The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-20
SIxTEEN-YEAR TASK FINISHED.
Table From Thousands of Bits OF
Wood.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
After sixteen years of labor, off and on,
L,ewellyn Cunningham OF 1874 Adams
street. Dorchester, has recently completed
a table which stands unique as a specimen
of handiwork with carpenters tools. When
it is stated that in The construction Of this
piece Of furniture the maker has utilized
over 10000 separate pieces Of wood the
reader will have g slight idea of the mag
nitude of the task. II is not alone IN this,
however, that the interest in the table lies.
for, Included in the immense number Of
pieees worked into its construction there
ares27O different species of wood, from all
parts of the world, as well as relics from
railroad disasters, floods, big fires, battle
fields. and old government ships and others
commemorative of important events.
Mr.. Cunningham began work on the ia
Bile in 1922 then having considerable leisure
at his disposal, and from that time until
The present he has worked a few hours
each day upon the affair. During all these
years he has kept strict account of the
hours so spent. and he reckons them at
369e. The result is that in its completed
stnte the table is not only ornamental but
useful as well. BY Mr.. Cunningham's In
genuity patience and perseverance he mas
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 check
er board, which contains the largest pieces
N he found in the table. These are ia
inches square The finest work, into which
are worked the smallest pieces, figures
about 12O of them TO the square inch. OF
the various soft woods 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, ana 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, Que
bee, Montreal, Manitoba, Mexico. Chill, Pc
ru. the Andes Mountains. Bolivia, United
States of Colombia. Honduras, Venezuela,
the Gulanas, Ecuador, Brazil. Argentina,
Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad, Russia. China,
Japan, Siberia, Asia Minor, Turkey in
Asia, Constantinople, Austria, Hungary,
Prussia, Poland Sweden. Lapland, Italy
France, Spain, Portugal, England, Ireland
Scotland, Norway, Greece, Cyprus, Sicily,
Sardinia, Borneo. Sumatra, Singap pore, Ara
bia, Persia, Madagascar, Liberia, Austria
LA, Zanzibar, Africa, Cairo, Tasmania,
Sandwich Islands, Society Islands, Samoa,
GLDd anu uIi " NV
Among the many important events from
which relics are worked into its construc-
ton are the railroad disaster Of Ashtabula.
Aug. %, 1876; Spuyten Duyvel, Jan. 10, 1882;
and the quincy wreck, Aug. 10, 1880; also
the big fires of Portland, Me-, in 1860; Chi
cago, in 1871; st. John. n. b., in 1877; Bos-
ton, In 1872, and Seattle. Wash, In 1889, and
the floods of MIL river, 1874, and Johns
town, in 1889.
other interesting souvenirs are from the
old government ships Ohio and Merrimac;
piece OF the Benedict Arnold house IN
New Haven, Conn; piece Of the Judges
cave, and the old Yale fence I'm the same
city; a piece of shrub near Ledyard mon
ument on the hill opposite New London
O piece of the old Liberty elm. Boston,
and the old Washington elm, Cambridge
a piece Of a wrecked car at the Pittsburg
riot in 1877; piece OF the stock Of rifle
shot off at Gettysburg. July 1. 1863. and a
piece Of the deck load Of the barfentine
Herbert Fuller when she lay in Halifax
harbor.
The maker OF the table shows much we'll