Fobty thousand applications for patents have been made in the United States within twelve months, some of which are for inventions of a most extraordinary nature. For instance, one man claimed protection for the application of the Lord's Prayer, repeated in a loud voice, to cure stammering ; another applied for the envied parchment on behalf of a new and useful attachment of a weight to a cow's tail to prevent her switching it during the milking operation ; another proposed to cure worms by fishing fbr.them with a delicate line and tiny hook, baited with a seductive pill ; whilst one, more practical than the rest, is desirous of patenting a luxurious contrivance called "The Snorer's IMend," a device to be attached to pew backs, to, form a comfortable head-rest, 4enabling the owner to Bleep through the ■dullest sermon in peace and quietness.
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Southland Times, Issue 1217, 1 March 1870, Page 3
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141Untitled Southland Times, Issue 1217, 1 March 1870, Page 3
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