, 1870-04-03
GREAT EATERS.

Hercules, Utxeses, or Milo and therefnre' f]id
not know th1t their achievcmens had been fat
outdone. The two b~eet youths vagercd with
eseh &C! other % 70 which would eat given quan-
pounds and half Of rabbit, Loaf Of bread
and two pounds Of cheese in q quarter OF ar
hour; and he was 80 fatte1ed With the an
p!ause Of the bystanders, thAt he ffnished on
with beefuteak, pint End half Of gin, Ant
er: SO far bad. Now, Mr BadhAn, IN Ii,
"Proee Halieudcs," tells III that, "ammsr
immortal gluionH, Hercules, the b4ef-estsr
was the chief; he would est up tha grillet
carcasa Of COW At meal, with all the lvt
competently attested In tho odyssey. Milo
carried an OK round the stadium in his Arms
zrd then, With as little difficulty. In his inalda.
II it be Alleged that these three aneien
NoEthes never lived except IN the PAgea o.
mythology. there ia no difficulty IN finding rea
had room in his house for every kind Of sup
Per, each At particular cost and even hi.
cheapest supper WAS worth a moderats for
tune: Apicus killed himself whom he had on],
~, 600 sterling left, fearing that he would dit
pair Of part1idgea prepared from two dozen
and twenty-five legs 81 mutton cut up to rI Sun
ply once choice plAteful OF special delicacT
md diah prepared At endless cost from psst
boehmet, German writer, described some.
whnt fully the case Of man At wittenberg,
buahel Of cherries, including the stones. His
strength Of teeth ind power Of swallowing en-
abled him 70 nAsticAte, or, at least, to MUNICH
lnto small fragments, glass, carthenware, and
aints., He preferred birds, mice, and caterpil.
lars but when be could not get these delica-
he devoured pen, ink, and eand.pouncc and
seemed half inclined to deal in the same way
with The inkatand itself. He made money b.
exhibiting his PoTers In this way until about 6O
years Of age, after which he lived nearly q
score Of yc.1s moro in mora ratfonsl WY.
Although Latin treatise was published IN elu.
! cidaion OF his marvellous powers, 1t nay NOT
be unchazitable 70 suppose that there
was little ehieaneI IN the mattor,
a. IN the Case Of the fre-eateru with
in tho streets, and who doubtless live uuon
more reasonable diet when not engaged Ii
money-uaking exhibitions. A eto.y Is told OF
General knnigsmazk, an officer engaged il
one Of the many wars waged in bygone times
illustrates both the pig-cating attribute and
the fear which such An achievement may Dos
! Elbly produce in the minds OF others. A
peasant came to the King of 8xedcn's tent,
during the siege Of Prague, and offered tc
Majesty. Tho General, standing By, said The
fellow ought to bo burnt as sorcerer. Net.
tied and irritatcd 1t this, The peasant eI.
claimed, a. II Your Majesty will hut mako thai
old gentleman take OH his sword and spurs,
I will eat him before I begin the pig" aecorn,
| panying this offer with vast exhaustion of
mouth and jaws- Bravo az he was in battle,
kTnigrmark could not stand this; he beat I
hAsty retreat from the tent. znd hurried to hi,
/! own quarters,
In the time OF Charles The First, Taylor, tho
Water poet, gave an account Of ono Nicholas
I kPNt{Ah SnR rr1,o H,nA -
slowing away marvellous quantity OF food Al
meal. He was credited with Lavinu. or ono
occasion, devourcd whole raw sheep; on an.
cthcr, three dozen pigeons; On third, soy.
s5al ranl1ts; on fourth, eighteen yards oi
The quantities set down were sixty pounds ii
cherries and three peckA OF damsons. But
il viii be better to belicye these statements
and attend to the moro moderate thoneb
ntil sta1tling account given by Taylor, thai
j veal were hut as thsee sprats to him. 0noo,
ut Sir Wazham St. Lege1a house, be showej
himself 90 violent Of teeth aud stomach That
he ate as much as would bare served thirty
rupt and break, but that The eervine-man
turned him to the FIRE, and anointed his
pAunch with grease and butter to mako it
stretch and hold; and afterwards, being laid
in bed, he slept eight hour, and tasted Ill the
Tmle, which, when the Knight understood,
I N0~t~A~~A3At~A 3.
ana there to endure aa long a. he had lain
bedzid With eating" In the limo Of George
the tfrss there was man who, in tt Of
religious enthusiasm, tried tomsintain I,enten
iast OF forty DAYS and forty nights. Breaking
down IN this resolution after few
eeif tT becoming an enormous eater.
devouEtng large quantities Of raw Neeh wifi
much avidity. Somewhat over century aro
roash soldier; presented to the Court Of Sax
| y pounds Of beef and half Of 4 roasted csif.
