Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1884 — A Question of Time. [ARTICLE]

A Question of Time.

Merchant—“ See here, I can’t stand this, you know. You get here half an hour after everybody else.” Clerk —“I get here at 8 and leave at 6. I believe those are the hours you require put in.” Merchant—“ Certainly; but you are never here till half-past 8.” Clerk —“Oh, I see; you understand the time matter has never been settled in Detroit, so I go by both standard and local time. I get here at 8 o’clock standard time, that’s 8:30 by your watch; see? Then I leave by local time, which is 6 o’clock. ” Merchant—“An admirable arrangement ; but as we had local time here before standard was introduced, just give it the first chance hereafter. Get here by 8 o’clock local and leave by fi standard.”—Free Press.

One Hundred and Thirteen Miues of Organs. —ln numbering the organs of their manufacture, Mason & Hamlin have reached No. 150,000. Arranged in a line these would reach one hundred and thirteen miles, or would fence the railroad on one side from the Grand Central Station in New York to within twenty miles of Springfield, Muss. Not only does this show the great popularity of American organs, but it illustrates what was declared by James Parton to be ajgeneral fact, that he who makes the best article in his lino always has the greatest success. We understand that the Mason & Hamlin Company’s new Upright Piano is now command ng a large sale, and is, in every way, up to tho standard of their unrivaled orgnns. We predict a large success for this piano, which is constructed on a new system, said to be a decided advance over the prevailing wrest-pin system. —Boston Journal.