The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-10-14
A CURIOUS COLLECTION.
Interesting Relies of the Oldcn Times
"A "Glassachord."

Boston Globcl
There said DR. William lloycy, of
the Bunker Hill district, pointing TO an
oldfashioncd. tall clock, that is an eight
uay clock made by Benjamin Bagncll of
Boston, some time about 1920 As far rs
tan he learned, he had made only four of
the clocks when he died and left the bust
ness TO his son Samuel Wymaus Gen
ealogies and Estates in Charlcstown' states
that Benjamin Bagncll was paid for clean.
ing clock Aug. 20, 1924 You see the
clock is running and the time is correct
| wind hcrup every Sunday morning, and.
rs far as | know she goes rs well rs She
did 100 years ago
The doctor then went into another room,
and returned with pile of books Here.
said he, us a complete set of Robert H.
Thomas Almanacs' from 1900 to the
present timt In looking through the
almanac for 1900, the reporter found the
following itcm Boston and New York
mail stage sets Off from Pcascs' Stage of.
flee, II State street, every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday at 10 o'clock in
the morning, and arrives at New York
every Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday,
II o'clock leaves New York every Mon.
day Wednesday, and Friday, II o'clock.
morning, and arrive at Boston every
Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday at -
O'Clock, noon.
Let me show you what ! call q glaSsa.
chord, said the doctor, as he lifted the
cover of what appeared TO be a mClodcon
1t contained however. glass goblcts, set in
wood, and when touched with a wet fin.
ger the goblcts gave forth sweet sounds.
This musical instrument was bought at
the sale of the old museum at the corner
of Court and Hanover streets, Boston. the
lirst museum ever in the city. The pur.
chaser was Archibald BabcOck. of Charles
ton, who also bought the musical clock.
then curiosity, hut he was so annoyed by
people coming TO sec the clock that he
sold it. believe there is only one other
glassachord in the country, and that is in
Philadelphia "
Here are my old coins, said the doe
tor. :" have one 1.Ccnt piece issued by
the United States for every wear from 1893
to 1884. | sold three 1-ccnt pieces of the
year 1893 for $40 each, and one made in
1904 brought me 500 Here is u Fcucht.
wauger cent made of nickel in 1898. and
presented TO congress for adoption in place
OF the large cent, but was rejected Here
are four 1ccnt pieces issued in 1888. one
with shield, another with large Y and
the words f Pluribus Unum, another
with a large Y and the words Five Cents.
and the fourth with large V with a
millcd edge. have IN old jackson cent
and II copper piece good for cent at
Dunn * Co.'S oyStcr.housc issued by the
firm in 1864, when change was scarce.
sold one of these pieces recently for 81.
81 have not shown you all my curosilics
yet. There is my diploma of membership
of the Mercantile library, issued in 1887,
when James 7. Fields, Daniel y. Haskell.
and E. p. Whipple were young men.
Then here are pair of whalcbonc 'swifts.
made by a sailor while in the Pacific ocean.
don't know how many years ago. Here
is II family umbrella used at the time of the
Revolutionary war This is sampler
worked by Martha Story, when She was II
years of age, al Fitchburg, in 1891 Here
is n dccanter used in Charlestown in 1882.
have also in my cellar, nicely packed,
the decantcrs and wine glasses used by
Rev. DIR. Morse, father of Morse. of tele.
graph fame, when he was pastor of the
First parish church, Charlestown. They
were sold at auction. April [ 1890