Mr. F.R. LOFTIN, register of deed, has a clock of the grandfather persuasion in his office. According to the family records and traditions of Mr. David CLODFLTER from whom he bought it, the clock is fully a hundred years old, and nobody knows how much older. It is as Dutch as limburger cheese, and is apparently a native of the father-land.

Source: Davidson Times-Dispatch, 5 February 1890.  Paper available at Google News Archive.