The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01
FILL NYE HAS A WATCH. 1T IS
A BRAN NEW MEMORIAL
TIMEPIECE.
And He Says He Bought 1t Himself-The
Pleasures and Vicissitudes that
Came From it's Possession.

Pleasures and Vicissitudes that
Came From its Possession.
Not EUeTy Man Has the Nerve to Keep
HIS Watch Repaired, but William
Tried H-A Pathetic Moral.
copyright, 1892, by Edgar w. Nye.1
THoMAsToN, Conn, February.-This
is where the Seth Thomas clocks are
made. 1t is a city of 1000 people,
most of whom are engaged in making
the above clocks and the Seth Thomas
watches. These are Industrious, pains
taking people, one of whom remarked
as he came out of the theater after our
~unrIvaled aggregation had just closed,
That is a-show." This shows
thai the people of Thomaston are not
only keenly discriminating in a literary
and dramatic way, but have a terse
and verile command of language which
Indicate the eager and untiring student
of profanity.
L bought a new watch just before
going to Thomaston, and so 1 was
interested in the works of the watch
generally. bought my watch in New
York, butleft it to be engraved. Ihad
an inscription put on it stating that it
was from admirers of mine who de-
sired thereby to express their generous
appreciation of what I had done for
my race. IN. BIT is a stop watch.)
Ibuy 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. lam getting together
my tin wedding presents this winter,
and you would be surprised to see how
low 1 am getting them. Testimonials
really come higher than anything else
unless your buy them yourself.
IOnce received a lovely gold headed
cane from a man who loved me as a
brother. 1 am now engaged in paying
a joint note for him, and there is verdi
girls on the cane.
We should learn from this to say,
mo, thank you; I have one," when
people approach us with gifts. Gifts
should be exchanged only between old
friends, say 70 to 40 years of age, or
members of ones family.
When I got my watch from the
dealer l did not know how to set it. l
had never set a watch of that kind
before. 1t was a Waltham watch with
a Crescent street move on it; nickel,
with fifteen ruby jewels in gold set
tings; ball bearings, compensation bal
ance to side couple, adjusted to tenn
TperaCure. l0chrOnlsm and position,
patent regulator, mud valve, with
platinum dwficker for the VIKING
whang to rst on, Bragnet heir medi-
Gated hairpring, fine glass enamel
and double sunk dial, with open DR..
Talmage face and dimpled hands.
1t was egood watch, with a 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 1 could not see it, and
1 hated to wait till the planets got
around to the time it indicated when 1
got it.
My former watch-the one l owned
before I 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 I took
the NEW watch to a large jeweler on
Broadway. He immersed his eye in
a lo4lg rubber thing and looked a long
tim9 at the price mark, which was
stil4 on the watch. Then he looked up
at 4he with this keen, searching rubber
thing and through his clinched tech he
hiBsed:
f"Where did you get this watchG"
iSome one would heve had presence
of mind and told him it was none OF
his one thing or another business, but
Il did not. When Providence was max
ing presence of mind my name was not
called out. So I said I got it of Mr..
h So-and-so.
r. "Well, you will have to get another
i16 a few weeks. Here's the watch you
o'hght to have if you don't want to look
like @jay."
FhenN took my poor little timepiece
from hi5 hand and stole out to another
place, a larger place, and hung around
there timidAy till I noticed the diamond
detective pointing me out to the
sapphire detecAive,
I now decided to ask the owner
about my watch!N He looked quickly
at a printed list OF valuable watches
that have been recently stolen in New