Watchman

Night Watchman Calls Out the Hours (illustration)

Every night Willy Annen of Lausanne, Switzerland, calls out the hours from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Annen, whose job may be unique in Europe today, is the city watchman. From the windswept belfry of the city’s ancient cathedral, he will cry out: “This is the watchman; i …