The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-06-11
Tho Str9sburs Clock. .

1
Ga hedral of Strasburg stands tho
world renowned, wonderful CLOCK
>, which for upwards Of thirty years ha,
II .ttracted visitors from oil parts uI
: the earth wherever books or uewspa
pers ever peuetrate. =
| The original of this masterpiece o
j mcchanicisp was commenced ubout
i tho year 1852, and occupied til,
1 tuild,T. whose name history has fill
ed to give us, nearly eighteen years.
1t was placed in the tower of the
church, whc:e it soon went 20 decay
4 from the eff, cts of tAa weather, and
the only part low remaining is tho
cock. 1t is one Of the Oldest pieces
4 of ma aclinery in ext tcncs, being over
five hundred.years old
After, two hhndred years Of neglect,
one ,Gonradus D.sypodius; n professor
of mathemutics,' began rtho 'lahorious
task IF rem odel!ng,,w might say re-.
placing it, and removing it to the
moro appropriate place in the church.
The wheels and. movements we're
made by two brothers, named Habrccts,
of swi,Aerlah3. Muir @orE1aii we'll,
but soon neglect crcpt in and it was
allowed to grow dusty and rusty, until
after two hundred aud seventy years
Of work it broke down. NoIonc could
be found to repair it. Mechanics
were invited from all countries, but
they could not lind one willing to dn-
dcrtako the work. So the clock was
useless enough until about fifty years
had passed, when n watch maker of
Strasburg-.llcrr Schcvclque-under.
took to repair the clock. This WAS about
1888; and after fohr years of iuces-
cant labor he completed the recon.
struction.
And it is wonderful !
In appearance it consists of a base,
on which stand three towers, the CEN
tor.one ball rolls, into tho base below,
and falling into cup, is carried by
slow motion to the top, just in timo
TO be tipped out upon the plane again,
exactly twcnty-four hours after. 1t
ia on this tower that tho Growing
rooster isrr luccd, tapping it's wings
and growing i'll the most natural man
ner. This it docs thrco times, to re-
mind usof Peters d onIal. The cen.
ter tower is divided. into chambers {;
In the upper one, Christ stands hold
ing bell, on which the twelve apos-
ties strike tho hour as thcy paas before
their master. In tho next apartment,
tiny ,.charivts ,,aro made 20 pass BY
every dayin tho week is. painted on
as many outside wheels of the chari-
OTIS, which stop exactly in front and
thus display the name,of tho day. TO
DO sure it Is twelve hours late accord.
to our reckoning, but when the clocl:
was made the time was calculated
from noon. The late war did but Mt
tic damage to this famo work, and
now it goes on counting out seconds,
minutes, hours, days, years, yos, and
even centuries, with the most astro-
noniical precision.
Thecathedral is one of the finest cx.
amples of Gothic archite ctMre in ex.
istenoe. Tho tower is 166 feet in
height and is master. piece of archi-
tcctural tasto and skill. 1t is built
of brown s'ono cut with such delicate
niccty as to Givo it, the appearance of
lace. Tho slccplc is the highest
pyramidial building in the world,
with the exception Of the highest
Egyptian pyramid, which is oily
thirty feet higher. :;
| Il. III -tis,->. 81 :. e-.'-.-----
!. The Farmers National Congress,
. The Farmers National Coneross
met at indianapolis on Thursday last
and adjourned Oh the following day.
AS indicating the strength of the far.
mers' organization it may bc stated
that twenty -four States wera repro,
sonted, from: Vermont to Georgia,
embracing ninety societies, with one
hundred and fifty delegates. Accord.
ing to the report Of tho Secretary
thorc are already ten. THOUSAND aeri-
cultural associations in tho country,
with an aggregate membership of four
hundred thousand farmers. 1t ap.
pears that two-thirds Of these associa.
tions have boen organized within the
past six months. The. question of
transportation. was the most impor-
tant discussed by the Con-
gross, free trade having been given
tho .go,by.~. The !. proceedings were
not chafactoriHdd by an w. doIhonstra-'
tions Of ,politiealoharacter. Never.
thelees, an organization tbat cmbra-
COS four lnndred thousand, members,,
with dertain political tendencies ,is
too formidable to be debpisca by
eitho5 political part -, and neither IS
1.likety to do sosAN. Y. HcraM :.
A married man was recently. dis!
oaoV6tsd 10 he csdftinG'.a young girl
in 'ehejfield; Eng. 4. crowd took
possession Of him, carried him to a
public house, taLtoocd him, and fncd
him $1.25. lie was then handed over
to largo fufnbcr 'of women, who
shaved the hair oil his hoady applied
"a huge ytrcaele plasterj cut of his
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