| About the same time 3 youth Of II, appren-
| t;ce to Thames waterman, ate FIVE pounds Of
c: :slub and two quarts Of s7scs ;c:sc;s
| N hity minutes. An achievement Of about
| e4oA guttony ~as that Of a brewers man.
| = roast gooee Of e,1 pounds weight, a quartcro
LOAF, and three quarts Of porter in IN hour
and eighteen minutes. Early il the reign oi
George the Third ~atchmakes's appren-
boar ssass Sevon2r 9f 'gs IN y tth1ssuss ..
si1 pounds, and . proportion.te quantity q
peas pudding, washing down theee comcstb1ea
with pint Of brandy taken OF in two draurbts.
few yeaIs Afterwards there Was begear at
Gotdngen, who on morc than one occasion ato
tweiye pounds OF meat at meal. After his
death, his etomAch, which was very large, WAS
fennd 70 contain numerous bits Of flint and
other odds and ends, which Nature verv prop-
er1y refused to recognize as food. In fact, set
ting aside altogether the real or alleged eating
uT' Of whole sheep or hog, tho instances are
very numerous in which Joint sufficient for a
! large family has disappeared at meal within
the unworthy corpns Of ore man.
1t is clearly evident that many Of tho records
OF Soracloua eating point to morbid craE1uc
chthe person cutters, aud which is as much I
discasc as tic opposite e1treme-1oes of appe-
| nte-W!lle being still more difficult Of cure
Medical men Lave nt hand stock Of learned
Greek namcs to apply to various mAnifesta-
| tions Of the dieeaee. Dr.. Copeland desoribcs d
easc which came under his professional notice.
There were two children possessing Unsuitable
| aIpctites, Of which TIC youngest, years old.
vourcd by her wne astouiahing. EVERYTHING
that could be laid hold Of, even in its raw state,
was tcizcd upon most grecdily. Besides other
articles, an uncooked rabbit, hnlf pound Of
candles. and some butter were taken at one
time. The mother stated that this little girl,
who was apparently in good health otherwise,
took more food. il abe could possibly obtain it,
besides hereelf.T'
A to dre;eascrs, they have always been OK
h;no ~ osssE t than Peryons possessing real
There vas one fowoii, eesy W eminent % i in ' ti'is
hne Of business towards the cloet Of tl,c ruigu
| oI ss'ceIEe tle secona- 1t used 70 b. jocularlv
ssaa . OF Mna, 1hat "hs common food ls nr1r.i-
hungry peasant would mess OF pottase:
aud, such il his passion for this terrible de
r!ent, tLat i lie were to come hungry into YOUR
| hteheh ~M!e rttloli was Roasting. he would
cat up the fire and leave the hcef.e Some Of
tue iofmcr paragraphs III this s1ticle contair,
incidental notices Of persons swallowing min
eEal substances Of various kinds; and It ap-
pca1s tAAt medical men recognize dis
ease called GthophAgy, or stone-catins.
ferfons ha'o been known to derou., not
merely spiders and flies, toatis and sezpents,
YIFpA 4.A-
Lair, paper. and WOOL but cinderr, uanl cath,
clay, chalk, flint, glass, stone, muskot-bultcts,
and car7heuMAre, One man could aNalIoy
lilEard-Islla and gold and silver watches.
there Is an accredited casa in the medical
IorInals Of New York for 1872. Of \ uan who
could sN allow clAsT-kniyes With izppuuitv. but
On one day he oveIshot the marx. bv swallow
ms 1onrtecn- 1t Killed him. II 1e would 20
snto tie Particulars Of al these kinds Of
sofa*atS, We should have to establish three
grades. diEestin6 without 1nasti1ation. ae.l-
Loving without digesting, and simply svallow-
iuG without either 1nAtticatioa OF digestion,
Hut every one can trace this matter for him
sell AZ to cAtth-eating, the young women of
certain iands arc said to eat chalk and clay, to
improve their complexions.
CateF have been known in which the E,;lita-
tion 10 the quantity OF food taken at once
il brought about rather by the effects OF fumes
and sspots upon the brain than by IN exhaus-
ton Of the deglutitov powers Of the eater
Ono OF tboee persons to whom 4 whole Joint IL
the effect that be could not take three shill-
inEs' worth OF bread At meal The man Who
laid tho wager provided twelve new hot penny
loaves, and stepped them In several quarts Of
ale. The eject Of the ale upon the hot c1umb
| Of the bread WIS such - to send on the efut-
ton into u drowsy helplessness long before he
had come to the end OF his allotted task. and
he was greatly mortified Afterwards It having
| lost the wager,
| II the propensity be really dno to An ab-
| inr which I,bYsinincista and nh1sirizna can