The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-16

"wHKEE DID YOU GET THIS WATCH"
are engaged III making the above clock
and the Seth Thomas watches. They
are an industrious painstaking people
one of whom remarked as he came out
of the theater after our unrivaled aggre
cation mad Just closed That Is -
OF shown This shows that the people
Of Thomaston are not only keenly dis
eliminating IN literary and dramatic
| way but have q terSe and vTrile com
mand of language which indicates the
eager and untirlng student of profanity.
bought a new watch just before go
ing TO Thomaston, and so [ was inter
! ested In the works of the watch gen.
! orally. | bought my watch In New
York, but left It TO be engraved. l had
an inscription put on it stating that If
was from admirers of mine who desired
thereby to express thelr. generous appre-
cation OF what had done for my race.
! IN. Bit Is a stop watch.)
buy all my testimonials now. They
are cheaper, because 1 know where to
| get them at 40 off and avoid having
cake and ice cream trodden of men into
the carpet. am getting together my
tin wedding presents this winter, and
you would be surprised to see how low
am getting them. Testimonials really
come higher than anything else unless
you buy them yourself.
1 once received a lovely gold headed
cane from a man who loved me as a
brother 1 am now engaged In paying
JOINT note for him. and there is verdi
grls on the cane.
We should learn from this to say, "No,
thank you; | have one" when people sp-
proach us with gifts. Gifts should be
exchanged only between old friends, say
70 70 40 years OF age, or members Of
ones family.
When 1 got my watch from the dealsr
j did not know how to set it. 1 had
never sat watch of that kind before. 1t
was Waltham watch with Crescent
street move on lt; nickel. with fifteen ruby
jewels IN gold settings; bail bearings,
compensation balance to side couple, adj
Justed to temperature lsochronlsm and
position, patent regulator, mud valve,
with platinum dewt1lcker for the VIKING
whang to rest on. Bregnet hair medi
Gated handspring, fine glass enamel and
double sunk dial, with open DR.. Talmage
face and dlmpled hands.
1t was good watch, with snap to it
that will wake up a lecture audience
like the shrill cry of fire In hotel where
foxy old gentlemen do not register. But
1 could not set it, and hated to wait
till the planets got around to the time it
indicated when 1 got 1t.
My former watch-the one l owned
before / received this testimonial-was
set by throwing it out of gear and then
prying the hands into position by means
OF a hose coupler So | took the new
watch to a large jeweler on Broadway.
de immersed his eye in a long rubber
thing and looked long time at the
price mark, which was still on the
watch. Then he looked up at me with
this keen, searching rubber thing and
through his clinched teeth he Kissed:
Where did you get this watch?"
Some men would have had presence
of mind and told him It was none of his
one thing or another business, but did
not When Providence was making
presence of mind my name was not
called out. So said got it of Mr.. So
and-so.
Well, you will have to get another
in few weeks. Here's the watch you
ought to have If you don't want to look
like jay
Then took my poor little timepiece
from his hand and stole cut to another
place, larger place. and hung around
there umidly till noticed the diamond
detective pointing me out to the sapphire
detective
now decided TO ask the owner about
my watch. He looked quickly at a
printed list OF valuable watches that
have been recently stolen In New York
city and then be compared the numbers
with mine
Where cid you get this watchy' he
said coidly, shaking II as if TO make it
so, Instead OF saying that received it
from friends as testimonial, | forgot
and told MIN where got 1t. for feared
BE thought | mad got it dishonesty.
We'll. you had better take 1t back
there and get them TO give YOU a few
lessons IN bow 20 run a watch. This is
no kindergarten here, especially for
owners of that class OF watch Here's
the watch you want if you don't want
10 depend on the II o'clock whistle
every day-
Just a. be was reading the inscription
| snatched my watch away from him
and went out.
Il Will 70 up TO Mr.. TifTany's place.
l said. lie knows me. buy all my
Iewelry there. He Will not insult me.
Mr.. Tiffany 1 said, as | went in
and handed HIM my wet umbrella while
unbuttoned my coat and got out my
watch, do YOU mind looking at a watch
that | did not buy Of you? will be
honest with you It was one that
bought with the money that my wife
earned teaching school this winter. and
| have had an inscription put on it stat
ing that II is from admiring friends, but
as matter Of fact l have no adrniring
friends, Most of them are onto me- !