Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-05
man Who Naloeed . Train Freeo
Me Mind About Q 0oras
mon Nuisance.

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railroAo stntion WA,s.ns tvo ~. ~ -.
indignant because ne hau nlls1cu ~.
train rtnat the man MAINTAINING ~
Pubic place 2 CLOCK tnht uoss no' 49,
time ought 70 90 Iouno sMi.y y y
loniouS mlsdemeanor' y ,no. 2. SON.
thing worse ana pvnisnsu, v -
were possible with 2 penaity ~ soln'
measure commensurate win ~ o, ra
= am not sure tnat wouiu nau ,
MN lot the nrst onense leas.
would not make sucn 2 punlsnnen'
mandatory; ! Wouia ieave solne.nin
70 tne uiscre.ion q 'ne luuse anu J1,s
--Dut would make me penal.y cum
iatiVe. For instance, woulu nAvS ~
law so READ tnat aIter man nau peen
FOUND TOUR Times gdiisy q tnis crlns
ne must % nalseo OF eiec.rvouse J.
Iour Times, WIN no escape, anu uon :
KNOW out what would DOM nans anS
electrocute NM
/ FOR can conceive OF no nlsneI
crime tnan tnat q . man why se's ~
CLOCK IN q puphc place anu tnen iaiss
TO Keep II going correctly.
Understand me clearly w ny
reier now 70 ciocAs ~ cnu,on s.oep'1s'
ON when ! never rely; .nes lay =
right ana tney may % wrone WI
inaiiy they are supposed 70 pe loVheu
aIter py tne sexton, Duo reaiiy .ney
represent tne congregatloh' = uiViueu
responsibility; ana on anytnins lor
Wnicn the responsibility Is uiviueu you
can never rely. inc cnurcn CLOCK soes
Its own sweet way through the week
with nobody to look after IT, ana SO Oh
1t never rely.
NOT 40 permit myself 70 De misleu
BY tower clocks, which, IKE tne cnurcn
clocks, may De rlgnt ana may 70
wrong. You might tninK tnat tne
tower clocks would be looked alte.
scrupulously by those VINO owned
them, but up so high, so near the SKY,
and though looked at daily by many,
they seem sometimes to be quite over.
looked and forgotten by those wnose
business 1t should De 10 keep constan.
watch over them; and ! have learned
by experience not to rely on tower
clocks.
"And have long since ceased tc
rely on clocks simply because they
had the word Regulator printed on
their face. l have known such CLOCKS
that were model timekeepers, but put
ting that name on their lace dionI
make them so. Have we not all seen
one story shacks with sign up read
ing Grand Palace Hotter but tnas
sign didn't make the shack palacs
any more tnan prlnIlhs the WIZ Nes
ulator' the face OF a two'dollaF
clock makes that a perfect timekeepeh
So ! have long since ceased 70 Dc mis-
lead by the word Regulator
For that matter, may we not fnd n
jewellers windows, where OF all places
you would expect to ma clocks snow
ing the correct time, CLOCKS tnat arg
minutes ONT | never rely on q CLOCK
simply because see It In a jewelers.
window.
Nor do ! rely ON the Daroer snop
clock, nor on any OF the many CLOCKS
that tind In many semi-puonc places
and least of all DO | rely on CLOCKS
found In homes; Tor CLOCKS are as vari'
Gus and as irresponsible as men
"And now ! am coming 70 the real
point Of Whist want to say. There -
one sort OF clock set up IN puDnc
places upon which we should De aDle
to rely with absolute security ana tnas
IL the clock that 10 set up Dy q pusl'
ness man In front Of his place OF nusF
ness.
"Now there II a clock that really
ought always to be kept IN pertecs
order and keeping perfect time. For
does not this man place Il tnere 70 ~
tract attention b himself and his
goods for his own profit? Does ne not
thereby expect to derive benefits from
the public, and should not the public
be able to rely upon receiving a recip-
rocal benefit from hin? Does he not
thereby substantially say that what he
has to offer is good and worthy OF At
tention, and is it not reasonable to
aunpose that he invites Uur confidence