The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-06
CLOCK VS.. BELL.

The maxim, "Time Is Money" is
not less true than old /; and, since
the day when Eli Terry made the
first wooden clock, Americans have
gone steadily forward in the i'm
provement of Theological Instru>
ments until now, when noADnly
clocks, but American watches are
exported to nearly, if not quite all
parts of the habitable globe. To
such IN extent has our manufacture
and sale Of Watches grown, that
manufacturers in Switzerland are
seriously considering The necessity
of introducing machinery, a Ia A.
mericaD, into their factories to ena-
BILE them to compete with US and,
with the growth and perfection OF
tlme-pieces, our people have come
to regard the necessity of uniform
time rather than that of exactness.
For instance How soon will any
neighborhood be governed in their
movements by any regular occur
renee, from the old lady who set
her clock when The mail>boy pass
ed, (Which the story says nas at 10,
A. NJ 10 the Factory that regu-
IaIes its working hours by the ring
ing OF q School or Court House bell?
A better ase in point cannot be ci-
ted than that of the reliance Of our
citizens on the ringing ofour Court
House bell. 1t is told of a we'll
known business man. on Center
Street, that the bell ringing, an &C.
c%asion, at 10, A. NJ, he stalked up
to his boarding house, and was We
~ much surprised not to find DIM
ner ready. At another time, some
gay larks rang out a "Happy New
Year to the community at 4. f.
NJ and those who were awakened
by #, supposihg it TO DO the regular
6 o'clock bell, were greatly surpris
ed to find 1t a long time till day.
light after they had eaten break
fast. We are paying, a a commu.
nifty, $50 per year for having our
boil RING four times a day, Sundays
and Court days excepted. Is this
economy All will say the ringing
is far from regular, no fault 10 the
Bell Ringers for they have done
well, but To the plan. A proposi-
ton to remedy this matter was sub.
mItted to our County Officials, City
Fathers, and Citizsns, d few years
since, and failed only on account of
being Cor the time deferred at the
request ofthe City Fathers. Since
that time, the City Fathers have
paid for ringing the bell all that 1t
would have cost them for a Town
Clock, which could have been seen !
and heard from all parts of the
town, and which could have been
kept going free of cost. The prop
sition then was for the purchase of
a1Clock costing $3.50 90, the citizens
paying by subscription $4,000 and
the Corporation $4,000, and the
County $4,000 and making The ne
cessarJ changes in the be!try
and for putting up the Clock. Mr..
j. G. Stone, and others, in an hours
time, succeeded in getting the
greater part OF the oitizen fund sub
scribed, and stopped only when
they saw they would have no diff
Guilty IN raising the balance. This
can undoubtedly be done again, and
ask, In all sincerity, if the bell
Is of SO much Importance,
would not a1Glock be of infinitely
more ? Some may say, "there would
be the expense ofiaking care ofthe
winding IT." &c. To such
we would answer that this could be
made the duty of the Sheriff, and if
there should be a scarcity of eandi-
dates at County Conventions here
after IN consequence, the writer will
be responsible for all damages.
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