The Inventor of a Revolver.

     Several years before the Colt's Revolvers were in-
vented, Adam Humberger, a gunsmith in Somerset
had made three models. He was of an inventive mind
and somewhat of a genius in his line. On a muster
day in Somerset, sometime back in the thirties, he
tested the utility of his invention before several hun-
dreds of people, with great success. He, however,
never realized any pecuniary benefit from his inven-
tion. He also invented a corn harvester but died be-
fore it was perfected.

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