The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-07-26

OFFICE JOHN A. STODDART, no. All
CHESTNUT STREET, PHlLADEL-
PHlA, PENN'A.

Attention is Gyited 10 the foilc wing p
statement and the accompanying tesfImoni- g D
ais in favor OF these 1z3
CELEBRATED .4.HERfC.4 B.11(EES,
Gold Medal was awarded the Company by the
Massachusetts, Mechanical association, 1856.
Gold 5l-dai also awarded them by the Amer
lean Institute ai New York. in 1851. The Compa-
nv also received the First Premium-a Gold Medal
from the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, ID
1883.
These Watches have now been ii the market for
nearly years, during which time they have ffen
tested as 10
ACCURACY, DURABILITY AND RELIABLE
TTY,
IN every conceivable manner. and have proved
themselves to be the most satisfactory time pieces
ever offered to the public.
This result hasgbeen brought about by sitict ap-
ph cation OF mechadfea! science 10 ae construction
of the watch from its very inception, endeiing It,
when flushed
ALPHABETICALLY CORRECT,
in all proportions, and necessarily perfect time
keeper as II is possible TO make.
The Company have tested their Watches, in
many instances, bg actual daily noting, and the re-
suit Of this test has been that they have exhibited
a rate equal in regularity to the best marine chTo-
nometer.
n B. We have just intlOduceta
NEW STYLE or WATCH
elaboIately finished and thinner than any we have
heretofore produced, with several improvements
calculated the greatest accuracy Of perfor-
nance, and to prevent the usual accidents and te-
rangements to which foreign watches are liable.
Letter from, Paul .uorphy, The Celebrated
Ca.ss Player.
NRw YORr, Oct. Is, 1859.
Mr. R. E. RoBBrNs Treas. An. Watch Co.:
Dear SIr:-The American Watch, No. 92I0,
presented me by the New York Chess Club, proved
to be most reliable and accurate time-keeper-al-
most unnecessarily tor ordinary purposes. 1t IS
now nearly i've months since it came into my pos
session, and during that period its variation from
standard time has been but a trife more than half
minute. The following is record of It's perfor-
nance. 1t was set iune Sd correctly:
June Is fast4 seconds. Aug. Is, fast Is seconds.
jury l. do Sept. /, % DO
IS, 20 do IS, 28 DO
Aug. /, 10 do Oct. ], 30 do
give you PERMISSION to mike such use of this
statement you may think proper.
am, with respect yours truly,
PAUL MORPHY.
Tie toHoo,ng is from ,1Ir. Torter, the weil
knowa Marine Cironometer and Watch
.Haker.
Bosron, Sept 28, 1859,
X. f.. ROBINS, Treas. Am. Watch Co.
Dear SIT 81 have sold during the last year
considerable number Of Watches Of the Waltham
manufacture, and am happy to say that all OF them
without exception, have fulfilled my guaranty, aud
have given satisfaction 10 the purchasers.
GEORGE F.. PORTER.
The toLlow,ng named gentlemen mag be refer
red TO in relation 10 these Watches.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, John G. SAKE,
Vermont, n. P. Willis, NJ Y, Hon. n. P. Banks,
Massachus etts, A. L. Hamilton, Tennessee, James
w. Simonton Cal. Carlos d. Stuart, Long Island,
Townsend Harris. Japan, Horace Greeley, Frank
Leslie, Norman Wizard, Wis, DR.. j. Marion Sims,
Charles Hammond, Phll'a., Prof. Bartlett, West
Point, Or. Ammi Brown, Boston, Lieut.. Henry A.
Wise, U. S. N, Col. W J. Harden, U. S. A., S.
Ireneus Prime, D. D. White Plains, Col I. B. /
Thorpe.