The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-03-23
An Rnosmous Eater.


particulars Of a man known as Greedy
Miller. who lived near that city a few
yearu ago; who had an extraordinary
appetite George Knback, the county
treasurer, told party Of listeners this
story of 0pe of Miller's astronomical
Keats: "The time Charley Schadt kept
on the corner, old Miller ate a whole
barrel OF oysters on wager. That
was the greatest feed I ever saw. Two
gentlemen came in with Miller. They
had met him at place downtown and
they asked if l could not serve a bar
rel of oysters on the halfshell for q
gentlemans lunch. L said / would
like to see the gentlemen able TO eat a
barrel of oysters, and they said, Miller
will do it. had heard good deal of
MillG's power, but never before had
such an opportunity to witness his
brilliant capacity. At first l doubted
the genuineness Of the wager, but the
gentleman were in earnest, and said it
was all right. adding, "if he eats all the
oysters we Will pay for them; if he
fails, he will have to pay for them him
self So I began to open the bivalves
and Miller took seat near the lunch
counter and appeared to be in the
hight of his enjoyment. know L
was very tired before L got through.
The barrel contained about 700 oysters.
Oh, he was the most famous eater that
ever lived"
Il should think So" said the COM
mercal traveller with a smile; 81
should think that man lived to eat"
"Well, now, you can bet your life he
did," said the thin man. at used to do
me good to see hin eat. He had the
most supreme disregard for dyspepsia.
/ often thought he must have the
digestion Of an ostrich, and when the
fame of his feeding went abroad he
would need to have. You all know
Perry Dean, Of Danville Well Perry
was here one night when Greedy
Nliilers eating-gear was in it's prime.
We were in this very house, and as
soon as Miller made his appearance the
subject nearest to his heart as well as
stomach was preached, and forthwith
a wager was said that he could
not demolish ten pounds of beef at a
sitting. Miller said he could do more
than that, but there was jolly crowd
and everybody seemed to be satisfied at
the proposition to eat ten pounds, with
potatoes, etc. One Of the boys went
out and got the meat 1t weighed
exactly nine pounds and three-quarters,
and was the toughest the market
afforded. 1t was cooked in good style,
and Miller insisted on having with it
three dozen fried eggs and half
bushel of boiled potatoes. The feed
was prepared as quickly as possible,
and there was great hilarity over the
affair. When the mess was served up
it looked big enough for dozen men,
but Miller approached it, smiling, and
went at the tough beef with the air of
a veteran. Evidently it was disap-
pointment to him. He looked at it
rather doubtfully after the first bite,
then sprinllled couple of bottles of
horse-radish over it and fell to. 1t was
treat for dyspeptic to witness the
unconcern with which he made his
stalwart stomach acquainted with that
beef, and it took him but short time
to get away with the little lunch. The
three dozen eggs he ate one at time,
and qnte raHdlv. Somebody asked
him whether he could not go key of
beer to wash it down, but he declined
and said he preferred coffee. Then he
drank twelve big cups of coffee in
succession"