THE CRUISE OF A WATERBURY.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7525, 15 April 1890, Page 2

THE CRUISE OF A WATERBURY.

$he " CraUe of a Waterbary*in Alaskan sea* la not a myth. __ie__ct_aapub_Uhea in one last Sat --day's issue are simple which speaks volumes forme practical worth of the Wftterbuiy watch. These timepieces were pat. upon the market for the purpose of supplying s demand which existed in reality bufc was little dreamed of twelve years, ago as a possibility. The very idea of furnishing the great mass of boys, laborers, farm hands, mechanics ef the poorer as well as the more well-to-do classes—the bare insinuation that such could be accomplished seemed a Utopian dream. When, the Waterbory Watch first appeared it was treated with derision, and for a decade has been the butt of would-be fanny paragrajraists; yet it has lived, thriven, and by sheer force of intrinsic merit won its position, provfoga veritable blessinA to those .Whose means were limited. Million- of Waterbury Watches have found their way into the hands of practical, earnest people. They have educated those wearers to a sense of the necessity of carrying the time of day. They have stimulated the trade in higher cost watches, and brought many good general customers to the retail watch dealers. All through these years the funny wretches have derided ths Waterbury. At last comes tidings of the service performed by a Waterbury assisting the navigation of a vessel _in i the tempestuous Alaskan waters, The newspaper scribe seizes the opportunity to denounce the statement as a sea yarn, but—the newspaper man was too fresh on the saltwater narrative—a corroboration was forthcoming from the. Navy Department, and tho newspaper man is— where?