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Show - H IS A CLOqK CRANK, f o " Tor JoJ The Story of Silas fuller. Ashtabula's X'X Stranoc hermit. I :: t I SV" ,$ tabula, Ohio, who, from choice rather 'tabta, Ohio, who. from tholco rather .than from nocwilty, lives nlono In an unfinished house, with Ihe windows of tho lower story kept closely boordfd up The old gentleman derive a llve-lllhood llve-lllhood from his skill as n clock tlnk-icrer. tlnk-icrer. u pursuit that ho has followed mnny jears, and hw acoulred throh Ipurcbase and barter n eolleetlon of cloaks that would oxclto tho envy o SILAS ft'LLKK tho most ardont' curio seeker in tae i land. Tbo visitor, upon entering, Is con-. fronted by an array of about a doitn old-fashioned, tall cl ks (remlndirs I of ona's grandfather), which stand Ian i row along one side of the front room like silent sentries, but this Is osly an Introduction to tbe nearly 100 indent in-dent timepieces, worth many KunivVit of dollars, that comprise tho cole.ton In tho several apartments of this air TTtt- full like homo Clocks from (lermany, Irilnnd I'ngland and other countries. f nil st) lea and inskis some of which isle uaik over a renlur) lh gem of Ihe .oil. i linn, the old nnns pride nnd Juilously guarded tresmirc. Is an urdlunr) cottage clock, on which Mr Knller has spent many .ear, of pitlint w irk w.lU the result that It not mi v till the time of day, but also ludliutia the dny of the week, day of tho month, month of tho year and tho rising and setting at tho sun and moon These planets aro represented repre-sented by small metal balls, attached to wire connected with tho works of tbe clock In such a manner that they tttolvo In n largo disk surrounding tbs clock. The moon passes In 'front of tho sun every thtrtydsy. lie I a iis'cablnef'workcrv'nn'd'scveral ot the old clock cases bear evidence of bl kill In this line |