The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-02-25 00:00:00

MODERN AND GENTEEL

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, OFFICE
FITTINGS, AND EFFECTS,
LIE, NEAR ST OURBRIDGE.
MESSRS.

OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
are favoured with Instructions from the 'Fructose
under the Will of the late Mr. Edward Robins, decea,ed.
to SELL by AUCTION, at laic late Residence, Lit, near
SVOURBILIDOM On MONDAY and TVIIIDAY,MANCII6 aud 7,
Dill, the whole of the Modern and Elegant HOUSE.
HOLD FURNITURE and Effects, comprising Do,log
Row and Drawing Room Suites, in Mahogany and Wail.
nut, appropriately upholstered; Pianofortes, ma -, ire
.1 post Mahogany and other Bedsteads, with all yeti° ate
Limber Furniture Linen, Books, Glass, China, Posted
Artt.le,, Excellent Secretary, &c., &c
CAtal.Tuts, Price Threepence, may be had at the I Lice
of Snie ; or at the Wiese, of the Auctioneers. St-or-
bridge. No Person will he admitted to the Sale wilt: ,tit
• Catalogue.

WASTE BANK, LYE, Near STOURBRIDOE

OLD-LICENSED PUBLIC-HOUSE A ND

DWELLING•EIOUSES.

ly R. H. KING is instructed by the
AS- Mortgagee to SELL by AUCTION, on Tuksc.sv,
the 7th day of MARCH, 1671, at the UNION icy, 1) iRK
LANE, Lim, at Six o'clock in the Evening, subject to
conditions of Sale, then to be produced :
Lot that Old-licensed FREEHOLD PUBLIC.
HOUSE known u the .• ANCHOR Inn," lately in he
u,cupation of Marla Wooldridge, situate at the Wsste
Bank, Lye, in the parish of Oldswinford ; and 'I ores
TEN EMEN'TS adjoining, in the occupation, of Bretbill,
Cooper, and Barley, with the yard cud appurtenances
belonging thereto, the whole producing the anourl t..nt
of £2l 141.
Lot 2.—A FREEHOLD TENEMENT, situate 0 or
near Love-lane, Lye Waste, in the occupation of Iticli.ird
Osborne.
For farther particulsrs, apply to Messieurs Berntrd
and King, Solicitors; or to the Auctioneer ; all of Stour.
bridge.

ELF ORD HOUSE. WOLLASTON.

I HE--A-bOv-e to be LET, with Immediate
Ip ion, consisting of Drawing, Dining, Break.
famt, and Four Bed Rooms, Stable, sad Coachhouse ;
cub good tiardro and Baddoek.—Apply on the Premises.
Fl'o LET, " I'HE ROYAL OAK:' Licensed
BBERHOUSB, st Stamber Apply to
Messrs. Bermird end King, Solicitors, Stourbridge,
910 BE SEEN, at thy Little Pig Inn, Coven-
-a- try-street, Stourbridge, the
LARGEST PIG IN THE MIDLAND
COUNTINS,
Weighing upwards of 60 scores.

A GENTS WANTED—(Ladies in or out of
Lusineas preferred), in every town and village in
Great liritain and the Channel Islands; to introduce
Foreign articlem in great demand amongst the Ladies.
Profits eertain £2 to £3 per week. Samples sent to
Lad iewfort fi.,.—Address. Mr. Knight, 16,Coalharbour
Lane, Brixton, Loudon, 6.W•

i REGISTERED FOR 1
1 TRANSMISSION ABROAD. f

MR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
of Music, High-street, Uradley Heath.
NB.—All kinds of Musical lnstrun ants tuned
repaired.
New Music at Half-price.
PIANOVOk TES lOU hAlli Oft HIRE

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

BUY OF THE INVENTOR AND MAKER, AND SAVE

40 PEE CENT.

4 4 B. 1-
4EVER'S WATCHES,
By for ynrpaas those of any other English Manufactu-
rer "—VIDE Opinions of the Press.

SILVER WATCHES £1 0 0
GOLD WATCHES .. £2 18 0
WARRANTED TOWN MADE.

Watches of every description from the plainest to the
finest quality.

11RANCIS HENRY LEVER, the eminent
and Old Established London Watch Maker, in
again calling the attention of the public to his Watches,
which are now known throughout the World, begs to
return thank' for the patronage he has received during
the past fifty years.

