NEVER WENT WRONG
When visiting friends in Devon recently, writes Mr W. Knowles, of Newcastle, to a London paper, I was taken to see an old tombstone bearing this unique epitaph to a watchmaker: “ Here lies in a horizontal position tho Outward Case of George Routleigh, watchmaker, whose abilities in that line were an honour to his profession. Integrity was the Mainspring and prudence tho Regulator of all his actions. His Hand never stopped to relieve distress, so regulated were his emotions. Ho never went Wrong; all knew his Key. “ His Hours glided by till an unlucky Minute put a period to his existence. He died November 24, 1802, aged 57. Wound Up in the hope of being taken in Hand by his Maker. Cleaned and Repaired and Set Going in the world, to come.”
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Evening Star, Issue 23697, 3 October 1940, Page 14
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135NEVER WENT WRONG Evening Star, Issue 23697, 3 October 1940, Page 14
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