The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-06-09
Nearly four YEAR. AGO Deacon Elisha

- Nearly four years ago Deacon Elisha
Pratt, of New Providence, N. j., died
after eating hearty dinner, and his
widow has placed strange memorial OF
the event in the parlor. Under O large
glass case is an enormous silver platter.
On this platter, arranged In regular
order, are portions Of meat, vegetables,
watermelon, cucumber, ice cream, pie,
etc., nodded in wax. They represent as
nearly as possible the exact quantity Of
each of these articles that the deacon ate
the evening before he died. They stand
on the platter in just the order that the
real articles were consumed by Mr.. Pratt.
Scattered through the solids are goblets
full of wax, colored to represent the
cider the deacon imbibed during the
same dinner. Each wax imitation is
perfect, and looks as though it were
real piece Of meat or portion Of fruit.
The quantity represented is enormous.
On top Of the glass case is little. arch
made of solid silver. Above The arch is
pet. Suspended from tho center of the
arch is tiny tablet of white marble, on
which, in deep black letters, are engraved
the following words: "This Is What the
Deacon Died Of"
There was received at the custom
house yesterday, says the Chicago Times,
machine which, it is claimed, will do
away with that useful adjunct to every
we'll regulated farm, the farm hand who
milks the cows. The apparatus was i'm.
ported from Glasgow, Scotland. This
machine, 1t is claimed, will milk thirty
COWS In one hour, and do it so easily and
neatly that the COWS will scarcely know
1t. The machine is constructed on the
vacuum principle, and when adjusted
to the cow the milk flows in continuous
stream, and the machine does the work
without assistance. The apparatus re-
ceived yesterday is said to be the first
one ever brought to this country, and its
use will be in the nature of an expert
ment at first. The contrivance is largely
used in Scotland, and its practicability
has been long ago demonstrated. The
greatest objection to the machine by
farmers will probably be its price. The
one imported yesterday, is valued at s55
in Scotland, but the duties paid upon
it added as, making the total cost 800.
The appraisers had considerable Difficult
no machine Of the kind having ever been
received at this point.
In one respect at least Quito, the
capital of Ecuador, Is the most unique
city in the world-it is situated in both
the northern and the southern hemis-
pheres, distinction claimed by no 9TH
er place ofimportance on the globs. At
Quito the sun rises and sets at 6 o'clock
the year round. You may forget to
wind your watch while you are visiting
the Ecuadorean capital, but you need
not hunt up a regulator-set it when the
sun rises or sets and you will be sure to
be right. Old Sol makes no mistakes.
In one part of the city the summer sea-
500 does battle with old winter, who is
just across the street. The seasons, as
far as names are concerned, change almost
instantly but, as the temperature is re-
markably even, these curious points are
seldom thought OF or commented on by
the people who make Quito their home.
- For fifteen minutes fish rained on
the farms north of Janesville, Wis, re-
Gently. When the rain storm with which
they came ended the ground was covered
with them. There were thousands, and
the cattle tracks, pools, wagon ruts and
wherever water could settle were alive
with them. They were all the common
"shiner."
California is about to order twenty
carloads ofspecial glass jars to hold her
Worll's Fair fruit display,