Recovers Long-Lost Watch

1915

Eighteen Years in Mill Race and Still Running?

PENN YAN, N. Y., Dec. 16. — One day eighteen years ago W. Henry Townsend, county superintendent of the poor, lost a watch from his pocket. He worked at two tasks that day — assisting in cleaning out a mill race and unloading straw. He searched the straw without finding the timepiece. The mill race was soon full of water so that further search could not be made.

A few days ago the race was cleaned out and a watch was found. Townsend examined it and found in it his old timepiece. It was in excellent condition after its long rest under the water.

One of the official's friends asked him if the watch was still running and Mr. Townsend gravely replied that it surely was. It was a stem winder, he said, and very likely the action of the swiftly running water had kept it wound up all these years.


"Spook" Creates Terror

MAUCH CHUNK, Pa., Dec. 16. — A black-gowned figure, whose face is hidden by a long black veil, has been terrorizing people of this section for some time past. The "spook" only appears at night.