The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-05
AWONDERFUL TABLE.

Tho Remarkable Inndiwork ora Whtor-
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 Wood.
 What Is, without doubt, the most re- markable piece of woodwork ever seen In Waterbury has just been completed by Charles r. Adam of 67 South Main street. It Is a table about yard square and comprised of s0.00o pieces of wood. This Is MT. Adams second attempt at making an inlaid table. the first having been wrecked In transpor- tation. and this one was intended for exhibition at the worlds fair, but he could not get it done in time. He start ed 1t in 1891, and has worked on 1t at odd times since, in all a matter uf S,364 hours of actual labor.
 In the centre of the revolving top Is a good representation of the white house at Washington, surmounted by the stars and stripes. The border of the top is a handsome piece of mosaic work. and along the four sides are shown Washington's birthplace in Vir- ginia, his familiar Mount Vernon home, the birthplace of Grant In Ohio, and the house where he attended school as boy. Tastefully interspecsed with these are many quaint desingns that taken as a whole, make up a pattern which has very much the appearance of a production of the weaver's art.
 The support consist of two pieces of oak placed together in the form Of a letter x and stood upright, cut out in scroll and with graceful column after the Corinthian order at each corner. On each face of these oak supports are two panels. making sixteen in all, on which are shown trees. and birds and leaves of the different kind of plant growth until the wonder is that a mans patience should ever hold out to complete such task.
 On the lower part also are sho wn the <AAAC1iSoll SdSiC WllA SpI Cuo Wll6S dHu clutching cluster of arrows in its talons, deer's head, stork, sparrow and two roosters; Washington's Valley Forge headquarters: the birthplace of Lincoln in Kentucy: Ford's theatre (where Lincoln was shot) and the house near by where he died; the birthplace of Columbus near Genoa, Italy, on a background of dark rosewood; clois- ter in Spain visited by Columbus: the ship Constitution, Libby prison, clus- ter of daisies, lilies, Scotch thistle and twenty-six varieties of leaves, with ferns, fruits, etc. Waterbury's Mason ic temple is also done in nice shape. as is also the house of J. s. Elton.
 There is nothing in the nature of a paint. dye or stain of any sort in the whole work. the various effects being brought out by the natural colors of the different woods, of which there are seventy-three kinds in the table, Some of the woods are very ancient and some of special historic interest. There are pieces from India and mahogany snuff-box that was made from the old Constitution MT. Adam has worked into his table. Relics from the Johnstown flood are also there. .E.
 When asked how he knows there are 80.00O pieces in the table, MT. Adam re- plies that he counted them as he put them in. It Is beyond question a won- derful production. graceful in. propor- tions, substantial in build and finished off as nicely as the highest priced piano.
 MT. Adam was born in Berlin about thirty-seven years ago. By profession he Is a woodworker, and at present he is employed at general carpenter work with the Waterbury Brass company. An admirer offered MT. Adam $20O for the table the other day, but it is not for sale at any such price as that.-Wa- terbury American.