Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-11-15
The Vagaries Of Starving Man.

The yagaries Of a Starving Man.
Mr. Everts brother of Miles A. Everis
of Burlington, VI, who was lost on the
Yellowstone, coniri butcs TO ScriJner'S an
intensely interesting account OF hls .'Thir-
ty-seven Days of Peril" We quote: I
IL lost all sense of time. Days and
nights came aud went, aud were numbered
only by the growing concIousness that
was gradually starving. | felt no hunger
lid not eat to appoase appetite but TO re-
new strength. | experienced but little
pain. The gaping sores on my feet, the
severe burn on my hip, the fostering crew.
ices at the joints Of my fingers, all terri
ble in appearance, had ceased to give me
the least concern. The roots which had
supplied my food had suspended the dl.
4 gestive power of the stomach, and their
fihers were pack cd in it in matted, COM
-p;ct mass.
mot so with my hours of slun'5er.
They we're visited by the most luxurious
dreams. l would apparently visit the
most gorgcously decorated restaurants III
New York and Washington; sit down to
immense tables spread with tn" most ap-
petising winds; parake Of the richest
oyster ,tews and plnmpest pie engage
myself in the labor and preparations OF
curious dishes, and with them gil range
upon range Of elegantly furnished tables
until they fairly groaned beneath the ac-
= cumulated dauiies prepared by my own
!. hands. Frequently the entire night would
, seem tu have been spent in getting up a
:, sumptuons dinner. would realize the
n fatigue of. roasting. boiling, baking and
a fabricatipg the choicest dishes known to
.r the modern cuisine, and in my disturbed
slumbers would enjoy with epicurian rel
!. ish the food thus furnished even to rcple'
A ton. Alas! there was more luxury thar
i life in these somnolent vagaries.
=. "By some process which | was toe
=. weak to solve, my arms, legs and stomach
we've transformed in so many travclin'
:. companions. Often for hours | woul'
., plod along conversing with these imagin
/, arv friends. Each had his peculiar want
+, which he expected me to SUPP ly. Th
-, stomach was importunate i'll lis deman'
!. for CHARGE of diot--complained inces
y, sanity of the roots fed to bin, their pre-
:, sent effect, aud more remote consequences
>, would try 10 silence him with PROMISES
- hec OF him to wait II few days and wbe
. this failed Of the quiet | desired, wou
seek TO intinidate him by declaring, as
=, sure result of negligence our inability
reach home alive. All to no purpose =
;. he toru,ented me with his frctful humol
through the entire journey. The Other
would generally concur with him in thes
-. faneied terations The legs implore
me for rest, and the arms complained tn;
:. | gave them TOO much to do. Troubl,
ro some as they were, it was pleasure
o.. realize their presence. worked t
-, them, too, with right good will, don
= many things for their seeming comic
!, which, had felt nlySelf alone, would ha'
h., renainad uniope. They appeared 10
"a perfectly helpless. Of themselves; wou
:, do nothing for me or for each other.
/. often wondered, whilethey ate an slept
=, much, that they did not aid in gathellr
wood and kindling fires. AS a counterpol
to their own inertia, Whenever they 81
covered languor in me on necessary occ
= sions they were not wanting IN words
encouragement and cheer. recall as
~ write an instance where, by prompt al
timely interposi'ion, the represtntatlo
:, of the stomach saved me from a death
!. !, dreadful agony. One day ! came to
~ small stream issuing from y small spn
w. Of mild temperature on,he hillside. swar'
~ ing with minnows. | caught some wi
'' nv hapds. nm ate them raw. TO r
4. i. tas,e they we're delicious. BIT the sto
90 ach refused them. accused me of atteml
''r ing to poson him. and would not be
concied until had emp.ied my pouch
u. tho few FISH | had put the.e for fu'u
ara usc."
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