The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-10-07
A CURIOUS COLLECTION,
Interesting Relies of the Olden Times
"A "Glassachord."


"ThCrcl' said DIR. William Hovey, of
the Bunker Hill district, pointing to an
oldfashioned tall clock "that is an eight.
day clock made by Benjamin Bagnell, of
Boston. some time about 1870 As far as
can be learned he had made only four of
the clocks when he died and left the bust
ness to his son Samuel Wyman's Gen
ealogies and Estates in Charlcslown' states
that Benjamin Bagncll was paid for clean
ing clock Aug. %, 1924 You sec the
clock is running and the time is correct.
| wind her up every Sunday morning, and
Tvs far as | know, she goes MS well as she
did 100 years ago.
The doctor then went into another ROOM
and returned with pile of books Here,
said he us complete set of Robert IT,
Thomas Almanacs from 1900 TO the
present time. In looking through the
almanac for 1880, the reporter found the
following item: Boston and New York
mail stage sets off from Peoscs' stage of
flee, Il State street, every Monday
Wednesday, and Friday at 10 o'clock in
the morning, and arrives ut 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 'glassa-
chord, said the doctor, MS he lifted the
cover of what appeared to he mclodeon.
1t contained. however, glass gobletS set in
wood, and when touched with n wet fin
ger the goblets 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
first museum ever in the city The pur-
chaser was Archibald BabcoCk, of Charles
ton who also bought the musical clock.
then n curiosity, but he was so annoyed by
people coming TO see the clock that he
sold il. | believe there is only one other
'glassachord' in the country and that is in
Philadelphia.
Here are my old coins" said the doc.
tor. IL have one 1-cent piece issued by
the United States for every year from 1913
TO 1884. | sold three 1-ccnt pieces of the
year lob for $40 each, and one made in
1904 brought me 500 Here is 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 5.cent pieces issued in 1888, one
with shield, another with large V and
the words L Pluribus Unum. another
with large V and the words Five Cents.
and the fourth with II large V with
milled edge have an old jackson cent
and n copper piece good for cent at
Dunn " Co. S oystcr-housc issued by the
firm in 1854 when change was scarce |
sold one of these pieces recently for 81.
% have not shown youall my curiosities
yet. There is my diploma of membership
of the Mercantile library, issued in 1887,
when James r. Fields, Daniel n. Haskell.
and b. p. Whipple were young men.
Then here are apair Of whalcbonc swifts,
made by sailor while in the Pacific ocean,
don't know how many years ago Here
Is a family umbrella used at the time of the
Revolutionary war This is sampler
worked by Martha Story, when she was II
years of age at Fitchburg, in 1907. Here
is Il dccantcr used in Charlcstown in 1882.
have also in my cellar, nicely packed,
the decanters 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 /, 1920"