The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-08-27
TANNERS APPETITE.
uEabie 20 Get Enough TO Eat and M.k-
ing Up Lost Time.
N. Y. Corr. Phil. Times.


II For some time there was danger tba,
DIR. Tanrrr would kiIl himself By eating M
food. Now that he has gone out OF the
starvation business and taken to feastinp
De Is IN danger ofdying from explosion.
Having begun to eat he evidently does not
know howor where to stop. He is now at
work on feeding match, which Is in mapy
respects more interesting performance
than the fast he has just completed. It
possesses FEATURES Of the jovial and hilari.
GUS Which are strangely In contrast with
the pinchet and painful expression which
made him look worse than a CORPSE ar
Clarendon Hall. He is stufiiing himself at.
uer the fashion in which certain raw re-
cruit oncerammed six cartridges into his
gun with Which he was going forth to war.
AilfaS ervAnts In the house where he
lodges are kept busy in preparing food and
carrying it to him. He takes his meals
every half hour. Watermelon and milk at
hrst gave him supreme satisfaction, but be.
lore Sunday was over he began to devour |
beefsteaks and to wash them down with |
wine. Then he took more milk and VA
termelon and called for an oyster stew.
But 1t was suggested to him that oysters
are now both unreasonable aud illegal and
30 he compromised on CLANS. TLen he
crammed in some milk toast, which he
washed down with Scotch ale. About this
Iime a doctor came in aud said that if he
had his way he would bring the feastsr I'D
or while on gum arabic and water. Just
% show what fool this doctor was Tanner ,
'alled for another tenderloin, making the
ourth he had devoured in two hours. A
tew of potatoes and cream followed the {
teak and then came more milk, mere wa I
and draught of Bass ale. A
ath which succeeded this made him him.
ry and no stayed his stomach with a sur
'in steak, some beef tea, a glass of milk
nd a little Hungarian wine. Then he was
elghed, the exertion of which made him !,
'el like taking little food. 0
More milk toast and water melon gave ;,
i'm temporary relief. Then he sat down :,
look over some of the correspondence =,
ceived during the fast, principally that =
hich related to offers of marriage. There :,
ere letters from several dozen ccmely and
nned ladies, each with a proposition. n,
hese made him feel like eating the propo.
RS, but as they were not at hand and he =,
uid not eat them by mail, he orde,eo up to
other piece of beat, some potatoes, a lit
ale and glass of milk. After thus .r
urishing himself an old doctor came in \.
tell him that his case is square defiance :.
the dogmas and books which have been 90
sheet anchor OF medical practice. Tan. %.
7, having heard this fifteen times in the
forty days, is mad at the doctor and ro
ks him down stairs. This effort pro- nj
,es sensation Of gcneness In his stom- 70
and exhausted nature is refreshed with =.
re steak, this time nearly raw, together in
d watermelon, some canteloupes, half IN
'af OF bread, a cup Of milk and glass ho;
'wo OF Tokay vine. Under these cir -,
Instances 1t is no wonder that the ex- !.
'er gained eight pounds a day. II he ,h.
not burst from overlooking but goes q
IN this fashion, forty days will clothe ox.
bones with 800 additional pounds of nsv
lner. This will bring him up to weight In,
our hundred and forty pounds, on the 40
myth OF which he can draw large houses n.
'xhioitng as the champion fat man.
tailor who was going to measure bin ).
suit Of clothes has given up the job in {. d
,air d. ga .--