Two cows were chatting over the fence between their fields. The first cow said, "I tell you, this mad-cow-disease is really pretty scary. They say it is spreading fast; I heard it hit some cows down on the Johnson Farm."
The other cow replied, "Ah, I ain't worried, it won't affect us ducks."
Soda fountainIn 1870, Gustavus Dows of Lowell, Mass. received his first patent (No. 99,170) for an "Improved Soda Fountain" being the vessel in which carbon dioxide was injected, both forming the soda-water beverage, and delivering the drink using the internal pressure. His improvement was to fit it with an internal perforated partition to improve aeration during oscillation. Earlier, he had had made the first ornamented soda fountain in the U.S. (1858), made from white Italian marble with spread eagles perched on the syrup cocks. He invented a double stream draft arm and cock, for a large or small stream (1862). From 1863, he made and sold soda fountains for $225 each. The first U.S. soda fountain patent was granted to Jacob Ebert and George Dulty (24 Apr 1833). |
