New Britain herald., 1927-09-03

Every one Of us is, or should be- familiar with the common pin. Ii is an article used by millions in all parts Of the world and yet it is sur ! rrising how many people of today are ignorant of the manner in which the pin was invented, the . struggles which followed it's career up to national acclaim and the man 1 behind all this gigantic battle for recognition. It is the old story of 1 the inventors having faith in his invention and sticking to his guns in the face of repeated discourage ments. It is the story of Adolph F, ! Longosser who lived from 1921 until September with hardly any other ideal in mind but the inven- . ton of the pin.
 { Longosser was born of poor but honest parents in a sliall town call ei Weepsill, or. as some authorities have it, Weepsil, in the central part ] Sth day of October, 1921, although some biosraphers claim that it was not Longosser who was born on that date but J. E. Biddimumps who lived for some time outside of { Atlanta. Be that as it may. Longos- ser was born at about that time as school records for the town show us that he entered second grade in 1925 and graduated into the third grade in 1S43. Later he entered the Sussex County jail and it was while an inmate of this place that he had lis great idea.
 Tn his brain, for an autopsy per formed after his death virtually es- rahlished the fact that he had a brain, he had an idea that if one saw a certain article one should pick 1t up. The phrase ran through his head constantly, see a-and pick it up" Easing his investigation on this measre knowledge, LonGosser tegan to fill in the blank spaces until he had, by natural deduction, found the three letters P.' IT. and "N." These combined r3 make the word pin and the first step of the joHrney was completed.
 Now that the thing to be picked up had been given name, Longos- ser began q second series Of eXTeri- mont in determining just what this article or pin" should be like First he tried the idea of making it along the lines of 8 wheelbarroW and later. similar to a jelly douShnut, Lut both experiments proved un satisfactory to him.
 In the meantime. the inventor had found that there was a great need existent in those times for some article which would he sharp enough to draw blood if stuck in ones thumb. With this in mind, he invented the common pin of today.
 Al first the idea met with numer- ous reverses coming as it did when Europe was torn in the Great War of Roses and Louis the Tenth was crdoavoring to gain control of the telephone companies of the south crn part of France. Tn fact Longos ser was often booed and hissed uopn appearance and once, at least, Vas stoned by angry crowds in Edin- burg when he attempted to eXpound his theory that the pin would revo- lutionize existing political ccndl- lions.
 But gradually under the patron age Of Queen Mary, Longosser be- gan 10 gain favor in the courts and was soon a wealthy man. This was the origin of the term "pin money" Later he married and died and was buried, and the secret, heartbroken, died with him. Both were given q magnificent funeral by the Order of Muskrats of which LongOsser was a High Supreme Magnificent Magis- trate And the next time you Gtick your finger with q pin hidden in the shirt that has just come back from the laundry, think of the sick and ledridden.