Langstroth hive, during the life of said 

 patent, and with others in this State 

 have used a movable partition, or divi- 

 sion board recommended on page 96 of 

 3d editon of Langstroth's " Hive and 

 HoneyBee," said work was published in 

 186S, and now comes N. C. Mitchell & 

 Co., and demands a royalty of $5.00 for 

 the use of said division board in the 

 Langstroth hive, and threatened my 

 friend A. A. Harrison, of Erie county, 

 with prosecution in the U. S. Circuit 

 Court for some fabulous amount, if he 

 refuses to pay up. W. J. Davis. 



McLane, Pa., March 17, 1880. 

 Enclosed find a letter and circular 

 from 1ST. C. Mitchell & Co. Sometime 

 since two men called and wanted to 

 talk with me about bees and see my 

 hives, &c. I gladly showed them around 

 and during the time showed them a 

 plain division board, which I sometimes 

 use in Langstroth hives (I use nothing 

 but the Langstroth). They then said I 

 was using something that I would have 

 to pay for, as they had paid for a right 

 to manufacture and sell it. I told them 

 I did not believe it, as I got them from 

 Mr. W. J. Davis who told me there was 

 no patent on the Langstroth hive. I 

 also told them I believed N. C. Mitchell 

 & Co. , had no right to a patent on a 

 division board. They have been here 

 since and said that I must pay them 

 $5.00 or it would cost me $100; also 

 showed me a circular from Mitchell 

 & Co., that if their agents did not push 

 their claims they would find sand enough 

 to bag all infrin seers. I told them I 

 would pav no $5.00 nor $100 until the 

 law compelled me to, and that they 

 might force their claims at once. I wish 

 you would give this matter attention in 

 the Journal, or they may scare some in- 

 nocent persons into paying their claims. 

 I think it only a polite way of stealing. 

 A. A. Harrison. 



[ In the Journal for 1878, page 99, 

 you will find Mr. Mitchell's claim, as 

 set forth in his patent. His patent dis- 

 tinctly states that it is a combination of 

 a board supplied with lugs— i. e., mova- 

 ble irons screwed to the board, or legs 

 on which it stands,— and a woolen or 

 rubber strip at each side. A plain board 

 is unpatentable, and has been in use for 

 many years before Mr. Mitchell ever 

 thought of obtaining a patent on it. 

 Let no one be scared into paying a 

 royalty on any such. They dare not 

 push it, knowing full well that they 

 could not succeed. — Ed.] 



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