The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-16
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The following Incidents are set fortL
In an old chronicle Of '.Village Life In
Hungary
It Is related how one day the beauti-
ful Elizabeth Grunblatt returned. with
out warning, to Janos Gothard, her be-
trothed, his ring. Now it can readily
be- imagined how like lightning the
news Of this event spread around the
town Of Rozsno and what a dust it
raised
And why notf Was James Gothard,
Jr., ask You, in any way a person to
be triaed WITH The son of Mayor
Gothard, whose bears and forbears had
always formed powerful dynasty in
their native villagei
Nor was girl like Elizabeth Grun-
blatt to be picked up on every rubbish
heap. She, too, came Of a fine old stock,
whose ,offshoots had frequently graced
the judicial bench; nay, were old Jo-
seph Grunblatt still alive-but that is
neither here nor there.
Even If young Janos Gothard were a
parsonage with whom it was best to
take liberties, surely betrothal ring IS
not q fit object, for such pastime.
Hence great'was the excitement. The
people assembled in eager groups in
the squares and streets and discussed
tie probable outcome Of the affair; /;
genera. opinion leaning to the belief
that the q othard family would not ac-
cept the rebuff in silence.
Then broke in upon their disturbed
minds this second wonderful event,
which also spread like wildfre; the
tower clock had stopped that morning
at precisely the hour and the minute at
(which Elizabeth Grunblatt had drawn
the ring from her 6ngerl It was exact
II as though Providence had directly
interposed to arrest the hands and in
tended to hold them captive until the
full truth Of the mattsr should come
outl
Now this tower clock had always
been as great source Of pride to the
Rozsnoites as the fair fame Of their
women, and here, at one blow Of fate.
was all over with bothl They had good
reason, too, for their pride. particular
u in the clock, for it was truly a mar
Yel Of its kind. so much 80 that the fa-
NOUS Albertus Turibius had journeyed
way from Switzerland the preceding
year expressly to study its mechanism.
The wardens had not been at all in
clned to permit this PROCLAMATION, but
old Senator Komives gave utterance to
this remark:
..Let US not close our ears to the
mans request. since we can be perfect
" assured that the wonders Of cur clock
win find no room in his headl'
And such was really the case. A
whole week long he rummaged and
poked and pounded about among it's
mighty wheels and hammers. its in
Vulnerable little rods and triggers. with
The 1ssult that Saturday evening, when
he had done, he knew precisely as much
as he did Monday morning when he be-
gan.
There was but one man alice who
understood the mechaniem Of the Kozsno
clock, and that wae Martin Szontagh.
it's maker, and he was dumb But he
could never, in any case, have been
induced to reveal it's secrets, since it
was positively the only one Of its kind
in existence. In the records of that day
it is repeatedly set forth that in all
cases Of dispute, where the knowledge
Of time was necessity, the law decreed
that that Of the Rozsno clock ehould De
accepted as the standard.
The remarkable feature Of this clock
was the separating, at noon and at
midnight, Of its face into two parts, al
lowing cock to come forth, amid an
insane din Of hammers, wheels and
springs, Stimulating the while a cry,
Ike the growing Of cock, which rang
out over the silent roofs and into the
busy movement of the streets this warn.
ing:
:.Lutherans, look to yourselvesl''
Now, all at once, the mighty thing
was stilled. It was exactly as though
it were making the mute declaration:
II move not again by the breadth OF
hair. Mornings can dawn and even
ings fall for all me; ] Iremain as l am
so sure as God sees me. Ihave also shut
the cock up away from you forever
morel''
Now ie 1t really worth while, / ash
you, to endure all this on account OF a
woman? To the Rozsnoites it was an
indubitable fact that the stopping OF
the clock had directly to do with the
whims Of a capricious girl, else why
could it not have stopped yesterday, or
Elizabeth sent back the ring tomorrow ::
To all overtures looking toward a
reconciliation the obstinate girls only
reply was:
..I would rather marry the devil
than Janos Gotnardi'
every well. fared up the atfronted
one. II can't hand you over to the