Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-02-02
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In Mengel's building is now on
exhibition in all probability the
most wonderful clock in the world.
II was built by Stephen ID. Engle, a
matchmaker, at HaZletOn. He is
about fOrty-tiVe years of age, and
was about twenty years in perfect
ing the clock. Mr.. Reid paid Engle
$1,000 for it. Engle never saw the
Strasburg clock. In fact, he has
not travelled more than two hundred
miles from home at any time. This
clock stands eleven feet high. At
its base it is about four feet wide,
and at the top about two. 1t is
about three feet deep at the base,
gradually less towards the top. Its
COlOrs are brown and gold. The
Strasburg clock is thirty feet high,
vet its mechanism is not so intricate
for has it so many figures as the
HaZletOn clock. The Strasburg
clocks figures are about three feet
high and the American clocks about
nine inches. Three minutes before
the hour a pipe organ inside the
clock plays an anthem. 1t has five
/ tunes. Bells are then rung, and
when the hour Is struck double-dOOrs
[ in an alcOVe open and a figure of
/ Jesus appears. DOuble-dOOrs to the
left then open, and the apostles APP
pear slowly, one by one, in process
sion. As they appear and pass Je-
SuS they turn towards him. Jesus
bows the apostles turn again and
proceed through the dOuble-doOrs in
an alcOve on the right. As Jesus
approaches, Satan looks out of a
window abOVean temptS him. Five
times the devil appears, and when
1 Peter passes, denying Christ, the
cock flaps its wings and crows. When
[ Judas appears, Satan comes down
/ from his window and follows Judas
/ out in the procession, and then goes
/ back up to his place to watch him,
appearing on both sides. As the pro
I ceSsiOn has passed, Judas and the
! three MaryS disappear, and the doors
/ are closed. This scene can be re-
/ heated seven times in an hour
/ if necessary, and the natural
1 motion of the clock produces it four
/ times an hour, whereas the StraS-
/ burg procession is made but once a
/ day, at twelve o'clock. Below the
plaza is the main dial, about thlr-
teen inches i'm diameter. TOits right
is figure of Time with an hour
! glass. Above this is a window, at
which appear figures representing
youth, manhood, and old age. TIC
the left of the dial is q skeleton rep
reSenting Death. When the hour
hand approaches the first quarter
Time revcrses his hOurglass and
7 strikes one ON a bell with his scythe
when another bell inside responds
then Childhood appears instantly
When the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
second quarter, or half hour, there
are heard the strokes of two bells
Then Youth appears, and the organ
plays q hymn. After this Time
strikes two and reverses his hour.
glass, when two bells respond in.
side. One minute afterthiSa chime
of bells is heard when q folding.
door opens in the upper porch, and
one at the right of the court, when
the SaviourcOmesw walking out. Then
the apostles appear in procession
The clock also tells of the moon,
changes, the tides, the seasons, days
and day of the month and year and
the signs of the zodiac and on toy
a soldier is constantly on guard
walking back and for ward. As the
hours advance, Manhood, Old Age
and Death take part in the pano
Misunderstanding Eagle.
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