Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-05
THAT HEALTHY ZULU
Shows the Quail Eaters How Il
Should be Done.
Three Birds a Day, Bones and All, q
Trihs to Him.
Mr.. Henry Dahmer's Varied
TiibuIaiiOns In GastrOnOmy.
St. Louis Chronicle.

ABOUT the PLATFORM IN the Olme Mu
scum at half past three o'clock yester,
LAY afternoon, when announcement
was made that Ozoviel, the Zulu, would
begin his task of eating thirty quail IN
ten days, consuming three birds at
meal on each dag. The quail had been
ordered of Froebel, a restaurantketper
in the neiRhborhood and, unacquaintec
with Zulu table manners, he had sent
he three birds broiled on toast, &C
companied by a knife and fork and Q
white tablecloth. The food was laid
out neatly upon a little table on tn,
platform, and the Zulu was introduced
to his banquet Ozoyiel glared at the
birds eagerly, pumped himself down
in the chair, looked in a questioning
way at the tablecloth aud knife and
fork, and then forgot himself again,
as the savory fumes from the broiled
birds reached his nostrils. He caught
up a quail with both hands and tore
it in two, There was a flash of white
teeth, and cracking Of birds boLes
and half Of the quail was gone, only
the little end Of the leg bone remained
in the Zulu's hand. The other half Of
the bird disappeared with equal rapid
ity. About a minute was occupied in
the performance. Then 0zo7iel
laughed and said something about
the audience or to them, and
caught up another bird. BE took a
great bite out of the breast, threw his
head back and apparently swallowed.
the morsel whole In another minute
the remainder Of the second quail had
eone. Then the savage picked up a
piece OF the toast on which the bird
had been placed and looked at il sus.
piciously; he evidently did not know
just what it was, but the odor suited
him, and it disappeared as had the
quail. The third quail went the way
Of the other, though not quite SO rap
idly, for the Zulu stoppedt TO say some
thing to bis companions, who sat be.
side him laughing. The whole meal
was eaten inside Of FIVE minutes and
at its close 0zoviel rubbed his stom-
ach ~eontentedly, though apparent,
ready for more quail. The Zulu girl,
the only n OF the party who has
learned totalk English was questioned
as to what Ozoviel's commen.s were
when at his meal. She said he had
told the white people that they looked
hungry, and that he had made some
retort when one Of the other Zulus
asked him why he did not try to MS,
the knife and fork, and what the white
cloth was for2 He said, too, after he
got through, that there we're not birds
enough, and that hewould eat all they
would bring him. The female Zulu
said that Ozoviel could eat much more
than three birds q day. because \
their own country a man could eat the
whole intestines of a sheep, and that
they liked meat the best of all food
She thought it foOlishness to m Ike a
fuss over such a little meal. Ozoviel
was eager for hali-past three to come
again te-day, when he gets his three
birds again. The audience yesterday
fairly rosred with amusement at the
zulu's fierce appetite.
Mr.. Henry Dshmer, the gentleman
who has bet with Mr., Thomas Wood
that he will eat thirty-hve quail in
t~hirty-fve days, still eats his broiled
bird regularly at noon OF Tony Faust's
but his friends claim that the mosl
atrocious and altogether despicable
means are resorted to that he may fail
10 his undertaking. Each day, when
he is at his meal, a group collect about
him who relate in his hearing what
evil things come to men who eat too
msny quail. They tell how men have
died from a surfeit Of quail diet; they
speculate upon the degree OF nausea
which must attend the excessive con
sumption Of this sort Of food; they
wonder what proportion of birds nut
upon the market died a natural death
and they discuss the question Of
whether or not the flesh Of quail
more than that of other bird,
is infested by parasites. This is the
sort Of sauce Mr.. Dahmer has fer his
dainty bird, and it isalleged, with great
show Of reason, that Mr.. Wood has
aomethipg to do with the romancing
The Zulu has the advantage Of beinr
undisturbed by such comments. He
does not understand the language, and
it would make 10 difference to his
qualm proof stomach if he did.
1t is intimated thatit will be difficult
to get birds Tor the completion of tests
now in progress, but there will
probably be no difficulty about this,as
some protective association would moi
object TO having the requisite number
Of birds placed on ice and used only
for tue purpose designated. There
are plenty of quail in market and tC
allow these few to be eaten will moi
necessarily lead TO other infractions Of
the law.
Other g%astronomic ieats than quaiI
eat ny are still proposed on all sides.
10 all society. A gentleman who be-
longs to the Home Circle, and one OF
two other fashionable clubs, offered "a
make a wager yesterday that either
Fred Crunden or Tony Miltenberger
would eat 100 plates Of ice cream in
100 days.
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