Middletown transcript., 1872-02-10

Miuuit. in n plain but reliable wagon.
with nag never fns, and never slow. aud
indiier.n, to temperatures, Travelled the
country for radius of forty milts--noi
embarrassed even by the Delaware. which
he crossed once month, and attended
fally to the temporal md pnr,y n spirit
ua needs of all the JerSryman bctwixt
Elisinhotough aud Sweedcsboro.
"Uver the door of Minute white wash.
I'D cabin on the knoll of Christina. was
the sign of a jovial ia, person, bearing
some cscmllancc To himself, in the cen
tire of whose stomach stood II clock in.
scribcd My time is Every hody's" Past
ihi. li,iln shop went the entire long cara.
van aud casalcade 10y land between the
North aud South, stage coaches, mail
riders. highwaymrn. charin;s. hcrds,crs
and tramps; for Christine bridge was on
the great tide water road and ut the head
Of navigation on the Swedish river Of The
same namc 81 that here vessels from the
Delaware transferred the cargo to wagons,
and portage Of only ten miles to the
Head Of Elk gave goods and passengers
rrshipmcu, down the Chesapeake. This
village d clnel only when the canal Just
below it was opened in 1929 and a little
railway IN 1888 IL was nearly century
aud half old when Minnii set his sign
there, before General Washington went
pas, i, to be- inaugurnied From Fiihiaus
window the pleasant land was seen spread
nui bsl,w him beyond the Christina AM
the Swedish. putch AMI English farm.
smiled from their loamy levels on sail
which moved with scare Is pcrccpiih ihl-
motion through the narrow di',cs. planted
with grccncst willows Beflre his door
the ieamsicrs, ill-Irmpcrcd with ls>hing
and swearing n, their teams in the rti,. nl
iron l.ill. scb"olhoys i,om Nottingham
miller. meG from tppcr White Clay, anl
bargrlnrn aud stage passengers. recovered
temper to See the tien of great pauuch
with ,inc. piece sct - naturally IN it,
! indicating the hour Of dinner Within
! they found the clarkmakcr, with fac
| bramiug as il reflected from Ii watch case.
NO king hardly nnrn..t u hundred tick.
! ing piece, of which he looked Ia b. one.
! There were large .nniml> far the outer
( wall, uf batus an. fafnihou,cs. very p,lu.
/ !ar in the p,uu,l iv.,Hia hills, sHniglassc.
f, for the Peninsula whore il cost un,hiug to
| fill them, aud lIrurbnrnng candles. much
Affected hy the Ch..arrak, gentry. which
/ gave at oucr llehi aud tine There wrrr
ancient STRIKING cl,.k>, >usli as III, monk.
unay have u>HI To- disturb them fir carl,
p,nSefs, which with u horrible taille Gi
wheels aud clash of heavy weights. Lnm.
mrrcd the a.1fm. Ihrrr were The ire.
mrndaus watches 81 river caitaiu. whn
had Inspired To % to saa. au1 eii egnteA
rscni,einrns watches which llas2.us iii.
svl! bad perhaps handled IN Holland Th-
| open window wls Tiled with rains Of
wheels aud l,l'nu.. mails aud RACKS. crys-
| tails. and face, and watches racflng II,
each other. There were striking clock,
which fung ehlnrs or rocked like liil
vessel. On apparent lllpws. Of started ui!
with not's like grl-,lorYcis \ hundred
oi the nos; musical tfee-tfpg. shut up IL
a prison mi sht give tc,ile nniiou ai lh,
tunes aud drumming assembled la ihi>
shop Il was the saiaa dag or night Anl
! the powers Of Fl,hill Niuuii over Tim.
keepers was bearl; mifnculans lie ap-
pcared to be able to smile IN old watch
INTO action Transferred - Ills hani.
suinc spent aai ,us,s scuiiurl long slcui
aud uscl,,s secm,d IL feel The warmth oi
tbs mcultr ami sintl the round Of
duty. He would luy lron the old cstair
halls on the slrrape ail the Chester riy.
crS. tall aolenn clocks. dead 10 the pur.
pores OF their creation, thor stately learn
cd faces lost 10 in:.ner automatic rSpr,s.
sions. or waggcry, AMI when exposed 10
the infectious influences of his shop "A
gurgle OF suniiil u OF the inhalation nf air
luto their lungs had been heard. accord
lne 10 some peupIr, and ucxi day the ear
cass Of the clock would be found resonant
aud H. iacgliies recovered. One day the
! great patriots, Jchu dickson and Caesar
Rodney. ii !ins past Christina together,
stopped for dinner and sent their watches
IN To be cleaned meantime.
-, Miuui,. said Rodney. your are n
devil with iime keeper
=. Nay. Minuit, said Dickson. thou
art the ccu,lcst custodian of time in our
PARTS. would some one could regulate
these states aud TIMES like thee
:" The county round rcsorled to Minuit
for repairs, bn, he generally came himself
along the roads forigiinu.ly about the
time anybod,'s dial stand still. lie was
almost equal as weather prophet to his
fame as a uechanic. aud rs his broad. fat
face. blue eyes aud por'ly body passed
some farmers gate. the chccry cry would
60 up. perhaps:
- Make hay.--thc winds right" or
again Time enough. farmer, with an
other pair Of hands. Blu, it's coming from
the East .
:" Had it been possible to suggest any
superstition abou, man universally pop
ular. people would have said that this
hcnchmcn Of time, and minutc.hand of
diligence, drew his power from doubtful
sources Further north. where there was
less superstition than amongst these min
gled unspirtualiscd populations. Mpui,
might have been burnt as a wizard. A