Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-02-17
IMr. WsIlsr,s Watch.

VI don't think,n said Sam, who
was smoking with great composure
and enjoyment, "that If the lady
wos agreeable it 'ud be very far out
o. the way for US four to make up n
club of our own like the governors
does upstairs, and let him"-Sam
pointed with the stem of his pipe to-
wards his parent-''be the president"
The housekeeper affably declared
that it was the very thing she had
been thinking of. The barber said
the same. Mr.. Weller said nothing,
but he laid down his pipe as If in q
fit of inspiration, and performed the
following maneuvers.
Unbuttoning the three lower but
tons of his waistcoat, and pausing
for a moment to enjoy the easy flow
Of breath consequent upon this pro-
cess, he laid violent hands upon his
extreme difficulty drew from his foh
an immense double-cased silver
watch, which brought the lining OF
the pocket with it, and was not to
be d~isentangled but by great exer-
tions and an amazing redness of face
Having fairly got it out at last, he
detached the outer ease and wound
it up with q key of corresponding
magnitude; then put the case on
again, and having applied the watch
to his a to ascertain that 1t was
still going, gave it some half-dozen
hard knocks on the table to improve
its performance.
"That,n said Mr.. Weller, laying IL
on the table with its face upwards,
sis the title and emblem o. this here
society. Sammy, reach them two
stools this way for the vacant cheers.
Ladies' and gen'lmen, Mr.. Weller's
Watch is wound up and now a goin'.
Order!"
BY way of enforcing this proclama-
ton, Mr. Weller, using the watch
aftefthe manner ofa presidents ham
mel, and remarking with great pride
that nothing hurt it, and that falls
and conclusions of all kinds materi-
ally enhanced the excellence of the
" orks and assisted the regulator,
knocked the table a great many
times,and declared the association
formally constituted.
"And don't let's have no grin
MIN at the cheer, Samiyeln said Mr..
| Weller to his son, "oF / ShafT be coH7-
| mittin' you to the cellar, and then
p'raps we may get into wot the'Mer-
fkins call a fix, and the English a
question o. privileges"
Having uttered this friendly cau-
ton, the president settled himself In
his chair with great dignity; and re-
quested that Mr.. Samuel would re-
late an anecdote. >
"I,Ve told one,p, said Sam. -
"Wery good, sir ; tell another, IRE
turned the chair.
1--WE wos a talking list now, sir,f
said Sam, turning to Slithers, "about
BARRIERS. Pushing that 'ere fruitful
theme, sir, I'll tell you in q very few
words romantic little story about
another barber as p'raps you may
"SamivelIr said Mr.. Weller, again
bringing has watch and table Into
smart collision, address yur obser-
wations to the cheer, sir, and not to
private individuals ~ Ns ;
8J"And If I might rise to order, ''said
the barber, in a soft voice, and look
ing around him with q conciliatory
smile as he leant over the table, with
upon IT, ttif I might rise to order, j
would suggest that BARRIERS is NOT
exactly the kind of language which
is agreeable and soothing to our feel
ings. dtYou, sir, will correct, me il
Him wrong, but / believe there Il
such a word in the dictionary as
hair-dressers.n ~ E,.a
Et-"WeII, but suppose he wasn't a
hair dresser, suggested Sam.
IVY then, sir, be parliamentary,
and call him ven all the more,b re-
turned the father. itIn the same way
as ev,ry gen'lman in another place
is q honorable, eviry barber in this
place is a hair-dresser. Ven you read
the speeches in the papers, and see as
Eyun gen'Iman says of another, tthe
honorable member, if he will allow
me to call him so,' you will under
stand, sir, that that MEANS IF he will
allowime to keep up that 'ere pleas
ant and universal fction.,.h .
It Is q common remark, confirmed
by history and experience, that
great men rise with the circumstan-
ces in which they are placed. Mr..
Weller came out SO strong in his
capacity of chairman, that Sam was
for some tine prevented from speak
ing by & grin of surprise, which held
his faculties enchanted, and at last
subsidized in a long whistle of q single
note Nay the old gentleman appear
ed W. to have astonished himself,
and that to no small extent, as was
demonstrated by the vast amount OF
chuckling in which he INDUCED, at
ter the u~tterance of these lucid re-
marks.-IFrom Dickens's Master
Humphreys Clock, reprinted by
Hurd and Houghton.