Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1906-08-08
THE SUNDlAL.
It should Be Marked For the I.ati-
tude Iva which It stands.

- ''""i" ~ h"rkeH For the Lnff-
tude In which It stands.
Ia nn old shop in lower New York a
man kecl up bis trade Of dial making
The di0ls. square. octagOnal or clrcu-
lar. are hand chased They 10 not re-
ceive high polish. end any acciden-
tal effect Of weather stain OF other
tone Of time Is carefully pres erved
II not skillfully added. These dials.
stted with the en0mon. or stylus. arc
then artfully slipped into the show
windows of uptown curiosity shops
among n selected debris Of Sheffield
platc. prism candlesticks. inlaid tea
eaddies and old blue plates.
visitor 20 one of these shops asked:
How old Is that brass Clal over there?
It's aM hand work isn't itT'
Its all hand work. said the propric-
tor. whom wc viii call Truthful James.
Il can testify % that for I know tho
man whose hands made Il. It's about
month old. n you want % know.
You're Ike lots ~ other people YOU
want nu old Scotch or English dial.
Don't YOU know 70 would be useless. II
you found H. for practical purposes 2
Excuse mo. but haven't YOU over stud
led geography md heard oC latitude7
\ dial ought % le marked out scicp-
tiically FOR the exact latitude in which
Il Is % Do Set mp So unless you strike
the s3mc parallel IN the states that tho
dial left iu England 70 VIII tel lies
from morning TN night You'd bc sur
priscd how many people pick up a dial
that strikes their fancy which perhaps
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estate. Intending Go hurry K OF 20 the
big grounds OF some place IN NIinrcso-
ta; or they'll snatch at somo quaint
dial from New England, with The idea
of rigging it up ln Texas
More people would make the same
bundor except that many haven't
caught ou % diais Too bad. Nothing
r. prottiov than q simple dial ot tie
crosSwayS of garden paths, or by
fountain or on O terrace or at the en-
trance ot porCola or near 0 rustic
seat or arbor You don't have 60 ltrc
e head gardener and two assistants 60
keep a sundial Marble platforms and
pcdcstals are very grand. but unless
you're running a big Italian Cordcn
with clipped hedges Ond ycws and
statues something simple is what you
want Tho dial VIII keep just as good
timc, once its engraved rirht. II it's
mounted on tree stump. with ivy
planted round 10. OK on a b0wldcr. or on
the copiu- 81 un old disuSoI well. or on
a column OF coblics mOrtared together
or on top Of the old hltching post that
tho family doesn't use 81 those auto
mobile days. hut doesn't want 70 root
up and throw away.
You'd lc surprised NJ the ingenuity
OF some people" said Truthful Jamc=.
who himself seemed ~ iu-cnious bcu+.
Il mean people who haven't much
money 10 spend and nrc fond OH thc.r
own old stun FOR associations sake.
They're tho ones who got effects with
piece of junk. a lump OF sentiment
and q pocket OF small change that clu't
oe bought with blank check I've
known people who used AN old MILL
stone 20 set the dial ou, or who laiI o
slab over an old stone garden urn. or
who saved the capitals from pillars on
house hc,ng torn down, or who even
riggcd up standard frou IT,, bricks
on chimney ou un old homestead rhat
had meant lot 90 them Ono family
made sort ~ -ca!rn out OF u ccolo--
collection some ancestor had formed.
Another took q flag pole for the Cnomon
and laid ont dial with pebbles in the
grass around the pole
No it doesn't require any skill 10 set
w the dial Get The noon mark for the
gnomon Oh several days. nick Il on the
slab and then set the dial I'D bed Of
ccrent. There yOu are New York
post.