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The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical

by Frank H. Stauffer

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Years ago it was the custom for watch-makers to put their business cards inside of the case. These cards were sometimes enlivened with a couplet or a verse, of each of which we subjoin a sample—

He that wears a watch, two things must do;
Pocket his watch and watch his pocket too.

I labor here with all my might,
To tell the hours of day and night;
Therefore, example take by me,
And serve the Lord as I serve thee.

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