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Night Watchman Calls Out the Hours

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; it struck twelve.” Annen uses an alarm clock to wake him up five minutes before each hour. He waits until the six-ton bronze bell has tolled the hour, and then through cone-shaped hands, he calls the hour. Then he goes back to sleep for fifty minutes. (Prairie Overcomer).