The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-17
GoRMANDIZING TANNER.
How q Man Eats After q Month OF
Fasting.

From the New York World, 9,b.
At midnight SATURDAY, DIR. Tanner
called for q drink of milk aud was
given eight ounces A few minutes
he Was handed an ounce
OF Hungarian wine. which he drank ut
one swallow instead Of slipping it rs
usual. At l:3O he became very
hungry, for the milk and wine had
hardly stayed his stomach" aud
ordered q third brOiled steak. The
steak weighed half u pound and ne
chewed it slowly, swallowing the juice
and rejecting the tissue. Then he
ate two large pieces Of milk-toast and
drank another ounce Of WINE. The
meal put him in great good spirits
and he entered into a lively CONVERSE
ton with DR.. Campbell All! DIR.
Reilly, who hal sat up with him
during the night. He spoke Of his
experiences at Clarendon Hall and
said that during his last he mad been
greatly annoyed by peculiar women
aud that he had learned good deal
about women. DIR. Campbell asked
him il hedid not like peculiar women.
THAT depends upo" how peculiar
they are, he answered. The zeal Of
beeisteak AMI the conversation hal
occupied two hours, and when the tai K
tagged, DR.. Tanner called for som .
milk, Of which he drank two ounces.
From this time forward there was q
continuous round Of feasting. At 4
u. m. he drank four ounces Of wine.
Then he anxiously awaited the morn
ing papers They arrived at Z o'clock.
and he real for an hour. stopping
once To drink an ounce OF wine.
When he laid down the papers he
again took an ounce of wine. Then
it occurred Ia him that the milk
and wine were becoming monotonous.
anil he demanded an oyster-stsw
But the attendants thought that gool
oysters could not he obtained at any
place in the neighborhoOd ami they
persuaded him out Of the notion.
For two hours he slipped wine. aud by
I'D o'clock h. had taken six ounces.
The wine affected neither his head nor
his stomach, f5r at 1890 o'clock he
asked for fourth steak. This time he
ate the entire half pound and did not
reject the tissue. Then his attention
was diverted BY a visit from Dr.
Long, who apologized for his skep
ticism during the fast AMI said that If
he had had his way he would have
begun to feed DR.. Tanner on gum
arabic and milk. At noon DIR. Tan
ner was weighed. He turned the
scale at l26 II pounds. Although it
was not only an hour and u half since
he had eaten, he made n meal on =
fifth half pound Of steak and nine
potatoes stewed in milk. When he
had finished he said: ''Well. now
Pm on my regular rations." Almost
Immediately he began all over again
on watermelon. At 12:45 he drank
eight ounces Of milk. When he had
finished this he ate a sixth half pound
of broiled steak with potatoes. An
hour later he felt longing FIR some
ting. and he drank six ounces Of Bass
pale ale. This prepared his stomach
for eight ounces Of milk at $40, and
as he had not had any watermelon
for some time he was given several
large pieces.
During the morning a few visitors
called upon DR.. Tanner. DR.. Hoeber,
one Of DR.. Tanner's former watchers,
was one of them. He made an elusive
little speech. and said: "You are the
most wonderful man ever met IN my
practice Of twenty-five years. Your
fast will upset all theories. Your
case is q square defiance Of all the
books and dogmas Of nv profession.
Dr.. Tanner did not dispnte this state
ment, for he had heard the same thing
before, and he went on cutting water
melon. During the morning and
afternoon DR.. Tanners brother in-law
Mr.. Gardner, who has attached him-
self tn the Doctors person. wandered
around the house from time to time
time in homesick way.
DIR. Tanner spent the evening much
rs he had the day. in = succession of
halffour fasts. interspersed with liberal
rations of solids and fluids. One great
which had been rescued
from the raven0us mob ut Clarendon
hall on Saturday was cut and sections
of it were offered to DR.. Tanner, but
be declared that it had turned sour
and refused 10 eat any Of it. The
'lices Of watermelon he ate at $3.50
increased his appetite and he said he
guessed he would finish that meal"
At 3:45 he made way with twelve
'unces or abDut three-quarters Of .
lint Of beef tea anil Nh ounce Of
'read The doctor snacked bis lips
Ifter this meal aud. rubbing his
amous stomach, he said, "Just sea
low I'm brscing up. hal TO bend
yer down in the hall because | hal
% corporation to straie hten me up.
low I'm myself again" At 40 he
~ down for an hours sleep. The
rst intimation his attendants had Of
is Weakening was the excla nation.
Let's have q bate Of something"
EN- ounces Of milk in one vessel, with
,ur ounces Of beef tea in another.
'ere set before him. He poured the
10 liquids together and in q few
ulps swallowed the mixture. This
I'VE him only Temporary satisfaction,
Dwsver, and little after S o'clock
. slipped an ounce Of his Hungarian
inc.