The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-05-19
How Byron Kept his Fat Down

strong drinks, but his terror of getting
fat was so great that lie reduced his diet
TO the point Of absolute starvation. He
was Of that soft, Emphatic temperament
which tits "!mostimpossib!e to keep with
IN moderate compass, particularly is, il,
hls case, his lameness prevented his taking
exercise. When he added to his weigh,
even standing was painful so he resolv
ell TO keep down to eleven stone, or shoe,
himself. He said everything he swallow
cd was Instantly converted into talow,
and deposited on his ribs. lie was the
only human heing ever met with who
had sufficient self restraint and resolution
TO resist this proneness to faten. He did
so; and at Genon, where he was las; weigh
cd, he Was ten stone and nine pound, and
looked much less. This was not from
vanity abou. his personal appearance, but
from better motive and as. ike Justice
Greedy he WAS always hungry, his meri,
was the greater. Occasionally he relaxed
his vigilance, when he swelled apace. !
remember one Of his old friends. saving.
byron, how well you are looking!' If
he had stopped there it had been well A:
but when he added, "Ypu are getting fa, ,,
Byron's brow rsddencd, and his eve.
flashed, "Do you call getting f,t look
ing well, rs If | were hor :" and turn.
ing TO me, he muttered, "Ihe beast, can
hardly keep my hands of him" The
man who thus offended him was the hus
band OF the lady addressed as "Gcnevrr." ."
and the orig:oual Of his 'Zueika." in III.
Bride Of Ahydos. | don't think he had
much appetite for his dinner tha, dav, or
for many days, and never forgave the
man who, so far from wishing to offend.
intended to pay him compliment. BY.
ron said he tried all sorts OF experiments
to stay his hunger, without adding TO his
bulk. II swelled," he said, sat one time
TO fourteen stone, no | c'sppeG the muzze
on my jaws, and, like the hiberneted an.
;mals, consumed my own fat" He would
exist on buiscuits and soda. %a'rF for day.
together then, TO allay the eternal hun
ger gnawing at his vitAls, he would make
up horid mess of cold potatoes. rice, tish
or greens, deluged in vinegar, and gobble
IT up like famished dog. Ga either o
these unsavory Dishes, with biscuit aud
glass or two OF Rhine wine, he cared no,
how sour, he called feasting sumptuouslv
Upon my Observing he nigh, as wei
have fresh fish or vegetables, instead o
STALE, he laughed, and answered, "Ihav,
an advantage over you; have no palat,
One Thing is rs good as another TO me-
Nothing" ] said, "disagrees his brair
don't bother him but if you wish to live!'
"Who wants to livel" he replied. "No
|. The Byrons arc a short.Iived race or
both sides. father and mo!her. Longevi
ty is hereditary | am nearly n, the en-,
Of my tether. don't care for death ,
d; it is her sting! can't bear pain.
BY starving his body, Byroa kept hi.
brains clear. No man had brighter eye,
or clearer Voice; aud his resolu.e bear
ing aud prompt replies. "hen excited
gave to his body muscular power tha
imposed Oh strangers. Inever doubted
(:or he was Indifferent to life, and proude
than Lucifer.) that, il he had drawn li
sword IN Greece, or elsewhere, hero h,
would have thrown away the scabbard -
Trelarney's RecoIlec,ions Of the Last Dav,
OF Shelley and Byron, (pubIishe! by Tick
nor IL Fields, Boston).
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