The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-29
sIxTEEN-YEAR TASK FINISHED.
Massachusetts Man COnstructs
Table of a Thousand Pieces.
From the Boston Hs

From the Boston Herald.
After sixteen years OF labor. on and on.
Llewellyn Cunningham. OF Isl ADAMS
street, Dorchester, has recently completed
a table which stands unique as specimen
of handiwork with carpenters TOOLS. When
1t is stated that in the construction OF this
over 10000 separate pieces OF wood. the
reader will have slight Idea of the mag
nitu6e of the task. IL Is not alone In this.
however, that the interest In the table lies,
for. included in the immense number Of
pieces worked into its construction there
are go different species of wood. from all
railroad disasters. foods. big fires, battle
fields and old government ships and others
commemorative OF important events.
Mr.. Cunningham began work on the Ia
at his disposal, and from that time until
the present he has worked a few hours
each day upon the affair. During all these
hours he has kept strict account of the
hours SO spent. and he reckons them at
1852. The result Is that in Its completed
state the table is not only ornamental but
useful as well. BY Mr.. Cunninghams In
genuity. patience. and perseverance, he has
worked every piece together, however
small. into odd and striking designs.
which are inlaid on the top. bottom and
legs
The central design in the top Is a check
or board which contains the largest pieces
to be found in the table. These are IA
inches square. The finest work. into which
about 100 of them 10 the square inch. OF
the various soft woods a very small piece
OF each has been utilized: OF the hard and
rare woods many pieces of the same kind
were used. These woods were obtained at
considerable expense and labor. and came
from every state and territory in the Unit
ed States. as well as from Nova Scotia.
New Brunswick. Prince Edward island.
Cape Breton island. British Columbia.
Quebec. Montreal, Manitoba. Mexico. Chi
lie. Peru. the Andes mountains, Bolivia.
United States OF Colombia. honduras.
Venezuela, the Guianas Ecuador. Brazil.
Argentine, Rio de Janelro. Trinidad Rus
Hungary Prussia. Poland. Sweden. lap
land. Italy. France. Spa!n. Portugal, En-
gland. Ireland. Scotland, Norway. Greece.
matra Singapore Arabia, Persia NADIA
gascar. Liberia. Australia Zanzibar. Afri-
ca Cairo. Tasmania, Sandwich islands, So
ciety islands. Samoa. Cuba and Porto Rico.
among the many important events from
which relics are worked into its construc-
ton are the railroad disaster OF Ashtabula,
49, 1852: and the Quincy wreck August 10.
1880: also the big fires of Portland, Me, in
1850, Chicago in 1871. ST.; John. y. B.. In
Johnstown, In 1859.
Other interesting souvenirs are from the
old government ships Ohio and Merrimac:
a piece OF the Benedict Arnold house In
New Haven. Conn: piece of the Judges
cave, and the old Yale fence In the same
city. a piece OF shrub near Ledyard monu-
ment on the hill opposite New London: a
piece OF the old Liberty elm. Cambridge:
a p!ece of wrecked car al the pittshIrg
riot in 1875 a piece of the stock of rifle
shot off at Gettysburg, july L. 1861 and a
piece of the deck load OF the barkentine
Herbert Fuller when she lay In Halifax
harbor.
The maker OF the table shows much
well-deserVed pride in diSpla wing IL 10 IN
rgfeHtet persons. a VI n
tale 10 ten Of nearly every piece of wood
used in its construction.