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F" Pf" -3: 1uircra' Y, -r.e8 " pumps. They sold readily Gif in; ttood/tsatisfaction and in the fall I fitted jag 'u'Ptteetive ssarnple and I soon experienced the dimculty of selling 1 patent without first estab- lishing its value,' so I trot some of the pumps Mohamed, bought a horse and wagon and started out through the country peddling "itra"ir6iRihF'"iatiiE' non-freed” rich mu. . l . force pump. This In: in the early While in Brantford I patented the eighties when I we: nbout twentye Geerlesa Fanning Mill, an improve- three years old. Obteining my pa- ment on the former device for sep- tent in Canada many months before eating the chef! end foul seeds from it wee granted in the Stem I went the good grain. This mill is now be- to Human, Com hoping tore]! in; mrnrfhetured, in Brantford end it. _ 'ustd tin-(nick nnnndn I maimed A. Bickford, secretnry and trounrer of the Deerfield Mill corporation, be. ing the guest of Mr. Richard Evens. the inventor ot the Entype "patent of making rubber stamps. m intro- duced by Mr. Even: as n fellow in- ventor and We: requested to into some of his experiences regarding the diiBeulties of introducing new inventions. Mr. Bickford spoke gub- 'stanfian'y Noted Inventor In ' . Ttot 26111111111235» WWW "WNW " rom.nric -'--iH"e"-rP"_-F_ _ -r.' Mr first invention was the NL- rtpurairnttitdris mm 1rtmiii, Ad/LiL/il -in.oo . '_-r-A-ry-ru-teros."--,. , At the meeting of the Deerfield - ~~â€"â€" C'--t-""i v ---- v-‘gg-“g; - 'IV"! M “ELL-L’V, tytIitWtptdny't, rrxytitiig.alrthe weerelrriitar tri'o, PAULINE MAN- CHESTER. Pianist; GEORGE SWIGAR'I', Violin; and ESTELLE SWIGART, Cello, will furnish a prom of eludes] and popular music. If you on a lover of good music this will be 3 ml treat. ”up Lt they? 1e,ytLr1ty.ritdnr'tre.pg Sta-tum: from a ttrn;30, Chit-us shoppe“ an the North Shore will tind' it meet con- venient to lunch at the Tenn: where they will enjoy the quaint oltirtishata-herenmitttetteisiui%;od. _ Ins-ms In mid - In gaging reservation phohe Winnetka' 3724 it" to the Toronto' iiiiiitiii . _ on Fashion} -_ -riGriiiG0iiiiGr"iiia%, Cocktail _ Chinney’n Special Chop Say Luncheons 50 and 6lie ps-isa, and $1.00 T Ten and 3 to 5 pm. ' - Special Thursday Night Dinner Tlie Center Studs: mu Mace-3V; Block North Cream of 1.ydrilliGitiGr7Giii Cup; Chimney’s Corned Beef Hall with Vegetalile Blind . . " _ Lancing: Steak WEI: lattice Potatoes armed an. Sigh with Mined Potatoes Vegéhhle Soup 'or Tonto Juice Comm New Bush-d Individual Meat Pie :1?ng Shrimp 3.1.71 Potato _Chips ADA, KING _ Personal Management P. so; yyncgsoN SATURDAY soc LUNCHEON FRIDAY Genera, N. Y., a now flourishing lite ufnctureu of Brantford and resulted in the sole of the patent for $5,000 payable in a royaity of $1.00 per pump all to be made within, three years of a ten percent discount if paid in ensh within one year togeth- [er with a good situation in their inctory. _-They to m ndvn'ntnge of the cash discount and when I re- ceived the money which was the Hriirhnd ever had without work? ht mm it L thought I was a rich mun. . l I While in Brantford I patented the; Geerless Fanning Mill, an improve- ment on the former device for sep- ernting the ehaitf and foul seeds from the good grain. Thls'min is now be- on the footboard or footrack. I manufactured many thousands of them at Border City, a suburb of I patented the Solid Comfort Lawn-swing for two or more oe- cupants, the swing which is set Tn motion by the pressure of the' feet sold throtigh Canada. I received praetienilv no benefit from this pa- tiiai gunman: trAit,firAi"rri'rF'ic general purpose Yum pump. This “meted the attention of the pro- Beverage Beverage -e6trirfdtRrffit- a. ‘98... TiitEriihiai mu, "m to the Mates the, 't0tGrBetNmPr_tteMttneqt$trtett- stopped " Moneton for e couple of tie: 1'eu'uAttdth,',t 8:11:32 den rest. Yen an instine'my ehntmtrut it.“ sin-prise one morning " f1ndirttt this unable to Attend, but Ur very upe- noted {may registered st the hotel Nominate. In. Arno hunts and when I we: boarding. At the first In. Jim. Ernst ' their .com- 'I‘WIO‘ opporhmity I iettroddeid “it” w 'et-ge- w made the myself as one hatvhtg lived in Brent. " ir , ll _ k ford end (smilin- with their- old . t 'm- n Btry " home and their clot-ts in gettinc the than" In the" who mule the ex. telephone thst started, They seemed hibit possible. ' . _ While' living at Brantford the company with which I was caused started . brunch at Moneton, New Brunswick and sent me down there to take charm of the mechanicnl de- pnrtment. Some time during this period the Bell family while return- in; from England in n ml which was wrecked some shore distance " the coat “Newfoundland. They warp safely landed, however, and on During last summer Mrs. Vander- lip visited our family here in Deer- field, which consists of myself, my son Charles A. Bickford end his wife, and' We had ocusion to go