The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-14
BILLNYEO ON WATCHES
He Buys Himself Brand-New
Memorial Timepiece.
MUsIc-Box OIL HARD TO GET.
A Pathetic Conversation Overheard In
Hotel-The Dry, Quick Cough
and the woman's Sob.
Copyright, 1892, by Edgar W. Nye.,


THoMAsToS, Conn, Feb. ESPECIAL
Correspondence. This is where the Seth
Thomas clocks are made. 1t is city of
4,0U people, most of whom are engaged in
making the above clocks and the Seth
Thomas watches. They are an indus
trious, painstaking people, one of whom
remarked as he. came out of the theater
after our unrivaled aggregation had just
closed, That is - of a show!' This
shows that the people of Thomaston are
not only keeniy discriminating in a literary
and dramatic way, but have a terse and
viriie command of language, which indi-
Gates the eager and untiring student of
profanity.
L bought new watch just before going
to Thomaston, and so | was interested in
the works of the watch generally.
bought my watch in New York, but left il
to be engraved. | had an inscription put
on it stating that it was from admirers of
mine who desired thereby to express their
generous appreciation of what l had done
for my race. On. Bit is stop watch
buy all my testimonials now They
are cheaper, because / know where to get
them at 40 off and avoid having cake and
ice cream trodden of men into the carpet.
1 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.
once received lovely gold-headed
cane from a man who loved me as a
brother. | am now engaged in paying a
joint note for him, and there is verdigris
on the cane.
We should learn from this to say, "No,
thank you; have one" when people APP
proach us with gifts. Gifts should be ex-
changed only between old friends, say 20
to 10 years of age, or members of ones
family.
When | got my watch from the dealer
did not know how to set it. / had never
sat watch of that kind before. 1t was a
Waltham watch with Crescent street
move on it; Nickel with fifteen ruby Jew
els in gold settings; ball bearings, COM
pensation balance to side couple, adjusted
to temperature, isochronism and position,
patent regulator, mud valve, with platinum
dewfiickeI for the Wiling whang to rest on,
Bregnet hair medicated hairspring, fine
glass enamel and double sunk dial, with
open DR.. Talmage face and dimpled hands.
1t was good watch, with 4 snap to it
that will wake up a lecture audience like
the shrill cry of fire IN a hotel where foxy
old gentlemen do not register. But |
could not set it, and hated to wait until
the planets got around to the time it indi-
Gated when | got it.
Ny former watch-the one / owned be-
fore | received this testimonIal--was set
by throwing it out of gear and then pry-
ing the hands into position by means of a
hose coupler. SO | took the new watch to
a large jeweler on Broadway. He i'm
mersed 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 q
few weeks. Here's the watch you ought
to have if you don't want to look like q
jay.
Then I took my poor little timepiece
from his hand and stole out to another
place. a larger place, and hung around
there timidly until | 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 he compared the numbers with
mine.
Where did you get this watch?' he
said coldly, shaking it as if to make it go.
Instead of saying that / received it from
friends as testimonial. | forgot and told
him where I got it, for feared he thought
had got it dishonesty.
well, you had better take it back there
and get them to give you a few lessons in
how to run a watch. This is is no kinder
garten here, especially for owners of that
class of watch. Here's the watch you
want if you don't want to depend on the
L o'clock whistle every day"
Just as he was reading the inscription |
snatched my watch away from him and
went out.
u will go up to Mr.. Tiiany's place"
said. "He knows me. | buy all my
jewelry there. He will not Insult me-"
Mr.. Tiffany said. as | went in and