The daily gazette., 1880-08-09

arrange for the fast bis weight was 1874
pounds; at the beginning OF the expert
ment he had worked himself down to
1913. "Thas he began the fast" DIR.
Wark said to an inquirer, "under very
unfavorable circumstances"
AS DIR. Tanner assembled from the
scales to an easy rocking chair that had
been set on the long table whereon fruits
and many preparations of food were
temPtiDgly displayed, he was heartily
cheered, and again the spectators cheer
ed when he raised lager beer glass full
OF pure milk to his lips and drauk it off
with a smack. "There, gentlemen,
that's good" DR.. Tanner said as he laid
aside the glass. Then he continued,
"Tap the Georgia watermelon" A sec
ond glass of milk was given him and he
complained Of lack of fresh air. The
physicians famed him, and an attendant
passed up slice of watermelon. 1t
vanished instanter, DR.. Gum remon-
stratiI G and DR.. Tanner saying, "Oh,
thanks, Doctor; know my business |;
I've been through the mill now, Doc
tor, just stand aside" Then DR.. Tan
ner waved the physicians away and sat
! forward IN his chair, his chin in his hands
and his elbows resting on his knees, his
eyes fixed upon the loadstone watermel-
on. He essayed cutting out another
slice, and upon DR.. Gums making a
motion of reproof he said, "I'm run
ming this machine now," and another
piece of the blushiDg fruit disappeared.
A CORNER IN THE WATERMELON
MARKET.
DR.. Gum and the other physicians
went with DR.. Tanner into the coach at
the door al twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock and he ate watermelon until he
reached DR.. Gums house, in East
twenty street at half past twelve.
He walked up to the second story front
room as a man who had not tasted might
walk, and sat down in all easy rocking
chair to rest. He called for more water
melon, and soon, with plate on his
crossed legs and knife and fork in bis
hands, was eating watermelon and chat
ling merrily with the physicians. His
eyes glistened with pleasure. He was
seemingly as we'll as any man in the
room. At quarter to one he lay down,
saying, "My stomach is feeling better
than al any time for forty days"
The physicians were astonished. All
that had been done was in utter defiance
Of every prognosis they had ventured,
and when asked how long ere be might
eat mutton and beefsteaks they replied,
"IIe has the stomached of man, and
insists upon being treated like man;
we shall not try to treat him AS we
would child. This is a case of sur
prises and anomalies throughout, and
we can't even guess what next to expect" "
THUS the physicians philosophically
accepted the almost in credible situation,
DR.. Gum, meantime, being asleep on a
lounge in the basement. The Doctor,
who had been deprived of sleep for two
or three nights, had arrived at his home
utterly worn out.
AT two O'Clock DR.. Tanner was again
up in his shirt sleeves and sitting IN the
easy rocker, and again eating water
melon. He said, with q bright twinkle
in his eyes, s,"This sweetens my stomach" /"
He had enjoyed a short nap. DR..
Kelley took DR.. Tanners pulse, and
said it was seventy-eight. "l've pretty
good stomach yet" DR.. Tanner said
with vivacity and then he chatted easily.
THE FIRST OUNCE OF WINE.
Professor Tuttle called and offered to
assist in sitting up for a night or two.
"I shall need no more help, than you, was
DR.. Tanners response. Then to Dr.
Wark:-T want no more fllssing; I've
got through with that now" Professor
Tuttle gave the Doctor a graphic recital
of the onslaught upon the edibles IL
Clarendon Hall after his departure for
DR.. Gunn's house, and he said, with
animation, "Glad of 1t, glad the boys
had something good" In answer to a
question he said that he will remain in
this city for some days TO come.
At five minutes past two O'Clock DIR.
Tanner lay down on The bed and
gentle Precipitation rose on his sunken
cheeks, the first that had been visible
there for forty days. He lay In COM
posure and breathed naturally, but did
not get asleep. He arose at half-past
two, bright and chatty, and called for
the Hungarian wine that had been sent
him, but it was not forthcoming.
AT ten minutes past three he drank an
ounce of the Hungarian wine, smacking
his lips with gusto as he passed the
"graduate" bacP to DIR. Wark.
Where's that beef tea doctors were
talking about?" DR.. Tanner now deman,
ded. DIR. Huldah T. Campbell now
entered the room and said that congrat-
ulatory kilograms had been received
down stairs from Chicago, Cincinnati
and other cities, and the Doctor listened
attentively, but said only, 81 feel as
though wanted a little beef tea or
something of that kind" Then, after
a blief pause, he said, "Now my stomach
feels as though there wasn't anything
in it-all gone-all SO quickly absorbed"
At ten minutes to four he lay down
az ain, but at four minutes past four lie
was up in his chair and demanding more
of the watermelon. He said he had
no distress in the stomach, and wished
that the beef tea might be served, and
wondered what he soould do at night,
as he s | ould desire to eat every hour.
"No Homeopathic doses now for me-"
he replied jocularly to a question put
by DIR. Campbell as she went down
stairs to get a beefsteak.
The apple was procured for him and
he ate it with relish, He then asked for
two more which DR.. Ward produced.
When the fruit had been eaten the
Doctor said:-'I wish l had some of
those grapes and others fruit which kind
friends sent to me at Clarendon Hall.
But didn't the crowd make a rush for