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[December, 



BRIDEGROOM BADLY DISAPPOINTED. 



A couple were to be married, and at the ap- 

 pointed hour a hundred invited guests assembled 

 at the bride's home, where extensive prepara- 

 tions had been made. The bridegroom, who lived 

 one hundred and fifty miles away, having im- 

 portant business on hand, waited for the last 

 through train. 



The day before, he sent his watch to the station 

 and had it set to correct railroad time. He also 

 "timed "it by the sun's rising, and it appeared 

 all right. Starting with plenty of time, by his 

 watch, he arrived at the Station just to see the 

 cars move off without him. His watch had " gone 

 back on him " six minutes ! The telegraph line 

 happened to be. out of order at one point, so that 

 no explanation could go through. In anger he 

 dashed his watch to pieces on the floor, but that 



did not help matters The guests, with the 



disappointed bride, waited in vain for any word 

 from the expected bridegroom, and finally ate the 

 feast in silence and departed The disap- 

 pointment and chagrin resulted finally in the 

 canceling of the engagement in this case. Many 

 other instances similar to the above have oc- 

 curred Millions of dollars would not cover 



the losses that occur every year through failures 

 to keep engagements, and other delays and 

 troubles, very often due to inaccurate, watches 

 and clocks. Several disastrous railway accidents 

 happen almost every year from the same cause. 



Six Watch Items for You. 



1. Every Man, most Ladies, and even every Boy, 

 need a Good Watch that can be depended upon. 



2. Very few can afford trustworthy Gold or Silver 

 icatciies at the high prices llicy hare hitherto cost. 



3. There are now sonic very good watches made at 

 reasonable prices, which arc pretty reliable if you 

 can get the right ones ; but, 



i. Not one in ten of those which are claimed to be 

 of this kind are really trustworthy. There is more 

 deception and swindling in watches than in almost 

 anything else. 



5. The Works (" the movements") of a Watch are 

 the important part, and, if these are right, it will 

 keep just as good time and last as long, whether in 

 a nickel case or in a silver or gold one. A Silver 

 case is just as good as a Gold one, and will last 

 guile as long. 



6. Nine-tenths of all the troubles with good 

 watches come from dust that gets into the delicate 

 irhcelicork during the opening for winding and 



through the key- 

 lecls more or les 

 the eye, is large 

 which H slips in 



works being moi 

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 tance, as with the 

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year (365 times) witJwut the 

 r less soiled. Therefore, the 

 Setters are of great impor- 

 watch need seldom be opened, 

 •King years, without cleaning. 

 The saving in this will pay the interest on even a 

 very costly watch. 



How to Get A Good, Cheap, 

 Reliable Watch. 



The publishers of The American Garden are 

 happy to announce to their friends that they 

 have succeeded in securing a most Valuable 

 Watch, which they can recommend with the 

 greatest confidence, and which they can supply 

 at a very low rate ; also, that they can put it in 

 the power of several thousands of people t o obtain 

 this most valuable Watch WITHOUT COST. 



Description. —The engraving (Fig. 20) shows 

 the size and general appearance of the Watch, 

 which is very tasteful. The Case is pure coin 

 silver, solid and substantial; the Face is clear 

 white, easily seen by day or night, and is covered 

 with a thick, flat, bevel-edged, clear Crystal, so 

 strong as to endure heavy pressure. It is a Stem 

 Winder and Stem Setter. (See importance of this 

 above.) The Works are of very superior excel- 

 lence, every way equal to many Gold Watches 

 sold for $100 to $150. The pinions run in 13 Jewels. 

 It has cut expansion balance (to counteract heat 

 and cold), and Nickeled Movements; in short, it 

 is so substantially made as to wear a life-time, 

 and is abundantly accurate for all ordinary pur- 

 poses of Business men, Professional men etc., etc. 

 The Works are specially made for us, at one of 

 the best Establishments in Switzerland, where 

 long practice, cheap labor, and the most im- 

 proved machinery enable them to supply such 

 watches at a very low rate, and our special 

 arrangements secure them to us at very near the 

 cost of making. 



We therefore offer to supply one of these splen- 

 did and exceedingly desirable Watches to any 

 subscriber to American Garden for the low 

 price of $15, and to send it to any part of the 

 United States or Territories, by registered mail, 

 safely packed, postage prepaid.— Also sent Free. 

