Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1915 — Objects to Clock Fiend. [ARTICLE]

Objects to Clock Fiend.

“I don’t care much about hobbies myself,” said a man from the West visiting New York, as he handed back his friend’s album full of postal card atrocities, “though I don’t object to people who have them, so long as they are unobtrusive hobbies. Breeding poultry, for instance, is all right. A collection of shells, or stamps, isn’t out of thf> way, while photographs of beauties, celebrated actresses, etc., are rather enjoyable. But there was a man in my town who had a penchant for clocks. It doesn’t matter what room in his house you entered there was a clock. The clocks were all going, but they did not by any means keep the same time. The consequence was that all through the day and night those clocks were striking or chiming. The echoes in the dark hours were horribly unsettling to hear, and one never knew what time of day it was. He was so enthusiastic about his clocks that his wife, I hear, has sued for separation. I don’t wonder at it I’d sooner have a sunstroke than spend another night with him.”