Middletown transcript., 1876-03-25

impress the far nohler, the far. grande'
seal Of the Sovereignty Of man. q. Il
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n,a a. Wonderful Clock. ,sa
"A Germaa, of Cincinnati has 10.
vented a clock which, though much
smaller than the cele brated one Of Stras-
burg. j.. from its description. much
more complicated tits nov on exhi-
bition in one Of the windows of jew
elry store and attracts much attention.
The inventor calls It ..Die Labenshur'''
-clock uf life. The. elaborateness Of
its mechanism may be imagined from
the following description ofthe wonder:
We see. 10 q glass case, . three
story s,eeple shaped clock, four feet
vide at the 6rst story aud nine fee,
high. The movements are placed 10
the 6rst story, on four delicate columns.
which is in the significant form Of bee
hive. Behind the, pendulum there is q
picture representing mature manhood
"a couutryman behind his plow. The
four corners are carved. and represent
the four periods Of lifs-infancy, youth,
manhood and old age.,a The spsces, to
the right and left Of the clock are orua-
mented with two oil paintings. repre-
sen,ing the sPring time Of life, (chil-
dren playing in the gardep) and the
autumn or end Of life (grave diggers in
cemetery. 6 sa si.sA
The second story consists Of two
tower-like pieces, on the doors Of which
there are two pictures that. represent
boyhood and early manhood. In. the
one a boy is just pushing his little bark.
away from the shore. He stands up
righ. in the boat. and points to the dis
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tauee : he is abou. to begin life-''to
paddle bis own canoe" In the other
II young man who has already made
some progress 10 the journey Of life,
enters q, room in which there is an
hour-glsss. that reminds him of the
fleetDess Of time. On this story there
are three guardian angels "'H ti'
A majestic tower crowns, as third
story. the ingenious structure. A cock.
as symbol Of watchfulness, stands on
the top, directly over the portal. which
opens the tower in front On this portal
there is (. painting which represents the
perishabless Of earthly things. The en-
tire stroctureis in appearance very like
an old Gothic castle. u iteHir2 = 4
Now let us see If We can describe the
mechan cal action Of the clock. When
it marks the 6rst quarter, the door Of
the left piece Of the second story opens.
aod We see child issue from the back
ground. come forward to little bell,
give it one blow and disappear At the
second quarter youth appears. strikes
the bell twice and then disappears; at
the third there comes a man in his
prime aud at the fourth we have q
to,teriug old man, leaning On . staff
which strikes the bell four times. Each
time the door closes itself. When the
hours are full the door Of the right
piece Of the second story opens. and
Death as a skeleton. scytbe in hand.
appears and marks the hour by striking
a bell. But it is at the twelfth hour
that we have the grand spectacle 10 the
Of the day Of judgment
Then, when Death has struck three
blows on the little bell. the cock on top
# the tower suddenly flaps his wings.
and crows in shrill tone; and. after.
Death has marked the twelfth hour With
his hammer, he crows again twice. Im-
three angels. who stand as
guardians 10 central position, raise
heir trumpets with their right hands
>ip the left they hold swords. } and blow
, blast toward each of the four quarters
,f the earth, At the last blast the door
# the tower opens, and the resurrected
children Of earth appear. while the de-
'troying angels sink out Of sight. aad
The multitude stand for a moment
'ull Of awe and wonder. when suddenly
Christ. in all bis majesty. descends.
BY angels. On bis left there
8 an angel who holds the scale Of JUS
ice : on his right another carries the
Book of Life, which opens to show the
Alpha and Omega-the beginning
ind the ending" Chriat waves his
,and. and instantly the good among !
he resurrected are separated from the
sicked. the former going to the right. |