Show KENTUCKY CLOCK the oldest clock in breathitt county CO kentucky Is owned by mrs R C hord Hor horland dand and Is thus ihus described by the jackson hustler it Is one of those old fashioned seven feet tall time lime keepers and the year 1741 1746 in which it was made Is stamped on one ot of the wooden wheels together with another inscription endl eating that it was manufactured in liverpool and still another showing that a firm in leitchfield Leitch field co handled hand leil it as an article of merchandise on this side of the atlantic just before his death eight years ago alfred marcum gave it to his daughter mrs hord alfred marcum purchased the timepiece at the administrators sale of simeon bohan 11 iian in who lived in troublesome Trouble tome in 1843 it was in the possession ot of bo hannon fifteen years and ran constantly all that time fattier father who came from virginia resented his sor son with the clock after lie had owned it fifty years it was brought from virginia taken to pieces on the backs of slaves thus there Is accurate account thit thil the clock Is iso years old lias has been running for over too loo years and as far as it Is known it has never had to be repaired it is still running and keeps good time all the wheels but one are made of hard wood A relative of mrs iford offered her for the ancient colossus but she refused the author having made up her mind that she never will part with nith it durl darlig g her life ife Louls louisville ville courier Journ journel rl |