Show watch camhi of unman binm cyrus 0 thornton a farmer living a few miles out of bolivar has hag an odd watch casio it is made of human bones the chain consists of eight links each a trifle more than an inch long connected by plated rings the chain is about ten inches and has been highly polished by years of wear and glistens like ivory thornton secured the 0 chain at petersburg va in 1864 he wib a 8 member of company E fiftieth new york engineers gin gi cers A member of the twenty first new york infantry made two chains while confined in libby prison and on his release met thornton and sold him one chain for 50 in greenbacks green backs has forgotten the makers name the bones were taken from amputated arms and legs and it required 18 months time to carve out the chains for many years after he came homo home from the war thornton wore the chain overy every day but for several years ho he has worn vorn it only on memorial day and at grand army reunions somo some of his neighbors once laughed at the idea of the bones being taken from human bodies and he sen sent the chain to a surgeon who examined it and pronounced it to be of human bones fall eiver news |