Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-07
8fEy 0E GNRogSDEEs SEaaAtgas.
Some Of the Great <SEutte,sS os ':o-.ia,
and 0i All the Ages 1s.a, Are Past.

True g!uttonv, like "truc charity. bath no
locality, no tone provincial no peculiar curb
From the period of the Roman Empire ,iov. ~
the present day there is bri cit roli of ma@uif-
cent or merely mighty feeders. glance At
which is not without Interest It i net very
easy to classify the ghlttoas Of classical times.
for between the man who merely feeds ard coa-
sumes an immense amount CT IrUvcuder ard
the man who sQuaRdecs q large fortune on eX-
pensiye meals there il or may IL 4 vast JA9r-
enCe Fer instance VitcuS-whCn Nh. silas
Wegg very properly named N!ttle-ns-spcnt
sa,O00.coD month for seven months on His
table. When the number If conliyes Is con-
SideTco and the price OF tho dishes "a ton uf
rare fish and three and i half tons of rare
birds at one Banquet. in days when f1ncicfs
paid $50 for a red muiat and 81 piece for
pigeons. tie expenditure mav not seem eAres-
sVe. A man might eat OF q 80 oGG dish al
birds tongues. yet not be. in tie strict sense "a
the word. giutrun; and n.htii!raieS' tongues.
the brains OF picasants and pcacocks. and the
roeS OF the rarest and most delicate fishes were
not only favorable. but common dishes among
the elite of imperial Rome. lieiio"ahaltGs il
credited with spending 100000 AT one
supper. and Nero with eating Il dish cost
ing $50, CCG and washing it down with a bum, ev
still more costly, but this proves nothing. unless
II be the sheer idi0cy and Wasteiulnc.s OF Tia,
conyiyes. different aspect is touched up"n
eatr And when it is stated Ina; ferUs Increased
| the number of guests Fl ON uine in twenty, and
made his supper ceteinlnous wiki III" dark.
that Nero sat at table twelve hours, that The
rus and Victims sat there all the Tine they
we're not in bed. that COnmod,ls ate in III, bath.
and that Doniitan carried T0uHd a classical
sandwich to stay his hunger between meals. it
must he admitted that most of thee noble
diners were gltltt0nS
Maximiriau. WHO ate forty pounds or meat ana
n at
, least, allege his size. Not so the average gut-
| ton-not SO. indeed. the modern giuttcn, Thus
| only few mouths ago there died ut Kingston. in
! thisStatc, Mr. Alexander Grant familiarity known
| as the ''hinde!hook gtutt0n. wilo without a,lv
! Inconvenience would deyuur twenty pounds of
| solids at a sitting. washed down hy not less
| than a gallon Of milk aud coffee. We read that
| five pounds of beefSteak We're REGARDED hy him
| as but an appetizer, and unless such side dishes
| as half peck OF potatoes, whole boilcd eai'
| bage, Il big pie and complete pudding were
| provided also he insisted that tie had oaIy
| iunched.' Though he has left Ms and his loss
we deeply feel, We are not without some G0nso-
iaton in the fact that Squire Carey still is inft
| us-'Squire Carey, of WAIKIKI whom his admir-
| ing friends dub :the man with the rubher
| stomach" A dispatch ofrecent date Informs US
| that the Squire swallowed halt-caI!on meas
IRE full Of oysters and four large plates If crack
| erS. He then offered to eat SIX quarts more of
| oysters if any one would pay lor them. bus bis
| Offer was not accepted. 1t Is said that nj one
sitting Carey has eaten 400 clans, and at another
a half barrel of shell oysters" rs comparr,
| with him may be cited Mr. Rom Law son. OF
AllenSvile. NC who on election dar lest year
| ate ~ quarters mutton, Is biscuits. ! pound
| candy. half-groWn chickens ) herTin-S |
| loaf corn bread and piece OF shoat supposed Ia
! weigh about pound. drank quarts Of water
and said he hadn't eat half enough He then
! offered to bet he could throw any man or 1T
more with a hand-stick than any man on tie
| ground. in order To show his strength he took
| a man that weighed 200 pounds and carried him
about over the ground in his teeth. He then
went Up TO another table and called for a 2:,-Ccnt
snack. Mr.. Lawson has an honorable rival III
Mr.. Joshua Joynes. gentleman weighing 30
| pounds and owning to sixty summers. who last
summer sat down TO dinner at OGarcock Acco-
mac county, Va, and ate Is pounds of pork, II
| links OF Bologna sausage. sOuse from Gne large
hog, l large goose. fuil-groWn chicken peek
of sweet potatoes. dozen large biscuits
| large mince-pie and SIX cups Of strong coffee.
