Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-21
TWO.LEGGED HOGS.
The Sort of q Show PitfsburE ENJOYS

From the Pttsburg Dispatch Nov IT,
There was great sport at ]. NJ Gusky's, on
Market street, last evening. The entertainment
consisted OF pie-eating contest between thirty
three citizens, representing all cOlOrs and ma
tiohaiitIes. as we'll as various degrees in the
social scale. Each man entered I'm der the firm
belief that he could get outside Of more pies
tian any other man in the country. and in con-
sequence it is presumed the thirty-three repre-
sented more appetite and capacity than any
similar number Of men to be found In western
pennsylvania. Long before the hour arrived
for the contest to begin. Market street and 4th
avenue were packed and damned with dense
crowd or eager. shouting men, women and
boys. making those thoroughfares almost i'm
passloie The tnrty-three occupied the large
display windows fronting Market street, stand
ln@ III rows along tables provided for the occa-
SION. Before each man was placed stack con-
tanning twelve pumpkin pies Not third-rate
boarding house pies. but the good old-fashoned
KIND our grandmOthers used to bake when
Hour was cheap and pumpkins as common as
leaves in the forests. They weighed IA rs
ounces to the pie. and We're about eight inches
i'm diameter
huge gong wassounded and the feast began.
l. RIan. OF Washington city. a small shabby
looking man. with an ample mouth and pow
erfui appetite. was the first to tally time So Sec
onds His hacker. who stood near by, remarked:
HE s HI on pie. but I'm leetle skeered about
his stickin the thing out for we had billed beef
and cabbage for supper And the old man was
correct. for Tom OyershOt himself on the fourth
pie and quit.
Everything was Wild confusion for the next
hour and halt. About twenty minutes before
the close of the allotted time. number one
tall. thin man wearing claw hammer coat,
stOve-ppe hat and stand-up collar had de-
vOured six pies and had clean lead over the
party. He was Withholding native and
would pass among theater-goers as Soth-
erns PRESERVATION Of the crushed tragedian
After devouring six pies he remarked
carelessly that "a man is sucker to
overload his stomach with pumpkin pie"
whereupon he began to contemplate the strug-
giles OF his companion with apparent relish. His
side partner was an aged cOored man. The old
man looked up and inquired if the tragedian
was through Getting an affirmative answer
he smiled like SUNRISE and said. Look out fO'
me, case Use comm now sh0 nuf" and he
Kept his word. Chunk after chunk followed
each other to the old mans mouth and disap-
peared until he had eaten five and one half
Then he raised his head and Winked at the TRACE
dian. This settled it. The wink brought him.
and for the next two or three minutes his con-
duct was shOckingy similar to that OF a sea-sck
passenger. The cOlOred man caught up another
fragment OF pie, but, like B0nquo's ghost, it
would not down.
In the second window was group containing
coiored man named c. Parsons and naughty
caucasian bearing the significant name Of Ben
Jamin Franklin BuzZard. Mr.. BuzZard is a me-
dunn built man with chin whiskers and O mild
cast OF cOuntenance. He didn't seem to be in
anything of hurry. but kept right on at the
pies before him. The absence of teeth in Mr.
BuZZards jaws made his work a tritle deceptive
but he winked at his companion, the cOlored
man, and allowed he'd git thar" And he did.
Tor long after the balance of the party had quit
ne was found at his post, and when the gong
tapped the closing hour he had downed ca pies
and still looked hungry, while his companion
quit with 614 to his credit Thus the winners of
the three prizes of s25 SIS and $40 were b. F.
Buzzard, G. Parsons and F. Welmott. Among
the other heavy feeders were Nos 9, So; IS,
~; II, AZ; 49, AZ; 20. ~; %, A.