The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-16
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The following incidents are set forth
in an old chronicle Of Village Life In
Hungary:"
1t is related how one day the beauti-
ful Elizabeth Grunblatt returned. with
out warning, TO Jauos Gothard. her be-
trothed, his ring Now it can readily
he imagined how like lightning the
news Of this event spread around the
town CT Rozsno and what a duet it
rnised.
And why not? Was Janos Gothard,
Jr., ask you, in any way pereon to
be trifled with? Tho son Of Mayor
Gothard. whose bears and forbears had
always formed powerful dynasty in
their native villagei
Nor was a girl like Elizabeth Grun-
blatt to be picked up on every rubbish
heap. She. too. came Of 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
parsonage with whom it was best to
take liberties. surely a betrothal ring is
not fit object for such pastime.
Hence great was the excitement The
people assembled in eager groups in
the squares and streets and discussed
the probable outcome Of the affair;
general opinion leaning to the belief
that the Gothard family would not &C.
cept the rebuff in silence.
Then broke in upon their disturbed
minds this second wonderful event,
which also spread like wildfire; the
tower clock had stopped that morning
at precisely the hour and the minute at
which Elizabeth Grunblatt had drawn
the ring from her fngerl 1t was exact
~ 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
ou.I
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 both They had good
reason, too, for their pride. particular
ly in the clock, for it was truly n mar
vel Of it's 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
cESed &c permit this proclamation, Int
old Senator Komives gave utterance to
this remark:
"Let us not close our ears to the
mans request, since we can be perfect
ly assured that the wonders Of our clock
will find no room in his headr'
AND such was really the case 4
whole week long he rummaged and
poked and pounded about among its
mighty wheels and hammers, its in
Vulnerable little rods and triggers. with
the result 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 alive who
understood the mechanism Of the Kozsno
clock. and that was Martin Szontagh,
its maker. and he was dumb But he
could never, in any case. have been
: induced to reveal it's secrets, eince it
was positively the only one Of its kind
in existence. In the records Of that day
1T is repeatedly set forth that in all
cases Of dispute, where the knowledge
of timo wac necessity. the law decreed
that that Of the Rozsno clock should pe
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 n cry.
like 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 breaath Of
hair. Mornings can dawn and even
ings fall for all me; remain as am
80 sure as God sees me. Ibave also shut
the cock mp away from you forever
more'
Now 10 is really worth while. I asls
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
wh,ms OF capricious girl. else why
could it not have stopped yesterday, or
Elizabeth sent back the ring tomorrowq
TO all overtures looking toward
reconciliation. the obstinate girls only
reply wac:
II would rather marry the devil
than Janos Gothardi''
Very well, Aared up the aifronted
one. II can't kand Won over to the