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Same bat time , same bat guano ! (01 / 10/98 , CHN) Page 2 of 2 <br /> The 1766 clock which features an anchor/recoil escarpment d - <br /> arp an a nine foot <br /> pendulum, is one of only two 18th-century English-made clocks in the United <br /> States . Thought to be a gift of the English Lord Hillsborough, the clock has <br /> looked out over Hillsborough for most of the past 225 years . Though the bell <br /> that for over a century had tolled the hours was replaced in April 1997 by a <br /> larger, heavier - and older - English bell , the clock itself has sat atop the old <br /> courthouse since 1846 . <br /> And the bats and their guano ? Not a new phenomenon. <br /> " They've been doing their business , " Hogue said, " ever since time began . " <br /> David Schulman can be reached at 918 -2022 ext . 377 or dschulma@nando :com <br /> Home ( Classifieds News Sports Opinion Around Town <br /> Arts Calendar. ( Chapel Hill News Real Estate Section Search ( Contact Us <br /> http : //www. chapelhillnews . com/Issues/ 1999/01 / 10/ 1 / 13 /99 <br />