Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-02-14

swHzRE DID VOC csrF THIS wATcH~
are engaged in making the above clocks
and tiae Seth TheGaes watches They
are an industrious. F.sinsIaking people.
one OF whom remarked as he came out
OF the theater after ofsr unrivzled aggre-
CATION bad Just els1sa. That Is -
Of . show This shows that the people
OF Thomaston are not only keenly dis
eliminating Ia u literary and dramatic
way. but have q ferse and virile COM
Ynand Of language which indicates the
eager and untirsng student OF profanity.
bought new watch Just before GO
ing 70 Ttiom2ston. aud so | was inter-
ested Ii the works Of the watch gen.
orally. bought M watch in New
York. but left Il To Se engraved. had
an inscription pat On it stating that it
was from admirers OF mine vino desired
thereby TO express their generous sppre-
citation OF what had done for my race.
On. Bit Is a stop watch.)
buy all my testimonials now. They
are cheaper. because know where TO
get them at ~ OF 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 he 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 n man who loved me as a
brother. I am now engaged in paying
. joint note for him. and there Is verdi
girls on the cane.
We should learn from this to say, mo.
thank You: have ore" when people APP
proach us with gifts. Gifts should DO
exchanged only between old friends. say
10 to TO years Of age. or members Of
one's family.
When got my watch from the dealer
did not know how to set it | had
never sat watch OF that kind before. It
was Waltham watch with q Crescent
street move en- il; nickel. with fifteen ruby
jewels in gold settings; ball bearings.
compensation balance to side couple, adj
justed to temperature. Isochronism and
position. patent regulator, mud valve.
with platinum dewAicker for the VIKING
whang % rest on. Bregnet hair medi-
Gated halrspring. tire glass enamel and
double sunk dial. with ofen DR.. Talmage
Lace and dimpied hands.
IL WA . good watch. with snap to it
that viii wake up lecture audience
like the shrili cry OF fire I'm hotel where
FOXY eld gentlemen do not register. But
4 could not set 1t. and hated to wait
Till the planets got around to the time it
indicated when got Il.
Ny former watch--the ono l owned
before received this testimonial-was
set by throwing II out Of gear and then
prying the hands into position by means
Of hose coupler. 50 took the new
watch To a large jewsler on Broadway.
thing and looked long time at the
price mark. which Was still on the
watch. Then he looked mp at me with
this keen. searching rubber thing and
through his clinched teeth he Missed:
Where did you get this watch
Some men would have had presence
Of mind and told him il WAS none OF his
one thing or another business. bat did
not. When Providence was making
presence Of mind my name was not
called out. 81 said got it Of Mr.. So
and-so.
well. you will have to get another
In few weeks Heres the watch you
ought to have II you don't want to look
like jay.
Then took my poor little timepiece
from hss hand aud stole out to another
place. larger place. aud hung around
there t1msdly al noticed the diamond
detective pointing me out to the sapphire
fstsctivc
now decided to ask the owner about
my watch lie issked quickly at a
printed list Of valuable watches that
have Deen recently stslen IN New York
city and then ~ compared the numbers
with nine
Where did you get tgais wstchg- he
aid coidiy. shaking il ~ II 10 make il
60 instead Of s&ylag that received ii
from friends ss a testimonial. I forgot
and told him where got it. for feared
bs shoughs had 90 i dishonesty.
well. you had better take IL back
th>re and get them to give you few
seusons m how 70 ssa watch This Is
- klndexxzxtsn ksss. especially for
cwners Of that cls<s II watch. Heres
the wssch pea want Il ysu don't want
10 aepsaa en- the ~ o'eloek whistle
svWy dsy."
fuxf - be was rec x the inscription
1sfch~t my wsssA away from him
and w@.s sus
Il vii 20 up TO ~. Tszny's place.
said Fla ksoxs ma bay all mY
icwesrf there fEs ~aif act snsalt me
"4r Tiffany said. - | went II
and haads~i hins nsr vrs ssnbrella Walls
! unbasten@d ny eest and got ouf ns
watch. do rsa ssaa lsckiss ~ wsteh
shsx | dii naf bay - yesf vii II
hcaest VITA yea u ssz ans that
buxht ~t<A the non<g tfst ny wifs
eaxnsd sas<aias skEs<si th.s water. 80