Salt Lake Times | 1890-12-06 | Page 12 | An Old Coincidence

i : j An Odd Coincidence. An old friend (call him W.) relates how, while he was in Florida, his watch stopped. Since it was a very good watch and had never stopped before, and had boon duly wound tho evening before, W. was much surprised that it wouldn't pro. Dy and by the head of the house (call him li.) came in. "Will you please fjivo mo tho time?" said W. "Certainly," "Cer-tainly," said 13., and pulled cut "his watch. 13. had a timepiece which was j entirely trustworthy, not given to irreg-j irreg-j -larities of any kind. lie pulled it out i of his pocket. "By Jove!" heexclaimed, I "my watch is slopped; that's-(incur." They compared the two watches, and they had stopped at tho samo hour and at the samo minute, and why they had stopped neither man was ublo to discover. discov-er. Boston Transcript.