The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-29

been tried-and now We know, alas
tbe same old lies have lied. And ali
this shattering and all this awaken
ing from trustfuIness implicit, has
been wrought by the Western Union
clock.
The reputation OF the great West
ern union vas back Of the assertion
that their clocks never get off on the
wrong foot. History might lie; the
earth might tary on its perennial
flight through space; the sun might
get behind time. or ahead. but the
Western Union clock would never de
yiate from the straight and narrow
path OF rectitude, truthfulness, NOR
oiity AMI god demaanor.
The public was informed, by =
prince OF suavity-a Western Union
representative. that the Western Un-
ion time piece was ever and always
all to the iimpson. It could never be
wrong, it was set regularly, every
hour, from the offices at Dallas; the
astronomers regulated the travels OF
the celestial bodies through their or
bits, with and by Dallas-set Western
Union CLOCKS. Don't take our word
for it. fry one ard be convinced" /"
Well, the public hardened to the man
OF silver tongue. It tried a Western
Union clock; it tried several of them.
And now the general public" is CON
vinced. 1t is convinced that somebody
has lied.
II all came about yesterday. The
Western Union clock-several of it,
found short circuit wandering
around unclaimed. The short circuit
was at once appropriated by tire
clock. And while the clock paused
TO- confaoulate with the short circuit,
and to talk with it over the events of
the war in Europe, the sun travelled
onward over the western horizon and
Villa wandered farther and yet far
ther away from that 100000 reward
and the punitive expedition, while
suprers in Chickasha grew cold and
good wives. who depended for the
time upon the good old Seth Thomas
dollar and quarter time tellers,
abused their husbands who were late
for the evening meal, yet knew it nor
on account Of having pinned their
faith to the unreliable" Western
Union.
Trains came and paused moment
at Chickasha and then continued on
their way. "unpassengered" by Chick
ashsns who thought they had ''time
for just one more" all on account of
clock. The engineers on the Frisco
almost suffered heart failure through
after gazing upon the fea-
tures Of n Western Union, that they
lad made up part Of the time LOST
In the last ten miles run.
And this morning the trouble con
tinued. Men left home on time, ac-
cording TO the cheap house clocks, ar
rived at their places CT business, each
man far enough ahead of time, accord
ing to the Western Union. to meet
himself, as he unlocked his office
ioor, just as he stepped from the
Iront door of his residence. Mer-
-hants looked at the clock and
uourned over the delay in the coming
II the next first Monday. while bank.
srs congratulated themselves in the
rope that the clock would soon add
mother days discount TO the notes
iuietly working behind the time locks.
When the attention of Manager
lulin of the local Western Union Of
ice. was called to the conduct of his
locks, after he had run down the in
that somebody had been
utting wires, Re drew himself up to
ull six feet of dignity and then
wooncd as he POLITICALLY exclaimed: