THE CRUISE OF A WATERBURY

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8789, 27 May 1890, Page 2

THE CRUISE OF A WATERBURY

The " Cruise of a Waterbury " in Alaskan seas is not a myth. The facts as published in oar Saturday's issue are simple statements wh.oh ipeak volucq'r fo the practical worth of tne Waterbury watoh. These timepieces were put upon the market for the purpose of supplying a demand which existed in reality but was little dreamed of twelve years ago as a possibility, The very idea of furnishing the great taaw of boys, laborers, iarm bands, mechanics of ibt) poorer as well as the more to well-to-do ellipses— the bare insinuation that such could be accomplished seemed a Utopian a ream. When the Waterbury Watch fiist appeared it was treated with derision, and for a deoade huß been the butt of would be funny paragrupuists; yet it has lived, thriven, and by aheer foroe of intrinaio rUferit won its position, proving a veritable bleemng to those whose means were limited | Millions of Waterbury Watches have fonud their way into the bands of practical, earnest people. They have educuted those wearers to a sense of the necessity of carrying the time of day. They have stimulated the trade in higher cost watches ond brought many good general customers to the retail watch dealers. All through thine ytare the funny have derided the Wttttrbury. At laßt comeß tidings of tbe «tervic» performed by a Waterbury assisting ibb navigation of a vesstl in the tempestuous Alaskan waters. The newspaper scribe seizes tbe opportunity to denounce tbe btatement as a sea yarn, but— tbe newspaper inaa was too fresh on the saltwater narrative— & oorroboration was forthcoming from the Navy Department and the newspaper man is — v. here ?

JOHN AVERY