Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-11-20
4 WONDERFUL CLOCK.
The Curious Machine that am Altoona
han has been Working for Seven
teen Years.

The Curious Machine that am Altoona
man has been Working ON for Seven
teen Years.
For The past seventeen years gentle
man oi tins city has been engaged in the
construction of n curious clock which he
expects To have completed by the first Of
january next. A representative of the
CdH accidentally came across II the other
day and was kindly given the following
description Of IL by the inventor who ex-
acted promise that bis name should
not be given 10 the public at the present
time:
IL consists OF sixty-fiyc automatic fig
ures and workmen. The base represents
IA bill Of stone upon which IL large
structure. To the left il beer garden
with beer on draught which one figure
occasionally draws and passes to oanother
near by.
Two more figures, lady and gentle
man, are seated beneath tree in the at
iitudc Of lovers. The lady H. reading and
ht intervals turns her head toward her
companion rs If for his approval.
no next representation Is Of AN old
fashioned linsecd-oil mill. Here are
workmen engaged in tie various iarta Of
the business One carries Il large vessel
and cmpties it into the hogpcrs 10 be
pressed by the stampers On the outside
Is carpenter, hatchet in hand. who as-
cends ladder in a perfectly natural
manner, stopping when half way up, ns
/ ~ ~ look over tie mil! 10 see that all il
right.
Adjoining this H. n blacksmith shop.
In the background Of which are work
men heating iron, who change the piece
after al l0wingi to heat. A man il also
/ engaged rhOeing "A horse and strikes
J his hrtt blows gfuisy; he gradually in
crea-f- them until the last il n strong one.
calculated to drive the mai home. An.
other j. at the anvil and occasionally
rests wnen Ills wife brings him some re-
/ fre~hments.
\ fountain plays near by and in
small summer house where a professor j.
reading ana when he becomes excited
over some passage, raises liis hand and
{ brings IL down upon tho page in an cx-
cited and emphatic manner Below j. a
workman engaged In splitting stone. He
stTike- repeated blows upon wedge
unit the stone cracks. falls away. and
( then replaces itself Above the black.
smith shop j. a saw mill where "A log IL
I being sawed When the end il reached
the boards arc taken away and the hune
replaced.
+ still above this j. a shoe factory where
hali dozon men and women are engaged
IN the different duties requisite for the
manufacture of she's One is waxing,
another cutting out. another pegging.
another sewing and Eil.l another bcyel-
ing.
Over the linseed mill is the gri.tmill.
+ In front IL a miller dressing a.Ftonc; an
other comes out of the room and emptieg
a large vessel into tic hopper. As the
+ flour Is ground and the bags accumulate
q man carries them away A large clc-
\ vatur bucket carries up the wheat and
( dumps it into y bin. making but one as
+ cent 10 the before mentioned mans two.
Z To the lc0 is a dwelling house. in the
F kitchen servant j. AT work. who passes
about inside and out 10 attend 20 her du-
. ties. Upon The top iE the resi- .encc Of
tho owner Of the respective mills. Here
! visitors occasionally call. with whom the
4 mistress shakes hands and talks about
/ her ncighbors. The clock proper crowns
/ the structure. II is in all about five feet
+ in length and four feet high. Each figure
has a different motion, and some have
/ two motions. requiring very complex
machinery 10 run the whole Two
( buckets Of water furnish an unending
supply of power. rs II is used over and
over again. The saw and grist mill are
run by this water falling on an oyer-shot
wheel. Thence the water falls on another
wheel which runs the linseed mill. The
water and all is kept in motion by an
4 q ighty-ninc aUt oue-half ound weight.
T II is truly - K Of art. and over seven
4 teen years wtta occupied in its constrnc-
tion.-Ah0oHa (Fd.) Call.