Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-08-20

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provements mode III Mr. Tcrrv nj tbis time and
subsenucntlr marLSd dst;nctiy now oro in cloci.
maxine and loid tbo c,nndoHon Coo a lroro,ivoI
husincss Lv which man, L,,o ,,;,od ,boir thoue
ands hoyveycr y,;llin, or ,,n,yIi;na tbov rov Lo
IN ncknovled,,o II Sowo of thc ;nn9rtonf Inn,
provempnts which sbonId have bocn secured Inv
This notent arc in mao to tbis dov and cannot Lc
disnensed with in tbc naLine of lo,vnriced clocls
nor indeed. with anv convenience mantle clocks
Cbouncey Jcro,nc on,r,crccJ lie co rccr In cloct
making ~ q Iatcr ncrod gaining his 6rst knoyl.
edge of tho business undcr the t1ition and encour
aoement Of Mr. Torry IIc commenced somc mar,
of tho cIock bnsncssin IN pIvmnnth os corly os tbc
wear 1891 Ito ofterwnId rcmovoJ m Rristol
yyybcro bc on,b,rLod i, ,,,oine clooLe introJ,c;n
clocL.casos Of digoront s;1cs and clocts od"ntc5
10 thc now Gnr,ns ~ coscs n,Sdc A. s,;iI Io,cr
Il noriod onJ oncord;nr h, ,Lo rocolleot;on of tbo
writer NOT for from, tIc ,o,r 1sS7 bo introduced
or did mucb toward Tho Introduction Of tbe most
co,nn,or for,,, oe tbo hrosa alncL no, il ,o,,,o
The success attcnd;ng tbc nrosecntion Of his bnsi
ness after his removal TO New-IIayen. few wears
since and HE revcrscs of fortune nced not be
rehenrsed
\ In Justice. however. Il should be here stated
that some anterior To- and others soon nftcr the
period Mr. Jerome eommcncod business in Bristol
embarked in this occurjdtion. to wit, Mark Lcav.
enworth of Waterbury Samuel Terry oFterword
removed to Bristol and Eli Terry Jr.. of Plvmouth
Chauncey Boardman Ives Brewster and others in
Bristol filling the market with n grcnt variety of
clocks, of an exterior in every conceivable form
until some of those who had Immediately succeeded
Mr. Terry were ready to abandon the business and
did so on account of the very reduced price of
clocks, and the interminabc credit it was then
customary to give their customers The writer
was one of this number, who had until then very
little acquaintance with any other business having
been witness to all the improvements in clocks,
and the machinery for making the same from the
time the shelf clock was first introduced in the
year 1914, to this period, or the year 1886.
IL nj IN nor atai,t 90 thotf
became OF suitable age, and in 1888 withdrew,
leaving the business In their hands. Though no
longer Interested in trade nor desrous of gain for
the laSt twenty years OF his life, he never nban-
uoned the workshop. lie was during many years
ehglgeu IN making now ana then n church-clOck,
a rev watch-rcgulators, and the like. The church
CLOCKS were made IN three independent parts, orI
nearly so, inc connection between each being such
as not TO De ln9urously affected by the other The
ume keeping part was OF the ordinary SIZE, and
moved ny separate weight: The striking part
was moved by one large weight, and the dal-whceis
py another' while that OF the tlme-kecping part
Welgheu ohly three OF ionr pounds Inc dlal-
wheels hands or pointers, moved only once in n
minute Church-clocks constructed IN TINS way
were thus rendered as perfect tme-kecpers and as
little affected by wind or storm, as any houseclock
OF Watcn regulator couid pe' lhcse clocks were
made with compensation pendulum rods OF his
own design, and the escapcment after model OIL
ms own DurlnS these years oi comparative lens
w nc ''rV ",' hiVs"S oPonv III hi'NiiiS 'Hi9 ue'
crptlon of clocks, chiefly in reference to accuracy
as tlme-keepers, making u variety OF regulators
with new forms OF escapcmcnts and compensation
rods No year elapsed up to the time OF his last
sickness without some new design IN clock-work'
! specimens OF which are now abundant lhesel
thngs ne ana, TO inc neglect many times, OF taking
suitable care ei what property nc had before aci
cumulateu' sui nc distributed TO ms family ana
H. y, ,'9 . nv NV ,esS .,,h ie'aS ,,s
o;ort e, S,uJ ~. Inn y, ; Sg 0n3
Th;S bo n.oJnJ e CO. u ~ y,