i-'n , ir — " V' ' ' ." n i ' ■:• "♦/Change herb for —^W ■.: Thjj station-master in charge of one of the, , biggest, railway junctions iin this colony carries >a Waterbury watch, and<despatphesa . greatj many trains daily by it. Its acouracy^ • 'he says, is unimpeachable, and- there is.nofc.i , the least necessity for paying more than 13s ' 6dfo)r a really reliable timekeeper.) Thisis . a fact, and if imitation, be the,sincereat,f6nni • of flattery, the: Waterbury watch iJs,-, the most; lflatterjgd .article;, -in, the*, jwoxld. , Hosts of watches "as good as it"; (vide agents' i claims) ■ have?!: sprung;. up*; since its' : introduction, and thousands of ithem are • now obtainable at from two to . fiye. . shillings each. This "is t more than- they ar« , t worth as ornaments, and as they will not . keep time, i and, are too dear for ballasting steamers, their owners sometimes tryto sell, them as Waterburys. Don't be deceived,, . however. The Waterbury has.no equal, at any price.. YOU'VE (HIT IT. "Now, there, can't be any question about it! St. Jacobs Oil does conquer pain. Look . here, 1 Bill Snooks got the rheumatics, and lay round bis fireside grumbling about th(9 ; weather; Major Atkinson, his family, Gladstone, the rheumatism, and ever other delebrity he could think of. His wife, finding him no company, went to a prayer meeting for cheerful society andTelief; the eldesfc boy suddenly recollected he had to meet hi* ' boss at the warehouse ; and Sally, the girl who ! played -the piano and sang 'Home, sweep home ' as a role, went to bed under the impression she had a headache. Bill growled himself black in tlje face until Mrs* Bill returned with a bottle of > St. Jacobs OiM ' 1 which the minister recommended her tb get! and then the - equanimity 'of the Bnook^ household was restored, and the hired girl; got a new bonnet. Now, is there anydoubfr , about that? You;. knew Bnooks, of course you did." , OF COURSE, SIRI- . > Ttie Waterbury will keep Greenwich, Auck^ land; Mean, Sidereal, or any other species ol timei except bad time. In ■ this respect ita morals are incorruptible. The old' anc| threadbare story ; 6f«George Washington (de* , ceased) and the apple tree has 'long sineff* ceased to become a synonym for truth' and, , unswerving accuracy. • . Now, if a »fond ana' respectable father ■ wants to - T gi?e hie son a ! iecture,he simply says: "Tell the truth , like ttie Waterbury^Johnny,^na^hennobbdy r will Wer doubt you;?,,. This pie^je, 'of advio^ * with a Waterbury thrown in, coats' yo« , thirteen-and-siipence. See it?
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Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 14
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410Page 14 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 956, 16 May 1889, Page 14
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