The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-12
A REMARKABLE CLOCK.
It Fortells Deaths Coming and Always
 Tolls the Fatal Hour.

Huntington (Tenn.) Cor. Nashville Amer
 ican.
 An interesting story has just been re- lated to the American representative which borders a little on thePsensatonaI, but the truthfulness of which cannot be doubted, as 1t comes from people whose veracity cannot be questioned.
 Stored away in a dusty attic at the home of Dr. w. T. Porch, the oldest and most prominent physician of Bakerville, in Humphreys county, is an old fash toned Seth Thomas clock. Dust covered and time worn this old clock many years ago refused to further record the fleet ing hours, and was stored away in the attic with cast-of plunder. Dr. Porch is quite aged, and has been married three times, and the old clock occupied prom inent position on the mantel in the fam fly room from the first day he began keeping house until it was cast away as being worthless.
 Shortly after the death of Dr. Porch's first wife he was called to see gentle man residing in the neighborhood who was quite sick. The patients wife that night dreamed that her husband died and that she afterwards married the phy- sician. She also dreamed that she be- came the mother of twin children, and at their birth she died. Strange as 1t may seem, in after years pr. Porch and the lady were married. They lived happily together for some time, and finally twins were born to the union, but the mother never lived to see the children death re- sulting at their birth. Dr. Porch states states that he believes the dream had more than anything else to do with the death of his wife. But now to the story of te old clock.
 After lapse of some time Dr. Porch was again married, and the old clock occupied It's accustomed place on the mantel, as heretofore To this last union were born several children, among them being Carrie, John Boy and Porter Porch One Sunday morning, long after the clock had been discarded, and as Dr. Porch and his daughter Carrie were preparing to attend Sunday school, 10 plain and dis tinct strokes rang out from the old clock In the attic. But little attention was paid to the incident at the time, and 1t was believed that a mouse or rat had be- come entangled in the clock wire and caused 1t to strike. However, it was no- ticeable that the 10 strokes were as plain and distinct as if the clock had been running. Shortly afterwards Miss Car rie contained of not feeling well, and stated that she would not attend Sunday school. She rapidly grew worse, and at exactly 10 o'clock lapsed into unconscious- ness and died Then 1t was that the striking of the old clock was recalled, but Dr. Porch fs not superstitious man. and would not believe that the clock had anything to do with the death of his daughter
 Time wore on. and the next oldest child. John Boy, was taken sick For a long while he fingered between life and death. and one night, as friends and members Of the family sat around the bedside, there rang out, clear and distinct from the old clock In the attic, eight strokes. The puzzle look on the faces of the members of the family evidenced to the friends present that they feared the worst and recalled the first warning of the old tlmepiece. Next morning at o'clock John Boy passed into the great unknown. being unconscious at the time of his death.
 In the course of few years Porter, the next oldest passed away. He was stricken with typhoid fever. His life waa despaired of and one night the attending physician, who had been called In con sultatlon with the young mans father, stated to the company present that he did not believe the patient would live until o'clock the next morning, and left the room. Soon after his departure seven strokes pealed forth from the old clock, so plain that they were heard all over the house, and the fears of the family were again aroused So true had been it's warn ings in the two deaths before that the parents and loved ones of the young man prepared for the inevitable. And it came the next morning The patient had out lived the predictions of the physicians one hour and passed away a o'clock, as foretold by the old timepieee.
 Dr. Porch does not hesitate to discuss the strange actions of the old clock, but says he Is unable to offer any explana- tion. His word cannot be doubted, and