The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-06-11
GRANDFATHER CLOCKS.

GRANDFATHER CLOCKS.
A Modernized Article OF the Old style
Time Piece New In Vogue.
What has become Of the very big and
old grandfather clocks?' asked report
or OF leading jeweler.
well. there are still many of them
lingering behind as relics"
do you keep in stock any such clocks
nowadays?'
mo. but we sell some very large
clocks, built, however, on a different
plan. The grandfather tims-piece was
antique in its every makeup. Tall.
stately and almost reverential in appear
ance. the old clocks of our grandparents
have given place to the generally far
more attractive designs which now find
their place in the cheerful appearing
homes of our citizens. There's a very
pronounced tendency towards all sorts
of unique designs-the odder the better.
People don't like the old-timers. I'M
less it is as relics: and they are too
bothersome and expensive if it is de-
sired to keep them in running order
We have q number of customers who
still cling to their beloved old clocks,
but something is always wrong and re-
pairs are continually necessary. We
have two or three old-timers in the store
now for repairs. but the owners would
sell them quick if would-be buyer
should turn up. They are not so diff
cult to get possession of as many think"
New works can be put in thcm?"
Certainly. but the charm of the old
relics would then be in a degree lost. A
relic is relic, and any undermining de-
stroys it's value.
MANY styles of clocks are popular.
There's the onxy-a low. solidly-built
clock. very favorably received but very
costly. some selling for $40 and higher
Marble clocks, those that are rather
small and worth SIS, sell very readily
among certain class Of people. Wooden
clocks don't sell so we'll They former
ly were just the thing. but times have
changed and people don't like them as
a rule. A rather ordinary wooden clock
brings about SIS. some selling for $40 or
Sis. Marbleized iron time pieces are
quite popular. They are Jet black,
and built on the same plan as the ordi-
nary marble or onyx clock. They fire.
quently sell for SIS or $50. Brass clocks
of unique design are also popular.
Here's new one-in the form of pad
lock and key. the lock part forming tho
clock proper while the key part is made
into neatly devised thermometer. All
sorts of figures, animals, towers and
houses Of antique designs are initiated
in the popular brass clocks of the day.
Lever clocks in all these designs are
we'll thought of. A lever clock is one
that is constructed on the same princi-
pie as a watch-without pendulum.
These clocks are of all shapes, octagons.
heptagons-in short, angular figures Of
various shapes being principally made.
Then there are cottage clocks, the
Gothic, Tudor, Spartan and numerous
other designs, which take name from
some historical parsonage or country.
French clocks are of peculiar design and
are generally made of polished metal
this latter characteristic is their distin-
gushing one. A great many of them
are sold. Here's something rather new;
this watch? 1t keeps time according to
the a4-hour system-that is, the face of
the watch indicates "a hours, instead of
IL as all ordinary ones do. We don't
sell time-pieces Of that descriptions;
simply keep them as curiosities. Up in
Canada. however, such watches and
clocks are used quite a great deal. Many
railroads, I believe, use such system
of keeping time. Here's . very popular
kind of clock. 1t has, one might say,
taken the place of the grandfather
clock. You see it is very tall. They are
called antique hall clocks and are really
beautiful and striking pieces Of furni-
ture, some of them being 10 feet high.
They are made of oak and mahogany
wood. finished with antique brass trim
mings, gold tippings and so on. The
wood work is finely carved usually.
They are worth commonly from 500 to
$500 and upwards. These are provided
with cathedral gongs and strike the
half hours" -Cincinnati Times-Star.