Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — A Wearisome Watch. [ARTICLE]

A Wearisome Watch.

A very small boy was once observed sitting in a tramcar rocking himself to and fro. A sympathetic old gentleman inquired if he were ill, and receiving a negative reply, said: "Then why are you moving backwards and forwards like that?" The small boy made no pause in his regular oscillations as he said: "Well, you see, mister, I’ve Just bought a watch from Tucker for one-and-six-pence, and if I stop moving like this here the watch won’t go any more.” -Tit-Bits.