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Show Kfever tUbcd for a Patent. Fifty-threo years ago I invented tht winnowing mill now in common use, '' ays Moses Gilman of South Sangei-rillo. Sangei-rillo. "If I had had it patented, I might have realized a fortune from it, as all tho machines that have been built since have been upon tho samo principle. Even the thrashing machine separators, which have superseded the old time flail, use tho winnowing mill substan tially as I first made it for clearing tin chaff from tho grain. I have invented many other things that were valuable, but I never asked for a patent" Mr Gilman, though 77 years old, is still at it inventing, and says if his strength and reason hold out he is going to pro duce some valuable new ideas yet Auburn (Me.) Gazette. Johnny Smart Is thero any diffe? enoe between a duel and a fight? Old Smart Yes, indeed. A duel is between two people. When your mothpr and I havo an argument, it's a duel. When vonr grandma sails into tha e- troversy, it's a fight Philadelphia Inauiror. |