The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-10
FOREIGN
Some Old Watches.

! 49, From The Boston Traveller. -
On the Waltham table at the Woman
Suffrage Bazaar there is case of curl-i
ous old watches to be seen, some of
them the Oldest in the country. These
show the progressive steps of watch
making since 1900 up TO the present
time. Among them is one made by
Linnebac at Orleans, about the year
1900, before screws or hair-springs were
used. It is small silver watch, the .
ssbarrel y and ssfusee, y and the power Z
is communicated from one to the other g
by means OF horse-hair or something of
that kind rse efe go r7t. isls -
There is also very ancient "bull's 6
eye" that seems to have seen hard SER
vice; its face is SCARED and its hands :.
gone. This one was made by Alexan-
DIRE fifty or sixty years later than the
other This TO some extent Is held to-
gether by screws, and has the hair
spring and chain instead OF the horse
hair, Though old and full Of years it
yet retains some vitality. Both of ;
these watches have the verge escape-
ment, which requires them to be twice
as thick as those now made. - -lAF :
Another one is very curious in con-
struction and interesting from assOcia-
al1Ou- ILLS OCAOAeCNA w VIC Oo-nO VI
Wellington. and was obtained from sss
Grattan when he was last. in this eoun-
try. 1t IS large enough to fiji q watch
pocket three times the present size. -
The carving on the gold case represents a.
a battlefield, with tents, cannon and
implements of war on one side is an :
elephant, Indicating the battle to have p
been in the East. Rising above the
scene is the rock of Gibralter, upon
which is planted the British lion and
flag; IN the distance the rising sun Is
seen between the pillars of Hercules
Tne case and the carving are of differ
ent colored gold On the white enam- ~
eled face are indicators of the day of -
the week, of the month, the changes of
the moon, with second, minute and :
hour hands. 1t strikes the hours and
quarters regularly, and viii do this at
any time by touching spring, thus
giving to the ear the time within q ra
quarter of an hour. - ffffrs ~
S1GSoR BIrz,i while trayelling ON
the cars, once stopped at station
where an apple boy entered the tram
Bhtz, after patronizing him, cut open 20
an apple and took a silver half-dollar
out Of it, greatly to the boys astonish-
ment. ssIf that's the kind of fruit you z }
sell I'll take another, said Bhtz, which -
he did, and lol there was another half
dollar inside it. Bhtz, assuming great
excitement, then asked the boy what he
would take foR the whole basket of ap-
piles, saying, it would be grand spec
uIation But the lad refused 10 sell
even at five cents apiece, aud, on, leav-
ing the station, Blitz saw him seated
by the wall cutting open the unsold
apples, in vain search for silver half e.
dollars. sr .-ea-l -f4sl s.s Z
We HAVE a little revelation from
Springfield, Mass. A lady, young, at
tractive and Just married. left her -
house in that city, and went into the x
country, accompanied by her husband
Soon after her debut as Mrs Il
she attended a sewing society. After Z
the usual subjects of conversation had
received attention the lunar eclipse was
alluded to. mrs. H, did you sit
up to see it. ehq"asNo. I did not,
was the reply ssMr H-sat up; in
where 1 came from, they
are such a hore-we have them 50 q
often .ez.=
BIR. F. s. BEDEnL, an Indianaeditor,
complains that twice within two years
have editorial associations in that State
published highly complimentary obltu-
airy resolutions relating exclusively TO
himself, and most unaccountably de,
claring him to be down amongthe dead
men nractieally. He says that as he sec
bas NOT vet lleeul called upon to write
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