Mr.. Joynes sat down to this rcpast at O'clock
and at 2:30 he had disposed Of every article
named. picked the bones of the toHla and taken
a glass Of egg-l0g. Not long AGO ia Paris Il
gentleman known as the Jack;,l on a wager ate
~ feet OF bl0od-puading in twenty minutes.
Wasiiir2: il down with hail a gallon Of wne thus
proving himself worthy to sit dorEa at the Car
cantuan repasts in Fill at which! accol ding 20
Miss Notwithstanding. one sees served twenty
ptiIldings. the largest being twenty feet in cir
cumierence.
James |. treated the question of guttony
| from harshiy practical standpoint. when. a
| distinguished citizen having been presented to
him who ATE a sheep at meal, but could do
more than folk who c0ntented themselves vita
| solitary outlet, he desired the execution ofthe
| man as lone that eats as much as twenty men
! but cannot do the work of one" What would
| lie have done with CiOdus AtDnuS who de
| Touted bushel of apples at once. and for Il
| breakfast rendered account of 800 figs. 1eo
| peaches. ID melons, 20 pounds OF grapes. 100
| oysters and 1OO gnat-snappcr,: Or with Fha-
| gon, that distinguished subject of Auie.anus
VINO managed at single meal 10 eat boar. Il
| sheep and a pig, with 100 ioayes of bread and
three gallons of wine? iAriicanute Iamc.'
predecessor. earned hOnOrabiy the title al
Swinesmouth, though he satisfied himself
with four meals a day. One Maiict. Il
| connseor-at-law Of the time of Charles l..
| quite ecllpsed Haydn or the queer customer OF
| Paris cafe. as on one occasion HI ate
dinner provided in Westminster Hall for
thirty people, ard. his practice not proving
equal to his desserts and the preliminary
courses. had in his Old age to content himself
| with banquetS of beef s-heart and liver. Nicii-
| olas Wood. of Harrison, in Kent, was Justly IN
| Guided among Fuller's ''Worthes," anon. Ills
claims to fame being the degiutition at one
meal OF whole sheep. at another Of $50
| pigeons at another OF 81 rabbits. at fourth Of
the victual provided for thirty men ar fifth of
eighteen yards of blOOd-puddng and at sixth
| OF a Whole hog accommodated with three pecizs
occasion very narrow escape. According to
Tayler, the water poet, if lie had not been
scrupulousy Amounted with oil and butter he
would surely have died, but Sir Warham st.
Lcger nursed him round, and then put him in
| the stocks 1.-TWO lOins Of mutton and one loin
| of veal were but as three sprats to this eater-
After all, he was perhaps OutdOne by the dis
| tinguished bOor VINO visited the camp of Charles
GustayuS, offering to eat a pig by way of pay
ing his footing. and when General Konigsnlaga
denounced him as sorcerer. volunteered 10 eat
the general would he but lay Off his sword and
spurs, opening SO large mouth that the gem
eral. one Of the heroes Of his time, took to his
heels aud ran.
Inspired to Marry.
From the Eaeton Star.
Capt. john B. Sykes. who for several years
past has been running North Carolina cypress
shingles to the ChOptank landings, some time
ago became greatly epamored of a yo6ng lady
Ef ;,bo md ,1,s,