The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-20

champion of France and fha :.
peer ever opposed to Marlbora.,as, stfsS|
formidable at the mess-table as an WI
field. He would gorge himself Till i t ae hE|
commenced to tremble, and the ~. ns n
his chest threatened him with asI phpIeSslQ|
to the waiter or messfnate who IN yAl&. L
by word or want OF atteufton i, llet
mentst A fierce blow, a hurled ~ ~ sqch
tremendous kick was the miIdast lDies \
OF his impatience. After the dsf 1s eApfes1
narde he saved the French ARM 1 T.. v n
terly retreat that kept him In ~ " +
two days and two nights, and 49, addls]
himself, not by sleep, but by sittiruaa MI
a banquet OF sixteen hours, durinns l auts|
incorporated as many pounds 81 3 ..s nnleIl
IL we may believe Chateaubriand utsuh /
Calmucks, according to MI. Scbn.
travel q hundred miles to stuff ~ iefs I
with horseflesh at somebody essa,sst ienez|
and Gordon Cumming mentions : : ssxpss|
Lulu-CaHres-a man with two wiyes i Y
Collaborating, between noon and s y aaq
posed Of all the meat. marrow ana sg .nee :
OF 9 large Zabra, and during tn s sas;l
night picked the bones in a wav ,. ioiQss1
an army OF ants could emulate W." vsa
SPEAKS OF Tartar courier, named Tb,ssa y
VINO boosted OF having eaten, aunaas,.!!..!
without employment OF witchcrait
sklnful OF raislns and middle-sizad H I n
Ing nothing but bristles and q ~ 4
larger bones, and once, within Az 1
even goat with two kids. tnrah.g NJ
bag of dried figs and deep potinnu y w
or tomented mares milk. ThnvsyTl Nan
have known the secret of Anisiuaa wv y Il
enabled the adept 10 prolonp hia n.ss II!
two days and night. But such TT sas.ssl
not the exclusive product of cosssss,l
James Halpine, Yorkshire man ~
tied himself in Manchester and nm III W.
cities during the first years 81 thss. Is IT.
thought nothing of eating dozen ~
bones, feathers and all; sWalIowed ". "
larger fishes alive, and won nd 49, AVE n
vouring within two hours all tba essi n
Guiding half a cheese and a Suss v
pickles, on table that had been 81 s; saa
persons. N
Joseph Kolnicker, born In 1sDo II i.
Southern Germany, who served Il y!
soldier for q couple of years. had & y
charged before the expiration ct lii III
account Of his appalling appetite, H.
devour raw potatoes, horse-turnino y. SStss
in the garden, could empty basketinls =.
In few minutes, and, In spite Of III !.
tions. gained admlttance to an ofyicsr'. NJ.
or the commissary store-ro0ms nsls b.
then, and with most deplorable raaI%
| too, converted his expensive talent M. !.
Of profit by public exhibitions. Az y! =
many incredible bets that, much " NJ ~
| his renown eventually spread Ike mi 81 j
athlete Milo, and nobody dared 10 ma
him.
But no modern Virtuoso can enu...
giants OF antiquity. C.audius, CaUSE Il
mitian and Heliogabulus, the innsfj i
| tons, almost exhausted the res0uf,ss \ "
| Orbis Romanus by their monstuus ~
| Cicero compares the scene after Isss
banquet to a battlefield; and mauy 4
! wealthiest patricians were ruined n n
| two OF those entertainments, I'd Min
above-named potentates had arl unnIS
habit Of inviting themselves.
The symposa of Apicius lasted fronts.
| to thirty hours, and his serni-aDDusI ~
| dinners even two days, during Nk4
and guests were restricted to rece8ss n
minutes, and etiquette required then If
take of every dish and drink, the Oua1lSa
| ing optional, except In regard 70 NJ
| spiced wines, of which a good-sized Is
| de rigueatr-a rule which could 0nly q
cumvented by liberal libations 10 III r
Yet even excess itself was exceeded NJ
mania of Vitelllus, who wasted tbe h
| revenue of a province on a single l5a
| gorged himself for hour after hour RI
intermission, and, in the words u 1iSt
''unadmonished by the eruptive prut1fs
| nature, never thought OF yielding MI
| could see and heart"
| James Rector. farmer of Norfolk ~