Show A little instance of the misconception of childrens children actions by parents is found in the true story 0 or apar the man who punished a slow silent little lad for absenting himself from home so much divers whippings having no effect he followed him im one day to see what mischief he was in and found him building a fire in a little steam engine he had bad fashioned all himself with the crudest materials and which was in perfect running order jew york sun A connecticut roan man after winding his clock regularly every night for fifteen years discovered recently that it was an eight day clock when this story was told in the presence of a new england insurance officer he smiled and remarked to those present that fifteen years ago he was in the clock business and sold that identical clock evidently the lock sellers persuasive ability in inducing a man to pay full price for an eight day clock for what he thought was a twenty four hour timekeeper eventually brought him into the insurance business |