The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-26

The wound inflicted is most serious, and
the Doctor is Of the opinion that j, is
mortal. The young man, who was the in.
noeent cause of this deplorable accident,
il almos, distracted and il entitled 90 as
much commiscration almost as bis mother,
who now lies in agony upon what, in all
probability, will prove her death-bcd.
MARX TwAIS's WATCH Y beautiful
new watch had run eighteen months
without losing or gaining, and without
breaking any part Of IL machinery, or
stopping. ! had come TO believe it in.
fallible in is judgments abou; the time of
day, and 10 consider its constitution and
anatomy imperishable. But at last, one
night, / let il run down. grieved about
1t as IL it We're recognized messenger
and forerunner of calamity. But by.and-
by cheerel up, set the watch by guess,
and commanded my bodings AMI super.
sutions 10 depart. Next day stepped
into the chief jewellers TO set it by the
exact time, AMI the head OF the establish.
ment took 1t out OF my hand and proceeded
10 set it for me. Then he said, "She 10
four minutes slow-.egulator need. push
Ing up tried TO atop him--tried to
make him understand tina, the watch kept
perfect time. But no;All this human cabbage
could see waGthat the watch was four min
u,es slow, aud the regulator must be
pushed up . little; and so, while | danced
around him in anguish and beseechcl him
20 let the watch alone, he calmly and
cruelty did the shameful deed. Ny watch
began 10 gain. 1t gained faster and faster
day by day. With the week II sickened
10 4 raging fever, and its pulse wen, up 10
hundred and fifty in the shade, At the
end Of two months I, had len all the time
pieces Of the town far in the rear and Was
a fraction over thirteen days ahead Of the
almanac. II asawsy into November en-
joying the snow, while the October leaves
still were turning. II hurried up house.
rents, bills payable, but before go any
further let me beg Of you to 90 around and
pay Davidson in Cairo, II you owe him
anything for he needs every dollar due
him and such things, in such runous
way that could not abide it. took i, TO
tho Matchmaker to no regulated. lie
asked me If ! had ever had i, repaired.
said no. It had never needed any re-
pairing. lie looked look Of vicious
happiness and eagerly pried the watch
open, then put small dirc.hox into his
eye and pcercd into IL machinery. lie
said il want.d CLEANING and oilng besides
regulating-comc in II week, Amer being
cleaned and oiled, and regulated, my
watch slowed down To- that degree that 1t
licked Ike to,lng boil. / began g. he
left by trains, failed MI appointments, !
go, 10 missing my dinner; nay watch
strung out three days grace u four, Yd
let me 20 TO protest; gradually dri;Ied
back into yesterday, the day before, then
into last week, and by-and-by the ctmpre-
hension came upon Inc that all solitary and
alone ] was lingering along IN week before
last, and the world was out of sight,
seemed to detect in myself sort Of sneak
ing feeling for the mummy in the muse
nm, and desire TO swap news with him,
went to matchmaker again. He took
tho watch all to pieces while l waited
and then said the barrel was "swellad'
He said he could reduce itin three days.
After this the watch arsrdgai well but
nothing more. For halfa day il wou!d
60 like tho very mischief, and keep up
such barking, and wheeaiug, aud
whooping and sncezing, and snorting
that could not hear myself think for the
disturbance, and ss long as it held out
there was not n watch in the land that
stood any chance against it, But the
rest of the day it would keep on slowing
down and fooling along until all tho
clocks it had left behind caught up sgain.
80 at last at the end Of twenty-four hours,
il would trot up to the judges stand all
right and just on time. 1t would show II
fair and square average, and no man
could say il had done more or less than its
duty. But correct average Is only Il
mild virtue in a watch, and i took this
instrument to another matchmaker, lie
said the kingbolt was broken, land that
puts me in mind that Davidson keeps
wagon, wheelbarrows, farm machinery,
plows and hardware. said was glad