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Show Never Asked For a Patent. "Fifty -three years ago I invented the winnowing mill now in common use," says Moses Gilman of South Sanger-ville. Sanger-ville. "If I had had it patented, I might have realized a fortune from it, as all the machines that have been Built since have been upon- the same principle. Even the thrashing machine separators, which have superseded the old time flail, use the winnowing mill substantially substan-tially as I first made it for clearing the chaff from the grain. I have invented manv other thines that were valnabla. 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 produce pro-duce some valuable new ideas yet-Auburn yet-Auburn (Ma) Gazette. |