THE GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10765, 13 May 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK.

"Whv are grandfather el tall:-" '

That seems at first a <{inea.sy to answer, but when il whom it had been put <-an» it over a moment, why. really quite so sure, ami lie pn: tii to an expert c.lockniakit. ;i an intimate knowledge and " qiiaintaiiee with clocks. "it is curious," said the il

"about that name grainliailii The tall clock is time-la .<: turies if has been made in t!i; form, Inll it is only within thirty-odd years that it liu<» as it now is, in this cnim;r.r very commonly" known a- it-i: clock, a name that if owes;., "In the later '7()'.s theiw.,,. oiil a song that came I" l\: popular, 'Grandfather's ('!'»!;. ;.ang it, bands and ■ and" boys whistled it. Tin' I'll the air, and soon ilie n.-iii.' father's clock came tn ln : people applied to all tall H-k. familiar tall.clocks like :h>'"ii' in the snug, and ever sni'v ', has clung. "Hall clock is the mrm! clocks of this type ami ''■ clocks that thcv are i-M;A,; described by" all eloekniak.-r,. unusual for us to receive iii'iji corning grandfather's c\"i. never, to my knowledge. li.im lioduetion of the song, una,

that name, but which ii"«" people may he known by "" '■'<

"Knuland is tin- eniiinn mi old times hall dock-; mr< "'-<■ fii'fJllOSt llUUllltTS. 'I ll<Tf «; s many on the C'ontiiionl. l>'ii '" they' were to be _ found i" i' homes; clocks with u"i!o < brass, line solid old Murk, i! good time. "From England' sm-h '■ ;"■ brought by some of the i.nli'i to this country, and h'-i" 1 • 11 . were made in tho.se e.-uli.r clocks with wooden work.-. '>''.' cheaper than brass, works «'ii of oak, wheels of • | l'l'' l ' "' 'pinions and staff oi sunk.- .'''■' of these old hall .-locks -.villi works raanv gave line servio'. "Then also they I" il ,i! ;",' <-locks imported I rem ''',''"!'' familiar 'wag on I lie «" :i '■ f * l ". yon fasten to the wall, ivliif- n pendulum swings back air. I" 1 open below, thev pin «'•"- " l! <-!ocks into tall r.i-'- j !i;l1 ''■' made, and so made i!i;-w " clocks. And then in ;i»;' ,jl came to make fine hall ' works and with I'm l, ' :! -' '"''! ...Id Kn-lish cioek . ■'■ ,'" :, ' !| c.h.nial' designs. -si.M n f. thivs also thai .!.- !>■ '•;> we're taken from hall ij into bullets, these ' placed with cans till.'' ;' l,h s " "Nowadays hall rlo-ki anv:iri..siK woods and ia :> of designs, old aad i- •■ -'■''■" of onnTnt old >:yl.- j^,'*. of various modem .-i; ■•'■ ■■■ '' '"

decks are very Miiipl'- :"""•, \i\, rate. Some' have ■' ~' v, 'l\, j,], , strike, some are e^nipl 1 " 1 chillies. , ~ i i- „i"i •"But win- is th- h-<i .'•'"';•, ;„ Well, we might I"' ' lls '" j',,,,,,, that it was made .-> >" "_,,,,„: within its case it.-. I' 1"- } | its long depending v '' 1 l ' l - i ' :, "j ~,.,.• we should discover tin- n-.n . 'its height in ■ house, the clock was !" ;l<v '• :;, "It .stood coimiii'iii.-- ;,^.;.iwould imply, in th" hah. ' ■"■'; j, have been placed on un ,j of the stairway up "'""' 'j j< v was made of tine "''j' 1 '";.,, „:; line workmanship an'' '. :,, i : . be in material an', with or in harnioi:.v v - ! "' '\,., v : ings. .'Jims it 11, [ ti!,1 ,.,-, 1 | , |,/'<••.'■" quaint' or a hcrdii." • |; , jn'ece of furniture ■■<■■' •_' ]ji;il though it was as •-< '^'"^ A .r,,,,;'. primarily designeu. ■'■• ■...',.,.,. was its actual u-o. clock in the situation ';' ~;;.,.,,„ placed gives us the "'• height. , ~., -<y"A shelf clod-;, to I- ■>;■.. , ■■ > M >>. s - ri,i T l ,:.'..■'•■"i ; "'" ! -. where it can I" '.'' i;l iii."! Put i lie hall clock » ', :! . ease that stands on tl" „.,,;. very naturally, its '■;';'■,", ■,!,.. <f enough to bring' the <!'•__ _..,. 1 :. level convenient to .- |V ■. ,hat in this iv.se »"' ;.,.. ..,:. ira-eu for makni" li>'"