THE LATE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
People have an idea; that the WAirEßßinsl; because a cheap watch is cheaply made. A visit to the Company's factory at -Water' buryV Conn., would decidedly alter thii impressibri. ", Ofi *6*eeiri^ the extent and variety of the ma6hihery usedj arid the neatness, oraer and otganisation there exhibited, y6a'"W£in to realist that making a cheap wateli (and good time-Keeper), is not; by . any means, theToff-Kana affiaiir y6a:had thought it was. A.*vyou pas& through department^fter department and observe thiai Working of wonddrf ul automatic machines, which make; parts so fitie thab you can scanieiy 869; them,' and yet bo aocurat© that they can be takett at random and fitted together to fofra a perfect watch j as you note, the handling of the parts by dainty and skilful fingers, the delicacy of the probessea, and the thdr^ughncaß;and, car© aa.to,oyery detailj.you.findj.it diffiiiait""'.to imagine thab. they are not] inafeing htlndrM-dollar MTatebM, and; you thett become convinced that the Waterbxtrt is" cheapj nob because poorly made, but b&caiiße unique aiid simplo In iionstriid.tion. •■:■ ■■■ ■■■;■:■ ': ■ •:•■ "-v.!1.: ,■. -~, v :■■■!.■ ■■:■■.■ ■.■
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Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 215, 12 September 1888, Page 3
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