Farcical life in Brookville -- 1895

Indianapolis News, 1895

Dual Time

This quaint old town, along with other unique features, provides its citizens with a dual time -- standard and sun time; or, as they call the latter, "God's time," the difference being 22 minutes.

The country people observe sun time, as the court house clock is under the authority of the commissioners, who represent the county at large, it still keeps to the old order, which the factory whistles and bells have accepted the innovation of standard time.

Citizens who are not too violent advocates for one or the other keep both by having their watches provided with two minute-hands, set 22 minutes apart. A facetious advocate of "God's time" has called attention to the fact that when Gabriel blows the final blast, the standard people will be just 22 minutes late.

Pills a-Plenty

An agent peddling pills tossed samples into the various dooryards at Brookville, a package of which was found by a man named Swan, who swallowed a lot of the pills. Peritonitis developed on the following day and the man is now in a dying condition.

Matchless Moments

A bunch of matches accidentally went into the rag cutter of the Stewart paper mill at Brookville yesterday afternoon; the rags were ignited and wee carried by the elevator to the second floor. The building was badly damaged but the story in the rotary and rag-room was saved. The mill is operated by a receiver.