Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20

Herewith we present what Mr.. Thorn
Ton says Of bis experience ia his recent
feat OF eating thirty qualls Ia a. many con-
secutiye days. Says he:
OF course when ! agreed 10 eat thirty
partridges in as many consecutive days !,
| like numbers Of others, was not aware OF
the difficulties 10 be encountered, although
have noticed articles In print relative to
the feat by others. j am somewhat con.
versant with the human system, AT least so
| far as my own is concerned, and can there
fore know as well as physician 10 what
extent IL can be subjected ~ unnatural
treatment. / thought If there was one,
there must be a multiplicity Of obstacles
| In the way, and which must be overcome.
| In the first place, Il the strong game MI RI
ment entered the system, and thus pro.
duced i'll effects, the best way 10 obyiatc
that was by eating plenty OF other food,
filling up the system with its nutriment,
and thus make less room for the quail
nutriment, and thereby prevent its per
meating the anatomy. The next object
was 10 destroy, Us much as possible, the
strong game flavor. This | did by hav-
ing male biris lat that time Of the year,
shot, and two days old soak them in salt
water over day, and III night add small
piece of alum; next morning soak in fresh
water, then parboil with q little soda for
| fifteen or twenty minutes, then have II
cooked and served up as desired.
Nature never intended the quail for
constant food for man, and take them in
their natural state, that II, kill them and
cook them the same day without par
boiling and using superduity Of condi-
| ments or other devices to destroy the game
| In them, and no man can cat them for
thirty days consecutivcly. The children
| of Israel ate them forty days, but they
| were given to them for food rs a plague
sent upon them, and they got putrid in
their mouths. In the third place, they
produced constipation and dryness and
burning at the stomach. This had 10 be
remedied by the use OF alternatives, and
| then not eiiec,ually.
The first day could have eaten three
or four birds, the second day, the same,
and did eat dinner afterward The third
day they were still splendid. The fifth
day one bird was as much as ] wanted for
dinner. The eleventh day they tasted
very peculiar. On the night of The 18th,
while sleeping. had dream. thought
my room was full OF partridges, flying In
every direction. One had his bill stuck
| in the corner at the top next 10 the ceiling,
| fin;tering his wings rs If he wanted 10 fly
| through the wall. In another moment
the delusion changed ! found myself In
| the top private box AT the Opera House,
aud itfull Of wild partridges. Presently
| ] looked down on the stage, and saw II
quail flying right at my face. l lodged
| quickly woke up, and found my head
hanging over the side of the bed, and the
weather cold enough 10 freeze, Just after
eating the twentieth, got awful sick. IL
required strenuous efforts 10 avoid casting
up accounts. The twenty second was
splendid there was return OF good feel.
ing. But, after this, they grew worse and
worse, until the twenty-sixth, which was
almost fatal 10 the cause The twenty.
seventh was still worse, but Turkish
bath and an orange, with u long nap alter
ward, proved sufficient barriers to keep
up the fun A slight improvement In the
digestive organs rendered the twenty
eighth bird the best To be relished OF any.
After that, got through all right.
Looking back at IL now | don't see how
| succeeded. had 10 attend to my work,
and In going about the street, no differ
ence how sick or in what frame Of mind
was regarding the quails, an average of
800 people day would smilingly inquire;
"How's birds w "Do you think you
will sucoeedy" "Now, really, what Is
the mattery" And, Notwithstanding the
fact that one partridge Is not larger than a
small.sized Irish potato, many would
coolly remark: ~ believe | could eat
two day for forty days" This was very
pleasing intelligence, but when man
said he could eat wild turkey day for
thirty days, gave In to his superior ca
pacity, and said, give me u little less than
what was having.
| would like for some other person TO
try the experiment. that may see how
his experience comedies with mine.
A week before / finished, 81 800 was
offered me If | would fail.
Qcails have more muscular power than
anything else OF the same size; their legs
are all muscle. They cannot be tanned
any more than you can scale a tish with
the ladder of fame.
Thirty OF them can't be eaten, band
running, any more than you can crawl
through the eye of needle Tdftaata
(Ga,) Times.
THERE are now 1915 officers in the regu.
lar army who have, 10y long and meritori-
Gus service, and by virhle OF their intelli-