Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-12-15
A Human Time Piece.
A LIVING CLOCK ON BOYS BODY.

The Editor of the Lafayette, Ind. J
"Co ur ier." in his paper last week thus de-
scribes visit to the most remarkable
phenomena of the age, residing in the vii
lage of Grand Prairie, near there-a boy
f., no is human cl. ok. He went there in
company with Thurst. Chr stian, Ger
man who knew the family of the pheno1n-
eua before they came to America. The
account says:
Arriving at our destination, neat little
farm cottage. abuu. half past 6 and enter
Ing the parlOr We were introduced TO a
middle aged German lady by the name of
Mrs. Martha Grossfelt, a widow with two
children-one girl of perhaps fifteen or
sixteen, and The other by of about eight
or nine years. They are just over from
the fatherland The mother, an indus
rious WON with a little means Of her
own, has rented Is small farm. which she IS
cultiv2ting with the help II her daughter
| ard hired man. Thurst's friend, a
farmer by the name of Crinley or Grind
ley, beckoned to the boy, whom he ad-
dressed as Fritz. and said something to
| him in German. The urchn, bright
eyed, flaxen haired, iut eiigent-looking lit
tie Teuton, approached as smilingl,, re-
| mov,d wide belt, probably ten inches
wide. from about his waist. and revealed
to our astonished gaze the strangest sight
we ever beheld.
| On the cuticIe above the stomach was
| pictured, as beautifully as if done py tho
hand of a master, the perfect representa-
tion of a clock. Over the dial, which was
, almost white were the figures and marks.
| in dull and distinct red, which divided
i the hours and minutes. The hour and
| minute hands. the second hand and its d-
vislnna. were plainly depicted; as also the
pendulum and fr4me-wOrk-this latter ia
| ding at the edges into the natural tint of
the body. Az the top of the clock was
| thu miniature representation OF Swiss
cottage, with closed double doors. Tue
whole representation occupied the space
of perhaps eight inches square. Them
wonderful part of it all. h ,wevsr has not
vet been told-the clock Uas SUDDENLY run
'langl The mystic hands were moving,
but marked a quarter to tw I've when it
was not quite seven by our time. The
pendulum WAS swinging slowly back and
forth, aid we even fancied we could hear
the smotheled tick! tick! of the mocha
nlsrn. The hands wept steadily on until
they marked five minutes of twelve. when
We We're sure we beard faint "clickH'
When the hands pointed the hour of
noon, the double doors of the Swiss cot
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