The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-10

had grown tall and grave. and did ;hoIr
''dree' by the help Of the much prized
watch: when II had registered FOR glad
parents the birth hour Of the new lives
entrusted 10 their charge, or slgnaIe1 tho
moment appointed for farewells 10 mart
ing friends. or at the last hour TO diving
eyes that looked dimly upon IL, the faith
full little trinket suffered a chang. too
and after many vicissltudes, lay I'm its
faded red kid box, spent with long SER
vice, silent as a sphinx, without either
minute hand or crystal, antiquated but
daintily pretty still, and the sight Of its
faithful face never failed to bring back
the odor and bloom Of those by-gone
days that will cling round my heart for
ever"
Ward Nc Alnster the leader Of New
Yorks 900 said: My early recoIectious
OF first watch are not worth giving 10
the world, as until 1 reached London.
in 1898, II took no note OF time" Tnen
l paid Starr 4 Mortimer Of Bond street.
fj0 for the watch / now carry. Thinking
that my watch would last my lifetime,
was grieved TO learn at Tinany's That
no watch lasted over IS years.
John J ingalls,: rs a time-keeper It's
habits were eccentric in the extreme. It's
vagaries could not be estimated nor com
puted. 1t had no regular rate of raining
or losing. and the only sure thing about
it was the certainty that it would be nj
ways wrong
Passing along the street one April morn
ing, 1 stopped 10 pick something from the
sidewalk Ny watch fell from my waist
coat pocket struck on the granite curling.
cOmminuting the crystal and dismouut-
ing all three hands. which i recovered
from the creyices Of the pavement 40
my surprise il was not stopped by the
shock. l took II TO the jeweler, who re-
placed the hands and inserted O. new rrys-
tai feared that It was irretrievably
ruined, but, strangely enough, from that
hour its vagrancy ceased and f. Kept
very good time for many years after
wards Although this accident resulted
50 favorably, the data are not sufficient
to warrant the generalization that the
surest way 20 reclaim an erring watch
is to drop It on a stone pavement
General T.. Kirby Smith since dead re-
piled: DO you seek an acquaintance with
my watchY-an old, true and faithful
friend that has been at my side. ever
ready 10 correctly counsel and advice,
since 1888. when / became its much bene-
fitted possessor, by purchase. on the front
iers OF Texas.
It is an American watch. with q heavy
gold case II has followed me through
Indian campaigns and through the civil
war, and is still the same faithful, honest
and correct recorder OF time and of the
feeting moments as they such minute
pass beyond the power Of recall.
General Fitz Lee said: The first watch
ever owned was brought over from
Paris by a first cousin Of mine, ana
presented TO me when / was cadet %
West Point.
II was a large. thin. fiat watch, with
gold back, perfectly plain and smooth.
l wore it as young officer in the United
States Army
Bob Ingersol said: ! do not remember
my first watch though ] certainty had
a first one; and ] cannot tell whether u
was good. bad or indifferent-but / pre-
sumo # was bad. Forty years ago q
watch was not a necessity; now It IS
without a watch you lose the train; md
losing many trains consecutiyely invites
Generalization.