The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03
Personal "reminiscences of an Old
Clock.
A STORY FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
(written for the ESr-npRIsE.l
(CoNCLUpED.l

My motive power being the weights,
for in my day spring clocks were but lit
tie known, seem to have all the respon-
sibility of my keeping pace with time,
therefore will look little to their efforts
and see how much they have contributed
toward the grand total of results. Look
ing carefully into this we find that their
daily walk for the benefit of all concern
ed, is the small number of five feet,
thirty five feet per week, in one year l.
SIG feet, 60 years 109,575 feet, 6.G4i
rods, and, in all, the great number of
twenty and three-quarter miles. OF
course you will see that if the cord were
all in one piece and had continued to
run out it would have been also twenty
andthree.q quarter miles long, plenty long
enough to supply kite string and fish
lines for all the boys of the country.
NV hands have not been Idle these
many long years as you must agree when
the proof is placed before you. Hour
hand being little slow but SURE,
always will be called upon TO give
an account of itself first. BY close
cross questioning fad tina. it
moves OF very gravely to the tune
of forty-four inches per day, and says,
although it may not be a very great dis
tance, yet by strict attention to its duty
has succeeded in going along at the rate
of about eiyhty-two rod, in twelve
months, then by applying the rule of
multiplication, l fad it has measured the
great total of fifteen and one-half miles
in sixty years, rot bad showing for
a plodding fellow, but being one of the
| many who have for his motto "slow but
sure" the results show a very favorable
record. More active is his near neigh
Dor minute-hand, having more goahea l.
| itivoness has seen much moro of the woild
than his snail like friend. Very method
| ical il this lively traveller, laying out for
| its days duty just 53S inches along the
pathway of iinne, and promptly executing
! it. But how like mountains become
the figures resulting from these calc1ia-
| tions; behold 1872 $50 inches for our
years pede .trianism, making total for
| sixty years OF II ,571, ,1S0 inches. nearly
one hundred an eighty three miles. Oa!
how my head snaps during these mental
calculations. you see my hands are busy
elsewhere, SO l must perforce use Eay
brains.
Finding these calculations and my
regular duties somewhat arduous, tried
to enlist the sympathy and assistance Of
my owner, but he replied very gruffiy that
l wolld b I'VE to depend on my own ex-
ertions in the matter, for although he
would be glad to assist, he found tha;
| sympathy was not always appreciated,
and should he m AXE en- error he would
| get only u little plain English" for his
reward, SO go on alone.
Somewhere behind the door stands a
little sentinel whose duty it is to an
nounce the hours of the day. It is there
to he heard and no. seen, not quite in
accord with some noisy children's ideas,
that of being seen and heard too much,
| Qittle t3ig Eyes" please make note).
This beautiful toned steel bell has made
many pleasant and very many disagree
able as we'll as joyous and sad announce
ments, agreeable as calls 10 dinner, or
play, &C., on the other hand, to "Come in
out OF the rain; it's most bed time" s..
| But must hasten Oh. 1t has told off
the hours at the rate of S,766 times per
year, at total of 525, $50 times in the
sixty years of my life. In order to ac-
conp.ish this the little hammer has
gently tapped aginst the side of the bell
SO very many times 1 fear you may be
incredulous about the true number, brt
can positively.assert that it has been
3,4tS, 740 times. For corroborative proof
modestly refer to ny record during the
past sixty decades, yet with all these ef-
forts neither bell nor hammer show bat
little signs of wear, no more than would
seem to be expected in ten years of coz
stant activity. Were my other internal
organs constructed of such indes;ruct-
able material, l feel that thousand years
hence would fad me still on duty.
Now comes pendulum with its tick,
tick, tick, tick, laughing gleefully and
saying "Although being the next to re-
port my contribution to your story, yet /
will show mole business than all the rest
of the concern nut together" Well, upon
looking over its claims, l am inclined 10
concede the fact that this very active
stopper has done immense things in
pedestrianism. The first claim is that it
has taken 120 steps each minute OF it,
life to this date, taking no rest day or
night, not even stopping to peep out
upon the family, although there is u lit;
tie window for that purpose, time being
too precious to be wasted in suca trivial
affairs. But become appalled, at the ar
ray of figures used 10 this problem. Ol,
why don't that cross old curmudgeOn
come over and help me. There he sits,
flourishing gold tooth-plck rs if it were
one of the commonalities of life; bat
know better, its the first one he ever
had, bat he makes no offer t. assist. So l
will have to go on alone. Well, then. l find
172, 800 steps each day, over sixty three
millions year, and 3.7S9, ,5o4. 900 steps
as the grand total for its sixty years Of
confinement at hard LABOR. Well, nov l
think that surely has business look,
showing splendid results. 81 it does,
but here spea AXIS up little pendulum aud
begs me to tell how many miles of spaces
has been measured off in all these
years, SO / 60 at it again with aching
brain, aud find still more wonderful
things to relate. and unless bring proof