The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
AILMENT or THE CLOCKS.
secre, b, which . Yankee Out Of work
Made an Eas, LIVING.

A man employed n n filter Of parts or
hnisher Of clock movements In a Connect
cut clock factory received notice some
years ago that the entire plant would. on
n stated dav. CLOSE it, doors FOR an Indefinite
p.riod. owing 20 the business depression
then prevailing Throughout tho country.
on the appointed day he and tho other
hands left their benches For tho first
week or 80 idlenc-s -Nsmei ~ him liks
a needed vacation, but, a. tho DAYS rollsI
by without any prospect ~ a resumption
~ work he had 20 consider how he was going
TO earn hi living
Ploughing ar driving a truck team was
! out Of the question with him and he finally
decide 10 ~ up a wagon and driv" about
! IA" country lingering clock- Accordingly
a ligh, ng wa secured and fitted out with
queer looking hammers duck billed pincers
and what NOT, then Ia CIV. an imposing air
10 the outfit he added a mi-c,lla neou4
assortment ~ extra parts Of clocks. such
a. dial-. pointers. verge-. clock springs,
Nc. Most important Of all was the ingenuity
ana good na,ure Of a iankee which he sup
piled himself
Driving lsisurel v along over the countrv
70 ads he would pick out a house. alight,
hitch his horse 20 a ospitable post and
saunter In. something a. a near relative
would 10.
Got any sick clocks here. MADAME
This styla OF introduction generally
sucCscied and disabled timepieCrs were
brought to light.
What's the matter with the clock. any
way he would say a. he examined a clock.
Then the whole story ~ it, rs" and fall
would follow
Been prying into tho cogs with IN.
handle ~ a feather duster7'
No, sir nothing Of tho kind
Has n ever To- your certain knowledge
unlooSed its"lf from it, moorings and
fallen to the hopr'"
No, indeed, nothing Of the kind, it simply
petsred out, that's al
Too had and a duubtful shake of tho
head would iudiCai" that the attending
physician con-idorsi VA" Ca-' quit" ~'rl-
ou-. Well lac would g on 4 have
M emergency wagon wi'h M" and | am
lahoring under 10" impression that II the
case j. placed Ia my hands NJ once tho
afflicted one may bo restored to robust
health
His services boing rrtsinci he would
lay out on the dining room table IN an Inn
posing manner th" extra PARTS, the quecr-
looking hamm"rS ana the duck billed /
pinccrS. He would also bring in but would
not make ~Cuuspicuuu- an ~,.Cianted can
containing a mage fult EvSrvihing being
ready the haud> AMI tacr we're removed
nT~t, Then Cuii1'' Wv isfillun f.Naiuina-
ton 81 the interior vas usually followed
by tho sam" procedure The springS were
wound To- Their fullest extent and the move
ment vas taken from IT, accustomed piacs
and s"t upon VA" work table Then with a
deXterpu- movement OF the clOCk-tinkpr's 4
fngers the small verge that held in cheek
the power Of IN" spring bv locking into
the teeth ~ the crown wheel NJ the apex
Of The tram, was Slipped from the small
wire that kept Il In place and away went
4 la 0nftFa fraln gntnnnnn Lilo nal
slight pressure 81 thc foretinger against
tine swiftly revolving verge or crown wheel
would act A. n coaster brake and the train
would II" brought to n standsti!l The
cover Ia the enchanted can was quickly
removed and IN" metal movement VAS
20 link To- the bottom 81 the magic
finid contained therein thus giving the
movement "A ChanCa ~
IN the fluid until Il was completely
nwuund
when the whc-is had ceased 20 spin
The clock tinker would take the NOV smeut
,ut ami ruh II dry The next step VA l.,
II, which was done hv placing
ouc-haf OF q EiCkory-nut meat hsiNprn
he Jaws Of the duck -biil,d pinc-r~ and
with a hrm Erip pressing out the oil, which,
the agency 81 n broom sphnt.
conveyed g. th" hearing 81 every pin
Ilu up, n verge wa rut hack on the
it'l" sir" and booked into tho crpwn-wh.-l
mon, III" ~pringN newly wound ant
n" Commissioning patient wa~ well on To"
-oad 4" recovery. The movement, was
srt back h. IT, own place. the Pendulum
1~i and hall carefully adjusted. the face
hands r'~t"rSd, and again the r.curirr
y minutes ~ns on the she'll. going tick.
ock, tlck-tock
Now Mr. Hackuan. that sounds home
ik. what's Nour hiils-
We'll. Tor chronic eases like this our
-. IL usually 81 and hc said ar-rwart
lac money cam" ike finding n
Nhcu hnslI' vas a. it. bcSi he ~
'eiV'd Wori TIA tr factory would soon
tar M IN nh t'nr ard hs services would
- r,~r Il q" mas" more clicks for future
tinker To trctor up.
la later yraf- u" explained III" trick n.
olloW~ II ~s+,Ws thai ia D.' of every ten
'Aiky cl'cks are af'ic'ssI vii the same
il-nnt"r. slmmy duty piHions. and instead
y taxing ~" whole movement Anar' ~.
20" verc' N and allovSl to MOVE
n''n' io run doSn n o uau 80 oommpn stove
,s~sl"ne Ito" run would JvmoNo iheoh. 81
hsi hau culh~fei dlsf AM hnt ia au eNt,u,
hat stoIF-si 40" ck~k. ~. urv.ly ~ I4t.
cl"an-si t~hstr-iV"s ami WHEN tho
noV-neu' ~ss taken from tie hluil u NAs
= running ordcr AGAIN