THE TROUBLE WITH IT.
"I wish you would tell me -what is the matter with this watch," said the customer, passing it over the- counter. "It stops occasionally and you have to shake it hard to make it go, don't you?" inquired the jeweller, after he had examined the timepiece witlh the aid of an eyeglass. "Yes." "Sometimes you have to open it and start the balance wheel with a toothpick or something of that kind?" "Yes." ■ "Perhaps you don't blow through the works to get the dust out as often as you should." "I've done that dozens of times, and it doesn't seem to do any good." "What really ails the watch is that it has a darned fool for an owner," said the jeweller.
This, however, was the remark he made to himself. What he said to the customer was that it needed about £1 worth of repairs.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 196, 19 August 1899, Page 5 (Supplement)
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