 For the present, we will Present one of these most 

 desirable Watches to any one forwarding twenty- 

 eight subscribers to The American Garden at 

 $1 a year each. For less than twenty-eight names, 

 $1 will be, deducted from the price of the Watch 

 for each three subscribers. 



able watch, and cannot well afford the $15 or $16 

 solid silver case. The chief difference is that this 

 case is heavy Nickel plated, which looks almost 

 exactly like, silver and tarnishes much less easily 

 than silver. We will send one anywhere in the 

 United States, carriage prepaid, for $10; or we 

 will present one for nineteen subscribers to The 

 Amer. Garden at $1 each. 



N. B., N. B., N. B — To the purchasers of any 

 of the above three Watches we will allow $1 from 

 the price for each three subscribers sent us. 



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PRINTING THAT ANYBODY CAN DO. 



From the child too young to hold a pen to those 

 too aged to see to write well. No printing press 

 needed, and no "eases," "chases," "ink rollers," 

 " pads," etc., etc. All that is needed is com- 

 bined in a single implement that any one, even 

 a child, can easily understand and use without any 

 apprenticeship, and after a few hours' practice 

 work quite rapidly and neatly. It can be brought 

 out in a moment, set on any table or stand, and 



Same Watch ill Hunting: Case. 



The same Watch as No. 20 every way, but with 

 the solid silver cap, or " Hunting Case " (as shown 

 in Fig. 21), will be supplied in the same way as 

 No. 20 for $1 extra, or for two more Subscribers. 



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AN EXCELLENT $10 WATCH. 



We have a valuable watch, in outward appear- 

 ance very much like No. 20, and with very excel- 

 lent works. We have proved thein by actual use. 

 In fact, ours has scarcely varied from a good $150 

 gold Watch, carried along with it. We can 

 strongly recommend i t to those desiring a reli- 



be worked at once, with no litter about, or soiling 

 of the fingers, and the whole costs but a trifle. 

 The Domestic Type Writer is a most ingenious 

 arrangement of the alphabet, in both capital and 

 small letters, and figures, so placed on a Coiled 

 Steel Spring that any letter desired is quickly 

 brought to the right spot (being inked on its way), 

 and printed very clearly. The types attached to 

 the bottom of the labelled blocks are of the best 

 rubber, tough, but so elastic that they print on 

 any paper far better than metal type, and even 

 print on wood; and they are very durable. Cards, 

 Labels, Envelopes, and Letters can be printed. 

 While useful to all grown-up people, and espe- 

 cially to those, writing a poor hand, the Domestic 

 Type Writer is of great interest and value to 

 Young Children ; for before they can read or 

 write, they can print letters, and at the same time 

 learn to arrange them in words. Even for a 

 lasting amusement they are better than any toy 

 ever invented. For $1.50 we will send anywhere, 

 post-paid, one of these instructive and valuable 

 Instruments all complete, with ink enough of 

 two separate colors (blue and red) to last many 

 months. We will present one and deliver it free, 

 for 4 subscribers to The Amer. Garden at $1 a 

 year, or two Type Writers for 7 subscriptions. 



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THOSE TROUBLESOME SKATES NO MORE! 



EVERY BOY, almost every Man, especially a 

 heavy one, knows the trouble of keeping Skate 

 Straps tight enough, without stopping free circu- 

 lation of the, blood in the feet to keep them warm. 

 The heel would slip off in spite of you, even 

 when j'ou carried round a heavy metal plate fixed 

 on its bottom. All such troubles are avoided m 

 the N. Y. Club Skate. You clap it on the sole, 

 turn the double- working screw, and the front is 

 fast. With the same key turn another screw 

 behind, and three flanged Clamps firmly grasp the 

 boot heel in its front and on both sides of the 

 rear. The whole is done in a moment and away 

 you go,— with the skates immovably fixed on the 

 soles, and the feet warm by the freely circulating 

 blood. These fine Skates have excellent Steel 

 Runners and strong Frames. We will send you a 

 pair of them to any place in the United States, 

 carriage prepaid, for $1.60. Better still : send five 

 subscribers to The Amer. Garden at $1. each (it 

 is worth $10 a year to anybody), aud we will 

 PRESENT you with a Pair of these Splendid 

 Skates and deliver them as above. For nine sub- 

 scribers we will give you two pairs. 



N. B. — Send a paper, cut just the size of your 

 boot sole, and we will select the right size skates. 



