1861. 



THE ILLmOIS FAEMEE. 



281 



Chicago D;, ilt Star. — Yesterday we received 

 No. 1 of this new candidate for public favor. It 

 is an evening paper, and as such will doubtless 

 prove very acceptable. The low price at wbich 

 it will be pent on — four dollars per annum-^will 

 make it valuable to a large class who do not feel 

 able to take a seven or eight dollardaily, and yet 

 do not want to wait the slow progress of the 

 weeklies. We have known Mr. C. C. Flint, the 

 editor, for a number of years, both before and 

 during his connection vith the Daily Democrat, 

 and can vouch for his fidelity in market reports, 

 and as a correct and reliable reporter. Ilis ag- 

 ricultural selections and notices have always 

 evinced good taste. 



Brown's Cofn Planter Patekt. — 



" United Stales Circuit Court, Hon. Thos. Drum- 

 mond presiding. — The Corn Planter Fatent Right 

 Case. 

 Jarvis C^se vcrsvs George W. Brown. 

 This was an action on the case for an infringe- 

 ment of a patent. The material poitts in isi-ue 

 were as follo,w<: In 1853 Case invented a cotnbi.- 

 nation of a lever slides ar-d valves, to be used in 

 a seed planter, designed chiefly for plactirg corn. 

 He obtained a pat(;ntror his invention in January, 

 1855, and a re is.^ua thereon in November, 1858. 

 The defendan;, Brown, resides at Galesburg, in 

 this State, and iius been for some time largely en- 

 gaged in the m^nafacture of agricultural imple- 

 ments, among vr^uch is a sower or corn planter, in 

 which the pluintiff alleged that he used his inven- 

 tion. The ac'ion was brought to recover damages 

 for the aliened iiifringemenr. The defendant re- 

 lied on several "icundsof defense. The identity 

 of thetwomrichir.es, as mechanical equivalents, 

 was not much contested. The principal reliance 

 was that Case's patent wps void for want of nov- 

 elty in the invention. The defendant sought to 

 show thnt he hf.d himself used the invention as 

 early as 1851 or 1852; alsothatA B. Earle of the 

 State of New V'osk hsul used the same combination 

 in a machine, in 1848, and that one Charles Finn 

 had used it as ear'y as 1852. The precosity of 

 Earle's and Finn's machines was admitted by the 

 plaintiflF, but he insisted that they were different 

 from that used by himself and Brown, and he de- 

 nies that Erown had made or used the -nventioa 

 prior to himself aiieged.. The defendant also in- 

 sisted tbfit upon Case's construction ot his own 

 patent, he did not infringe ; in other words, that 

 his combinaticn was different. A very large 

 amount of testimony was adduced on both sides. 

 The trial was commei;ced on Saturday, the 3d ult., 

 and the Cftse was givtn to the jury. They came 

 into court, failed to agree upon a vejdict, and 

 were discharged. Eeaslee, Osborn&Felton, and 

 Gookins, Tin m&s & Roberts, for plaintiff; L. Dou- 

 glas, Goodwin, Lamed and Goodwin, for deiend- 

 ant." 



It is to be regretted that this suit could not 

 have been decided at once. We think the case a 



plain one, and nothing but the mystification oi 

 lawyers could have prevented it. The system o< 

 selecting juries is a bad one, and the courts 

 should interpose their authority to put a stop to 

 it. An attorney who has a bad case will always 

 set aside every intelligent juryman presented — 

 the more fool the better luck, appears to betheii 

 motto. 



STATE FAIRS. 



Illinois — Chicago, Sppt. S to 14, 

 Iowa— Iowa City, Sept. 24 to 27. 

 Wisconsin— Madison, Sept. IZi., 27. 

 Michigan — Detroit, Sept. 24 to 27. 

 Ohio— Dayton, Sept. 10 to 13. 

 Kentucky — Louisville, Sept. 17 to 21. 

 New York — Watertown, Sept. 17 to 20. 

 Milwaukie Agricultural and Mechanical Asso- 

 ciation, Sept. 2 to 6. 



California — Sacramento, Sept. 16 to 21. 



Canada West— London, Sept. 2 to 27. 



Minnesota— St. Paul, Sept. 24 to 27. 



Oregon — Oregon City, Oct. 1 to 4. 



National Horse Show— Ottawa, 111., Sept. 3 to 6. 



ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIRS. 



Knox — Knoxville, Oct. 1 to 4. 

 Bureau — Princeton, Sept. 24 to 27. 

 LaSalle— Ottawa, Sept. 24 to 27. 

 Mercer — Millersburg, Sept. 24 to 26. 

 Morgan — Jacksonville, Sept. 3 tc 6. 

 Henry — Cambridge, Sept. 4 to 6. 

 Logan — Lincoln, Sept. 25 to 27. 

 DuPage — Wheaton, Sept. 25 to 27. 

 Pike— Pittsfield, Sept. 25 to 28. 

 Madison — Edwardsville Oct. 1 to 4. 

 Grundy — Morris, Oct. 1 to 4. 

 Winnebago — Rockford, Sept. 17 to 20. 

 Union — Warren, Sept. 17 to 20. 

 McLean — Bloomington, Sept. 24 tc 28. 

 Cass — Virginia, Aug. 27 to 29. 

 Lee — Amboy, Oct. 8 to 11. 

 Warren — Monmouth, Sept. 4 to 6. 

 Putnam — Hennepin, Oct. 1 to 4. 

 Monroe — Waterloo, Oct. 15 to 17. 

 Ogle— Oregon, Sept. 24 to 26. 

 Peoria — Peoria, Sept. 3 tc 6. 



DeKalb— Sycamore, Sept. 18 to 20. 

 Stephenson — Freeport, Sept. 23 to 25. 

 Vermillion — Catlin, Oct. 1 too. 

 Macon — Decatur, Sept 1 6 to 20. 

 Sangamon — Sprinefield, Oct 1 and 2. . 



Montgomery — Hillsboro, Sept. 24 to 27. 

 Whiteside — Morrison, Sept. 2 ; to 27. 

 Jefferson — Mt. Vernon. Sept 25 to 27. 

 Kane — Geneva, Sept. 25 to 27- 

 Fulton — Canton, — . 

 Champaign — Urbana, Sept. 20 to 24, 

 Schuyler — Rushville, Oct. 2 to — . 



