Connecticut western news., 1880-08-27
DIR. TANNERS SENSATIONS.
A Gain of Eight Pounds and Half Within Thirty Hours-A Night
 and Day of Feasting with
 Only Agreeable COnse-

beefsteak Sunday evening at the resi- dence of Dr. Gum, he was asked by visitor what his sensations were during the fast.
 "I suffered most" he said, "from de- privation of air. It is difficult to describe how I felt. But lack of pure air seemed to have distressing effect on the gastric nerve. My sensations seemed to centre in my stomach, but it was not apparently a longing for food. could control my stomach to that extent by my will. suffered at the stomach from sense of weakness and depression there which cannot make you understand very well with words. When I held the peeled peach in my hands few minutes before noon Saturday I longed to set my teeth in it, but probably with no greater inten- sity than you have often longed for delicious morsel when you have lasted an hour or two longer than the ordinary interval between meals. suffered most at the first part of the fast. I depended on good, pure air. It cost me six dollars 8 day for air. That is what had to pay for my carriage rides. My experience in this fast was much the same that 1t was in my former fast, except that in this case suffered more from lack of sleep, which was caused by disturbance. Some of my watchers were very noisy.
 1T have been asked if I dreamed of feasts, Dr. Tanner continued, Gas it is reported that starving men usually do% The fact was that did not dream at all, because had no sound sleep. There was too much noise and excitement. I was sorry for that, because I hoped to be able to make a psychological study of myself. My sleep was such that I had little opportunity for dreams. In my waking hours would not allow my thoughts to run on feasting."
 It was suggested to him by caller that Lieut. Trdxton Trains exploring party on the Isthmus of Panama called for sugar on their rescue, after they had been reduced to the last extremity by starvation, and that he had selected sweet fruit
 "I had no special reason for the selec- ion of watermelon" said Dr. Tanner, 's with which to break my fast, except that found it so delicious when broke my former fast. don't know that I had any particular longing for sweet ness."
 "How have you felt since the fast was broken ?" he was asked.
 "I feel," he answered, " as if every vein and artery was filling up. It is like coming into new life-a new birth. To day can stand up straight for the first time. It was said during the fast that my height had decreased, and there was a great deal of nonsense talked about the absorption of the cartridges between the vertebrae of my backbone. I appeared to grow shorter because l gradually bent over, through emptiness and weakness, and because when was measured in the course of the fast wore slippers instead of the shoes in which l stood when I was first measured.
 To question as to what he was going to. do when he had fully regained his strength, he replied that he had not al lowed himself to think about that mat ter. He had had an offer, he said, ot $2, 700 to deliver ten lectures on the Pa ciic slope, and he had thought some oi accepting it, but at present everything was uncertain. The pecuniary receipts at Clarendon Hall, he said, would net him very inconsiderable sum. Pre- cisely how much he did not yet know.
 He has not suffered from nausea since the fast closed.
 He awoke from deep sleep at f o'clock Saturday night and demanded some beefsteak. This was not easily ob tained for him, but at II it was ready and he ate a half apound, rejecting tht innutritious part of each mouthful. Ht also ate two pieces of milk toast. The1 he rested, slumbering part of the time until o'clock, when he drank one ounc, of wine. He went to bed and slept with out interruption until 7a o'clock, whel he awoke and drank an once of wine At 8 o'clock he drank another ounce O wine. At twenty minutes before | o'clock he ate half pound of beefsteak swallowing the fibrous part as well as tn juice. With the steak he ate stewed DO tatoes and drank another once of wine.
 After his breakfast of steak and steve, potatoes at 10:4O o'clock he passed tn time in conversation with his attendants at times sitting up and at times lyinl down, until noon, when he was weighed His weight was just 1263 pounds. Twen ty-four hours before, just after he ha, eaten the peach with which he broke hi fast in Clarendon Hall, he had weighe 1213 pounds. This was gain in on day of five pounds, to which the weigh of the peach should be added, in orde to obtain the full gain after the fast A five minutes past noon he ate anothe half pound of beefsteak. At 1915 he at some watermelon. A half an hour late he drank eight ounces of milk. He Ia down and dozed for time, and then dc manded some more stewed potatoes. A 2:43 he drank six ounces of Bass's pal
 ale. So far he had been under the car
 of Dr. Kelley. At 3 o'clock Prof. War
 became his purveyor. At 3:20 he dran
 eight ounces of milk. Twenty minute
 later he ate 8 pound of watermelon
 After five minutes had elapsed he dran
 twelve ounces of beef tea and ate or
 ounce of bread. At o'clock he taste
 some kunys, Russian preparation
 fermented milk, but he didn't like it an
 spat 1t out. Then he lay down and slel
 until 5 o'clock. On awaking he dran
 eight ounces of milk and four ounces
 beef tea mixed. Nine minutes later I
 drank all ounce of wine.
 At five minutes past o'clock he W,
 found to weigh 130 pounds, showing