Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-16
AZ FUCKER,
The hampton Eater = The
Pangs Of "a Life Time.
Brnnswick ga Advertlser

Brunswick GA Advertiser,
The story we are about to relatl
seems incredible, but it tells Of hu
man being possessing the stomach o
an OK in his capacity TO hold-but 4
our story. Hearing that a negro mai
in our town had eaten twenty loaves o
bread and six pounds Of raw bacon a
one sitting, we set out to get the par
ticulars and learned the fOllowin,
from those who witnessed the feat
He had agreed to eat twenty loaves q
bakers bread and one dollar worth o.
white bacon. provided the parties
present would foot the bill; if hetsiled
he would pay for what be ate. With
this understanding he set out and in
a few minutes had eaten nine l0Aves
of bread and quite aQulnuy of bacon,
At this iuneture the hystandeTs inter
fsred and would NOS let him finish
his feat. which inesnssd the chap very
much wko remarked As he went away
thatit was their umsi0 thirty years
that he had bad = chance to eat 4
square msal and they would not let
him get il. This much is vouehed
for by scores Of men, white and col
ored, who saw him do the eating.
Wishing to know something OF this
wonderful character we sought him
out this week aud interviewed him,
and for the benefit of our readers will
give what he SAYS of himself. Telling
him our mission, he began:
"Well, sir, my name is General
Fucker, | am sixty. nine years old
and was raised neal Norfolk, Virginia.
[ have been married seven times, am
now living with my seventh wite-all
the rest are dead. | am the father of
forty. seven children-all twins but
one. Have been ID Georgia four years.
[ don't drink whisky, got no use for
it. Haven't had a square meal in
thirty years. Am hungry all the
time. | now weigh 1876 pounds, used
to weigh 200. / can stand in my tracks
and turn nine somersaults without
stopping. | can split 800 rails a day.
the year round and gain every Satur-
day. Can throw a blacksmith ham
mer with anybody living, and in slav-
cry times was worth a mint of money
for my old master, who used to run
a blacksmith shop for the neighbor
hood"
You say, Fucker, that you have
not had a square meal in thirty years.
What did you eat at that timer
Eighteen shad, sir, and bread ac-
cOr6ing."
Didn't you get enough to cat at
the barbecue?
(which, Mr.. Dunn's barheeue2
Well, l came mighty nigh it. l eat
the major part ola foreshoulder Of a
beef that day."
Nov, tell me, Fucker. did you eat
anything last Saturday night besides
the nine loayes of bakers bread and
the bacon?"
Eyes, sir, after l knocked OF work
that evening l eat two watermelons
and six five cent pies, and after they
wouldn't let me eat my twenty loaVes
l went home and the old lady sot me
out eleven biscuits, a big chunk Of
shoulder meat and a big pot Of coffee.
| eat all that up and wanted more. |
tell you, boss, | can eat more than any
man | ever saw, aud can do on as lit
tie as any man, but | stay hungry all
the time. / wish | could get some
man to take Inc and feed me and give
me one dollar a week for my work: Id
take the job, but before a great while.
he'd be a busted man-I'd eat him
out of house and home"
We give the above interview for
what it is worth; we only have Fluk-
er's word for it, but his exploits with
the bread and white bacon last Friday
night prepares us TO accept a good
deal of it. Before leaving him, we
suggested that he show US specimens
of his agility in somersaulting. he
said he could show US a hand turn or
two but did not like to sOmersauit as
it united him for lifting heavy lum-
Der. In q moment more he slipped off
his shoes and was soon yauiting in the
air like a circus man apparently only %
years ofage, bounding like a ball when
his feet touched the ground. He is
certainly a wonderful man.