These Watches are well made and finely finished,they
are extremely elegant, are guaranteed to keep correct
time, cannot get out of order, will last a lifetime, and
are quite equal in every respect to Watches that are @old
in the coutry at double the price.
Every Watch warranted, and sent free and safe by Post
(on receipt of a remittance), carefully packed in wood
boxes, made expressly for postal transmission, and regia.
tered at the Post Office to insure their safety.
Watches qf carp description at a Fair and licasonale
Price,

FROM 50, ROYAL
,TERItAtrE, GROSVENOR PARK

LONDON, .E.

As the purchase of a Watch may be the set of a life-
time, it is advisable to buy a good article, which will be
found the cheapest in the end Ma. LEVEII.6 reputation
and his Watches are alike known all over the World, and
therefore purchasers will consult their own interest in
buying a good article of an eminent London Manufac-
turer.

Of all nuisances. a bad watch is perhaps one of the
worst,—it b continually stopping and getting out of
order,—costing its owner no end of expense for repairs,
and even then the time it keeps can never be depended
on.

To make this subject thoroughly understood, it is
necessary here to state that a good Watch is made of the
best materials and the workmen employed are those of
superior skill, who have had great experience at the trade,
in addition to which they take their time to finish every
part PS correctly and exact as possible; but in a common
article, the price will not admit of much time being de.
voted to ite manufacture, inferior workmen also are em-
ployed, who frequently leave those parts out of sight in
a rough any unfinished state; thereby causing a large
amount of wear and tear, and an unnecessary amount of
friction, which must in the end prove detrimental to Us
timekeeping; this of course is only known to its sicker,
for a Watch may be bad and yet look good, and for a few
months keep time tolerably well ; which is especially the
case with many of the Watches that are made in the
country, and is much to be regretted as it will in the end
lower us in the eyes of the world, who now all look to
England for the best Watches.
The reason there are so few reelly good and experi-
enced wetchmakers living in country places, is that as
soon as they get n good knowledge 01 eheii business, they
settle in Loudon, or some other large city, where they
have a better opportunity of improving themselves and
bettering their condition than they 'weld in obscure
country towns. Many of these in their own native places
have the reputation of being really competent workmen,
but when they arrive in London, they are found to require
many years of improvement, before they can even be en.
trusted to repair a good London Watch—a fact that will
show how much more competent town workmen are,
compared with their brethren living in rural districts,
and proves that London Watchmakers really deserve the
woild wide reputation they have an honourably earned
fur themselves.
From calculations made, it has been ascertained that
the cost of repairing a common Watch, when it has been
in wear a few years, is often more than the price paid
for it in the Ilist instance; besides the trouble arid
miyance it causes, so that an apparently cheap Watch
may in the end prove a dear one, if it costs as much or
more than its value in a few years for repairs, and even
then the 0N4,1 has nothing to show for We money, but
is being constantly misled regarding the time.

It frequently happens that the makers of inferior
Watches aware of the difficulty of fielding purchasers,
adopt the expedient of putting the lames of eminent
manufeectarers on them—this practice is unfortunately
very frequently dune, and has caused as several times to
have recourse to law proceedengs, in consequence of our
name being used ; but to be continually going to itAW,
OCCSSiODS a great loses, so it may pevliaps in some degree
lessen the esti by giving publicity to it, end we would
advise ell persons about to purchase Watches called
Lkesure" to communicate with us, and the number,
con be traced and thus feustrAto any attempts of
this description.

If there is one thing more than another, eve should be
careful to obtc.in good, it must br that wbirh we shall
always carry about with ; and have occasion several
times a day to rely upon for its time-keeping. A good
article by being cleaned cccaaionally (about once every
two years) will heat a lifetime, so that after the Orst outlay
no further expense will be incurred.
The possession of a Food 'Watch is an emblem of res-
pectabiiity, and denotes the position in life of its owner,
and moreover it will always sell for its value, should the
owner at any time wish to dispose of it.
London has alwaya been celebrated for the superiority
iif its Watches, and if we trace back the roily history of
Horoligy, we find that whouevi r a good Watch was re-
quired it was customary to stud to London fir one, this
is still done at the present day, nod ciii always continue
while tl.c Londoners keep up tbc character if their
manufaeture.

The confidence the public have in London Made
Watches, is not misplaced, adr imperiwily is to well
known, and without douLt, nilcu a fair and rem.onaM,,
price is paid, a watch way be had that can be depended
On for its exact performance.