The Weekly comet., 1854-10-15

hHu DutbUHS tHtt HUNS ttHu yCS II
about to be superseded by that Of
"what becomes of all the Yankee
clocks ~ We have seen no peddler
about, for years past, who was willing
to make trade aud, take back the old
clock for bran new selfacting, back
action hen pershader; yet new clocks
continually usurp the shop shelves, and
the old ones disappear. DO they dry
up and drop into saw-dust Z Do they
wear themselves out by too much rub
bling of their hands over their faces ?
DO they run on 'tiek" so long they
can't ruin any longer, ''bust up take
the benefit of the bankrupt law, and
retire to live on the interest of their
debts Do they do all this, or either
of these, or heotr ? .#H
The old clock over the fireplace an.
swers only-"1ick tack ! tack tick /"
Ptcayune.
They nerey wear out or discharge
their hands but pay up at the regular
stroke of twelve, " and turn them to
work On the 'next day !" they tick off
the hours as they come, and tell story
Of The day, "that no man knoweth,"
when the universal springs Of nature
shall wear out and the wheels of time
stand still. Our Yankee neighbors
have furnished the world with time,
and after all the noise, what is there
more valuable to the son of man 7 not
only this, but such idlers, as will not
be admonished Of its "flight' by look
ing on the cheerful and friendly face
Of the old country time piece-the re-
gular "Master Humphrey are toldin
the most solemn manner, by the tongue
of this immortal monitor, as it strikes
on the wire, now another hour is can
eeled from the tables Of existence
The master workman may 60 to sleep,
and rest quietly "till the Judgment
the rust and decay may eat away his
implements Of industry, but the work
Of his head and hands, if it be good
work "neuer perisles," it will stand,
living monument to his memory, in
the wreck Of ages.
There, now, ticks" over our head,
venerable German who has been
a living thing, these past three hun
dred years; which leads us to exciaim
in the words of the Poet, What a
wonderous piece Of works a
Its,hce cloch.I
TO AdmtuLTuRtsTs "A Gyen In
pcHtion. gentleman who lives ut
Darlington, in the Parish of st, Helena,
has invented sheep shearing machine
of very curious construction. Il calls
the sheep up--throws them down, and
takes off the wool, without any man
ual labor, save that it is necessary to
turn the crank. The usual amount Of
blating Oh such occasions is checked
by means of a stop COCK
The Baton Rouge Comet labored,
and produced the above. --- T, Dcltn.
Nothing Of the sort. We never Ia
Dor to produce any thing, not even a
"leader on The Eastern Question y
We hearty eschew all heavy things,
so much so, that in our own humble
estimation, q leader occupying more
than "balf column on any subject
Except perhaps, tho "City Reform
Movement') ought to, and in many
cases does, drag itself down to perdi.
ton with its own weight.
1fthere is any thing fabricated about
the above notice of a great invention;'
the world is indebted to the Piny
Woodsman, very respectable and in
fluenfial Democrat paper, published
at Springfield in the Parish Of Living
ston. 1t is our misfortune never to
say q good thing, without loosing the
credit Of it, and a lame affair like the