldiag- bedstead
to have been suggested by his name:
Mr.. Pike would not willingly have
"abandoned" his quartz-crusher. and
Mr.. Bolt would have felt the need of
"anpeal" if his burglar alarm had been
thrown out.
Mr.. Furr's germ destroyer is redolen,
oe sulphur, camphor. and mothhalls.
and Mr. Boomers pedal for an organ
suggests 1.-The Lost Chord" Mr.. Morn
ingstar was so impressed with his
name that he wished to perpetuate it
in an name-plate; Mr.. Safely may have
had uneasy suggestions from his name
TO, l.,h Lott iS
seldom that the Patent Office has the
opportunity to be so sirgularly apprO-
pirate as the well-time;l granting of Il
patent to Mr.. Christmas OH his name
day, or that every patentee has so suit
able birthplace as Mr. J. Bone. who
halls from Marrowbone. Ill.
Messrs. Beetle, Partridge, Sparrow,
Grove. FOX, and Hawks ARE found in
one sIhclass. In artificial limbs Mr..
Leglan has Il patent. III a subclass of
hammers are found Messl's. Hammer
and Hammer. Mr.. PinDver, has lace
pin. Mr.. Oven bakepan cleaner, Mr..
Coachman II harnesS-Str"p. Mr.. Head
comb Mr.. Brake brake shoes. Mr..
Shirt a nec!Itic. Mr.. Luck a horseshoe.
Mr.. Scripture an organ blower, Mr..
Clearwater a milk receptacle, Mr..
Cram a balIot-box, and Mr.. McTam-
many 4 vote-counting machine.
The Patent Office offers very inter-
esting study for philologists. when the
full names of some of the patentees
come under consideration. Surely
parents We're singularly blind to the
fitness of things when they gave
their helpless offsprings such re-
markable names as some signed on pa
tents; as Lot Person. Ferdinand Bow
dow. Isaac Breastpin. and Mladore
Eutton. Perhaps Adam Probola was
tn" first child of his misguided par
ents: one can just hear Mr.. Luther
Looks mamma coaxing his infantile
attention. and the cordial reception Mr..
Welcome White received on his adj
vent.
Mr.. Justus Ask had very indulgent
parents. truly. and Mr.. Leon Beloud
had more encouragement to make a
noise in the world than most children:
one can imagine the earnest wish of
the mother who called her child Aloin
B. Clever. but Mr.. Solomon Bobo's
fllst name must have been given to
counteract the effect Of the last. Mr..