Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-11-06
Wonderful Clock.

For the past seventeen years gentle
man of this city has been engaged in the
construction of a curious clock which he
| expects to have completed by the first of
January next. A representative of the
| Gail accidentally came across it the other
day and was kindly given the following
description of it by the inventor, who ex-
acted a promise that his name should not
| be given to the public at the present time:
1t consists of sixty-five automatic fig
ures and wOrkmen. The base represents
a hill of stone upon which is a large
structure. To the left is a beer garden
with beer on draught, which one figure
occasionally draws and passes to another
near by.
Two more figures, Il lady and gentle
man, are seated beneath a tree in the atti-
tude of lovers. The lady is reading and
at intervals turns her head toward her
companion as if for his approval.
The next representation is of an old
fashioned linseed-oil mill. Here are
workmen engaged in the various parts
of the business. One carries a large YES
sci and empties it into the hoppers to be
pressed by the stampers. On the outside
| is a carpenter, Ratchet in hand, who as
| cends ladder in a perfectly natural
! manner, stopping when half way up, as
| if to look over the mill to see that all is
right.
| Adjoining this is blacksmith shop, in
| the background of which are Workmen
| beating iron, who change the piece after
allowing it to heat. A man is also en-
gagged in shoeing horse and strikes his
first blows gently he gradually increases
them until the last is "A strong one, calcu-
lated to drive the nail home. Another is
at the anvil aud occasionally vests when his
wife brings him some refreshments.
A fountain plays near by and in small
summer-hOuse a professor is reading
aud. when he becomes excited over some
|
down upon the page in an excited anC
lnphatic manner. Below is a workman
engaged in splitting stone. He strike
2 repeated blows upon wedge until tn
l stone cracks, falls away, and than re-
places itself. Above the blacksmith shol
is a saw mill, where a log is being sawed
When the end is reached the boards takel
away and the fiume replaced.
Still above this is a shoe factory, wher
a half dozen men and women are engag
. ed in the several duties requisite for til
manufacture of shoes. One is waxing
another cutting out, another pegging
: another sewing and still another bevel
=, ing.
c Over the linseed mill is the grist mil
In front is miller dressing a stone; al
other comes out of the room and emptie
a large vessel into the hopper. As tn
- -four is ground and the bags accumulate
n "A man carries them away. A large elt
NdlOI DuChSb GdIl iCS u u GIlC w tlCdb ali
dumps it into bin, making but one a;
le cent to the before mentioned mans tive
To the left is a dwelling house; in tn
kitchen Il servant is at work, who passt
about, inside and out to attend to her du
ties. Upon the top is the residence
is the respective mills. Here visitors occa
h. iOnally call and with whom the mistre!
shakes hands and talks about her neigh
bors. The. clock proper crowns til
whole structure. 1t is in all about fly
feet in length and four feet high. Fac
rs figure has a different motion, and son
e have two motions, requiring very con
plex machinery to run the whole. TW
IL buckets of water furnish an unendiT
he supply of power, as it is used over and ov
IL again. The saw and grist mill are IT
by this water falling on an Oyersh
. wheel. Thence the water falls on al
81 other wheel which runs the Hnseed mil
The water and all is kept in motion
ed S94 pounds weight. 1t is truly wO
,,r of art, and over seventeen years we
occupied in its construction.-Altos
(Pa.) Call.