The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

"i0ls 10 uiOT Wy iHcct NY elloaineuI III SIat'
Street" Inyolll9tarily looked at my truth
telling friend, and stepping forward. i ven
turcd, a,., 80 !,
| "sir, if your engagements is important, al
low me to say that it is already past three. y
Looking at me earnestly, he took out his
own time peace "Mlne is an American
watch, sir, and | have meyer known it to
vary" =, ss,,.,,s...o., 4, ,.t ,,,,.,,.
!; lie glanced at my time as held it before
him, and then said, "wel,, sir, it's best to be
on the safe side Call at 65, B street, At
Feight O'clock Ellis evening, when want to
aialk farther with you ''''"> #9 - h.N'H'''.a =
i At the appointed hour STOOD before Il
commanding nisr,si6h, and WITH some tiinidi-
ty fang the door!btn.h5 'H" 1857 @f'3 z"'f"'
+ T. "Throush your Kind suggestion, You Young hhg
man, have gained several thousand dollars
to-day" Is there any thing r can 10 f5r
your" .E''oi 10 'i'' '
'Thank you, sir, lost an excellent situa-
lrtion with N & Co., in the last business
tcatastrophc, and ifyou could recommend me
to some good firm, it would bega great "a
| vor.n 2uinggn3 gG!l iEli Eiiigy1 gayi3d ]
"Eyactly the thing,,Hsaia ne, elappins his
hands on my should aer,''I haye just lost my
junior partner, and have been booking ltoat
for anotl,er.T Yblt. accainslodating spirit at
once interested me, and your honest face is
S,J {iicinnt atta-, nr III
this in my mind in asking you TO call. Your
promptness to the time named, greatly
pleases me- And now, you consent, you
are my man. g., suSra'.as s@ vai1stl. Au.t'
"Aunt Huldah's watch again" T thought
to my sell, "a fresh link in the golden chain
ofdProvidencc" As if cognizant Of my
| thought Mr.. L---L said Za ~ ina I'aa- sI''E'
"Allow me to look at your watch" and
having examined il, sits fine affair, and +
shall order one Immediately, for punctaallty
is every thing in business" .iH7tsIa3Z Z
*.1E*lFI* *Ei&os &Hrgi*
When blossoms were smiling all over the
| glad earth, Susan consented to wear orange
| flowers in her hair, and 1 came into possess
sion of theivery sweetest little wife that ever
man owned. And where do you suppose
we weIhtfor our Wedding journey? Why,
to WaitEsan. to the great watch nlanuiactory,
and uncle Joshua went withsusl .litCl a9u
| Ii is delightfully."- situated on the banks of
the Charles River, forininga quadrangle with
a court iTs the celtrc.i On entering. We
| introduced one another TO Mr.. A., anscm-
Der Of the firm and told him the story Of MY
indebtnesSe TO the. Yankee watch. He
hushel heartily, and with bow to my
blusliing Susan, he expressed the wish that
all their watches might have as bcnefcent
destiny. have since learned that this
same man was the inventor of Mother
Goose in Hieroglyphics, that book, which
lsyoung faces with sunshine.
| lie accompanied us round the establish,
ment which is truly wonderful affair
For material to work, there are brass, silver
and gold, gems and diamonds An ilnineilse
steam engine gives motion to inunerable
machines, sons Of them of great delicacy.-
All are prepellsd BY one central force, that of
1 cafoiic. The heat raises the steam, the
steam drives til pistoa, the piston the crank
the crank allthc lines of shaiting, and these
cause to revo!ve all the large and small
wheels, and set IN motion the variotis mn
| chimes. About n hundred workiiien ana
women are employed in directing and apply.
ing these machines, on the principle Of divi.
sion in labor. In this way is carried on the
/ diverse process Of tarhinis, cutting, swasing-
punchins, POLISHING, btitnfshirg, drilling and
gliding. BY these pr c isses, from the raw
material come forth eSca pcncnts, wheels ana
pinions, plates, pisots and pins, screws, jew
els and 'chdf m1ts, making up Tie whole oi
that which is technically termed d" move!
ment. Thus hufNlieds Of the different parts
are Mt the s;nne time made, classified, and
numbered; 50 that whenali the parts are in
readiness, a'laige number ofwatchcs can be
put together atoncc. Being constructed In
this way by machinery, theyacan be furRish-
cd tshalf the price Of the foreign watcheis4-
.indas the parts are made and fitted with
! the utmost rexactness, they areisunsuIpassed
as tiipe.keepers, whilc,if any part gets out
of repair, |ry sending the number, it can
easily lie replaced, aud that at a slight cx-
pense. r9dto eos fnn sYiui; HrnDo) ~ tad
| We Witnessed ale the processes Iluitil
pleasure, but were especially interested in
seeing the jewels fitted, by the drilling of the
diamond, for their respective pivots, and then
finally polished Lastly, we descended to
the fomn !wherei h carried on the process of
baking onamelcd faces 10 the oven, placed In
the Tgio&ing' furnace, rand subsequently Of
painting the figures upon them!q - sohiq sd
o1hc view from the windows olftfis buida
| ing is' enchantsag, and the iworkanen seen,
| iAteIfgentiandlhappy!i They rcceivc liberal
wages, andssonne 'of them have erected pleas.
and habitations on this charinins site. ,ba
sfEhcfst6anxtip, tlsetelesraph, ,fthoa, tiantc
Cable, the sewing machine. aMl--thcrAl lier-
!, lean watchl'oi W hat will come ohexts sSha,I
wefibatinI Iair-saips over tie seaaanT aaoun-
tain ?,nLct thr future answer .Tntlle mean
tt,ss