Emery County Progress | 1907-11-09 | Page 4 | Michigan Clock a Marvel

michigan clock a marvel this one Is a mus box as well as a me keeper gladstone mich possibly the most elaborate clock in the state probably the most unique Is that which john a jewellen jeweller je weller of escanaba Es canaba has installed at his home across the bay from this city at a cost of 1 it Is a massive affair 8 feet 10 inches in height and weigh ing nearly as much as a piano the framework and all the working parts were made from special orders and on delivery were assembled by the owner of the clock by an arrangement of silver tubes ranging from torn to seven feet in length and installed in the interior ot the timepiece the westminster and bettington ington chimes are struck every quarter hour by hammers resembling those of a piano each hour also is marked by the playing of the chimes and is followed by the requisite num ber of strokes given on a large tube eight feet in length and toned one note lower than the final note of the chime the chimes have striking re semblance to those of a church s chimes in the distance the tones be ing graduated to produce that effect the dial of the clock Is a beautiful ly executed plate of pierced gold and silver work with the hours marked on a raised silver plate above the dial Is a plate which records accurately the different phases of the moon the frame Is of quartered oak hand bomely carved by hand and the whole has been given a solid wax finish the orders for the different parts of the clock were placed by mr no vack over a year ago A man thinks he knows all about politics when he buys a drink for a politician