Arizona republican., 1905-08-20
MEALS IN QUEER PLACES.

One Of Blondin's most applauded |
feats was the making of an omelet !
while balancing on his rope al a diz- |
~ height. When crossing Niagara &c
performed this culinary exploit which
he subsequently repeated in England
! in many strange situations, not the
| least being above the Thames, which
he crossed more than once.
The summit of Salisbury's spire was
used as a kitchen in 1855 when a
plumber named Handley, having sur
mounted its height of 400 feet, pro-
| ceeded with the utmost nCnchalance
to cook an ample repast, consisting of
a shoulder of mutton and = couple of
fowls. Again in 1862. when the same
spire stood in need of repairs, James
Grist to whom the job was intrusted,
cooked and ate a dish of beans ana
bacon, to the establishment of the
crowd collected below.
On one occasion five adventurous
spirits, under the leadership of a Ger
tain Pierre Roubaud, taking with them
cooking utensils. scaled the spire OF
Bayeux cathedral. on reaching the
gigantic gilded statute of St. Michael
which then stood on the summit, they
/ proceeded to cook their dinner. which
they ate with great gusto. much TO the
lamazement of the onlookers. whose
health they drank at the conclusion Of
the feast.
Descending from sky to sea we find.
one warm July day of 1900. the Amer
4 lean submarine Argonaut running
q smoothly along 80 feet below the sur
face. ON board was a party of guests
81 invited by Captain Lake to undergo
y the novel experience Of partaking
while beneath the surface of dinner
y cooked under the water. The meal
81 brilliant as 0a
q supper and breakfast served 8 months
8 later, under similar conditions. on
81 board the Holland boat Fulton.
a diving bell was some years since
81 utilized as a kitchen to supply a re-
8 past for half dozen convives who. fol
q a wager, had undertaken to cook anC
Il eat a dinner of half q dozen courses
81 beneath the water. This entertain
81 ment. which took place at Naples, wa:
81 held in emulation of a somewhat sim
81 liar achievement by six gentlemen who
Il had used a diving bell for partakins
g of a meal cooked on board a barg'
e moored near at hand.
81 In 1706 one James Austin laid
z wager of $500 that he would cook
81 plum pudding ten feet beneath the sur
3 face of the Thames, near Rotherhithe
b The bet was readily accepted. an,
* many people focked to the appointe,
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z tion of the culinary art. Inclosed in
h tin pan, in the center of a sack O
lime. the pudding was lowered be
meath the water, where for two hour
and a half it remained. 1t was the
e. taken up and partaken of by a com
81 mittee. who declared that Austin ha
81 won his wager. the pudding being,
b anything, Overdone.
81 once more mounting aloft. W
8 climb the old elm at Walton hall t
B the platform erected by that eccen
3 trio naturalist, Charles Waterton, VIII
81 entertained thereon six acquaintance
s. to dinner The dishes We're cooked o
81 another platform erected on a neigh
81 boring tree whence they We're dis
b patched to a table by means OF an in
b geniously constructed cable way. TIL
b entertainment was voted an unquali
n fed success, the cook and assistant
81 who wer hoisted aloft and lowered i
81 chains. covering themselves with Gu
b mary glory.
In the tower of Erfurt cathedr;
n hangs a huge bell, ten feet high an
thirty feet in circumference, weigh
ing thirteen tons. Within this on Jul
n - 1713, dined ten of the towns mo-
b oppulent burghers on dishes cooked
b a kitchen temporarily erected on IL
b beam that supported the ponderol
Il mass of tintinabulary metal. To ce
y citrate this repast medals were struc
having on the diverse the portraits
the guests and on the reverse the r
presentation of the curious scene.
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