over many of odr memories' of the old telephone town. ' The hit communication by phone for any considerable distance was between Bell's home and Brantford. The firttt wires were strung along who. fences; and trees between the .two places. While coming through ahatttford about three years ago I was ipformed that some of these wires still-remain but that most of it had veen carried away ~for‘sau- vemrs. A Mrs. George Vanderlip, now liv- ing at Niagara Falls; Canada, the sister of my deceased wife, was the singer at this entertainment. Mr. Bell arranged an tentertain.. ment of-titem-peaking-Lesser-, tations given by home talent in the old opera house in Brantford. This was to demonstrate to his guests at his; own heme how clearly theoroiees, of .the entertainers 'could be heard from tt' distance of two miles' This and ..the. telephone was GGiiiiia locally as a wonderful discovery. WIS ahottt ' th wss Thom q two "iiimiiiTirfiRirhT rain the city of Brantford, When the Bells moved from this home it was purchased by s Mr. Matthew Whit- ing who was then president of the corporation with which I was em- ployed. I was frequently invited to Mr.' Whiting house for the week- end and have slept many nights in the house where the telephone was invented. . I was living im.Brantford at the time'Alexander Graham Bell was experimenting with his inv.ention of the telephone. The Bell family lived at that time in a large farm house located on a blue-like eminence overl'ooking the Grand. river. The place was celled Tootly Heights and 'My experience with most potent: is that sooner or later they will be evaded by some similnr device or be infringed upon. Pew of them will, stand the test of the courts which in most cases costs more than the patents grawoxtth. l -iiiriririitIdit" '"rrtiflawfiT7; 'EJMM'. G i hat place from thtdenaburtr, N. Y., a town on the_ Canadian [pom I moved to Deerflehi in 1980 lid be- cnme interested in the Deerfield Mill eorporation. iii-“393331: FiG frail 6;] "iiiliddiiGiiii Vith‘them. ' Honcton " Uni that clothing' of other mm rot the "tttble no so hm thit it sur- passed all eatpeeutiotts of the com- ttttttee in charge. To. was ”not! and . him ale held in come- tion with it. In. John 8min, duh-nu: of the exhibit, m m and nub}: to Attend, but be: my - The church parloi- of the Bethle- hem Evangelical church. Daemon. was not spacious enough last Tues- day, to display to advantage every beautiful quilt, coverlet, sampler, all the antique fancy work and women’s Fine Quilt Exhibit at Deisrfteld Church sound over wires by henna of elec- tricity that these sounds bad to be translated .into, understandable words by meme of the Morse Code of dots, spices, dashes, etc.; and that all the other devices transmitted sound principnlly by the means of vibrw. tion ind that no other device had been shown that transmitted the human voice by the means ofsetee.. trieltr, _ ThiiBell claim has often been re- ferredlto as the shortest, strongest and most vaiunble claim 'in the his- tory of the American Patent ofhee. over wires by mean; of electricity and that toys end various“ other de- vices had long been in use which transmitted sound for a considerable distance, but the examiners held meme fortune to sustain their clnims. The matter was in litigation for years and .the whole world was searched for evidence to bred: down thirBell claim.‘ It-ms argued thqt the teleguph transmitted sound Mr. Bickford then explained that the principal claim of the Bell patent was the “Transmission of the human voice by means of eleetrieity." and “taut htttrttogCthst, Belles}: im- "slice ortht -ttreetfhttrmrd-ttitr-atdisr Bell gave a wonderful talk on what the army was doing in England and what opportunity there 'was for it in Canada and the United States:. At the close of Mr. Biekford'rtalk Mr. JhtalerottVNdrttr Shore Trust Company hink raised the point that a Mr. Elisha Gray of Highland Park was thought by many as the first in- ventor of the telephone and that he had spent his fortune in trying to establish his claims. pleasure of piloting them to the barracks of 'the Salvation Army. This was on the second floor of a rather dilapidated old wooden build- ine and approached by an equally dilapidated and dimly lighted stairs. We managed to go over the top however but the army completely surrendered as soon as I introduced the distinguished visitors. The Bells seemed completely» ate-home 1nd practically took charge of the bal- size of DeerfUhi and had no pines of amplenjept but It the request of maul)", I. "de no hr the amp: ship club football ' Junior School .1 at the el Cn Satnrd the Juni, ments at Thursday _ 10:00 A, der the. I fn the pa: Highland gouge. T assseriibry' mas choi Friday gregatio: evenings this yea] ttttions.", held d1 Subje sermon, in the e' ing root reading msintail Sheridm school ii, as“ of 1 Sunday 1 teatimon: hefliryr,- held at Itt00 I First l Hichlnm avenue, _ Church, Scientist