A WATCH LOST AND FOUND.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 282, 29 November 1890, Page 7

A WATCH LOST AND FOUND.

Mr WirxARD J. Parkkr, proprietor of the Mineral Spring Stock and Pasburo Farm, ab Juncbion City, Kans., writes in regard to a Waterbury watch : Four years ago I had a boy working for me, and some time in August, 1885, he traded for a Waberbury, and boy-like, he acrabched his initials on the back case. He lost tho watch in the hayfield the eecond day after trading for it, and could nob find it. A few days since my little girl while raking hay saw something glisten ; when the horse and rake had passed over, she ran to it, pnd behold,, it \vas a Waterbury. She brought it to me, and there were the scratched initials, proving it to bo the watch which was lost four years ago. Since the watch was lost, I have made hay on the ground three times and have had three prairie fires pass over the watch ; yab when my daughter brought the watch to me, 1 wound it up and wa3 surprised to soo ib begin running, and still more so to find fchab it keeps accurate time. I am carrying the watch myself. Tho crystal was cracked, and the case somewhat tarnished, but obherwisenone bhe worse of wear. The watch is quite a treasure in the family. The childreneaeh want to wind the ••• ticker " as they call it.

The world-renowned Waterbury watches may be obtained from any respecbable storekeeper or dealer throughout the colony. Price : Series " E " (the old long winding favourite) 13e 6ii, Series "J," Gent's size and " L," Ladies size (the new eborb winding marvels of American inventive ingenuity), enamelled dials, 22u 6d each.