Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1885 — A Patented Article Not an Invention. [ARTICLE]

A Patented Article Not an Invention.

E. A. Locke, of Waterbury watch fame, in 1869 invented and patented the device, by which the fraudulent rise of revenue stamps on whisky barrels is pi evented, and which saves the Government millions. He spent ten years and $-2i’,Goo trying to get the Government to adopt his stamp, The wh'sky ring, was exposed, and Gen. Bristow

I proceeded to use Mr. Locke's stamp, stating that it was the only way of protecting the Government. The Government, however, failed to make any compensation to the inventor. Thu Supreme Court has decided the improvement was not an invention, yet Locke still holds a patent— Hartford Courant.