WATERBURY WATCHES. S.M. MAXTON & SONS WATERBURY WATCHES, 16 s 6“ Waterbury 16s 6d Waterbury Watches 16s 6d Watches WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF THESE FAMOUS WATCHES And are going' to Sell them 'for 16s 6d Cash Carry a Wateebuut and you will never be late. Every boy can afford to ewn one, at that price. 16* 6® There was a little boy who lived by himself, And all the penniea that he got, he put upon a shelf. Of Bourse, like all, he had to live, which drew upon his store, But he always saved a cent a day, if he didn’t any more. Thus, in a'year cr lesß,lho’d saved up quite a pile, So a Wateebubi Watch he bought, which made him quite in style. Kathee! He was a wise man who built his house upon a rock. So was he who bought a-Watkbbuet at S. M. MAXTON & SONS FOR I6s (id. Indignant Music Teacher—“ Well, what now ? What have you brought that watch for ?” Pupil (given to teasing)—“ You said I didn’t keep good time, so I havo brought by Wateebuet. If anything will keep good time, that will,” The Watehbuet is the most fashionable chronometer of the day, and only costs 16* 6 d Remember, the Watkebuet Watch is not a toy, but a Real Watch, and is to be had for 16s 6d at S. M. Maxton & Sons Little 80-Peep has lost her sheep, And cannot tell where to find ’em ; Why didn’t she keep* Watch (Waterbury) on her sheep 1, Then they’d have come home to wind ’em. Talk of winding— Be sitee and wind until the slopwork acts, then the watch is fully wound. If run down it will take about two minutes to wind. A party in the West writes:—“ There is a way of winding the Waterbury which takes no time at all, vis., to give the crown a few j turns whenever you have 1 occasion to look at it during the day, and thus unconsciously your watch is always wound up.” A SUMMER IDYLL. Quiet lawn and shady nook, Boy in hammock, reading book. Bees are humming, insects buzz Spiders weave their webs of fuzz. Ma appeared!) “ Johnny, dear, See what Pa has brought you here.” To give a yell is John inclined, On seeing box—pink, satin lined. A real stem winder, keeping time ! His feelings can’t be put in rhyme. “Now, my Son,” R *vs loving Ma, “ Let me toll you of I J(W f av This ail others doth excel In keeping time and going well. On its word you uiay rely For it never tells a Ur / -'lade in good old Waterbury It is, as 1 tell you, very Far ahead of any other, And will save you lots of bother. Now, don’t forgot to thank your ?a, And give a kiss unto your Ma. And don’t forgot to often wind it. For in this way you will not mind it.” Then Johnny, seized with ioy the Ticker And said, “ Well, mother, I should snicker If ever now I’m late at school, Or disobey a single rule.” Tho above Watches are only to bo had IN GREY TOWN FROM S. M. MAXTON & SONS SHOOTING SEASON, SHOOTING SEASON. JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF AMMUNITION, AMMUNITION, AMMUNITION.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2054, 13 April 1887, Page 3
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