Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1898 — PUNCTUAL DUKE’S CLOCK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PUNCTUAL DUKE’S CLOCK.

Constructed So that at the Hour of 1 It Strikes Thirteen Times. The clock is fixed in a tower at Worsley, in England. The originator of the famous Bridgewater canal—Francis, first Duke of Bridgewater—was in the habit of constantly visiting his yards and workshops and overseeing his workpeople. He was Invariably the first to reappear after the dinner hour was over, which was just after 1

o’clock, and noticed that many of the workers were most unpunctual, returning often considerably after the appointed time. Upon remonstrating with them, however, he was told by the men that they could not hear the dock strike I—the signal for their return. Thereupon, to rob them of this excuse, the Duke ordered a clock to be constructed which should, at the hour of 1, strike thirteen times, .and from the time of its fixture this excuse was never given as a reason of unpunctuality.

IT STRIKES THIRTEEN.