Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-03-04
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strange Diet OF some Human Beings Who
Relish a Meal OF Blazing Goals.

The earliest MENTION OF ire eaters IN
England is TO be found in Sir Henry Wal
ton correspondence under date Of June B,
1888 lie says:
There Is q strange thing to be seen in
London TOR q couple of pence which l know
O. whether 1 should call a piece Of art or
nature. IL il an ElgliShman, like some
swlbber Of a ship, come from the Indies,
where he has learned to eat fire rs tanil-
iarly as l ever saw any eat cakes, even
whole glowing brands, which ne will crash
with hs teeth and swallow. l believe he
hath been hard furnished IN the Terra del
FUego, on the south Of the Magellan
Strait.
Evelyn. in his diary, under date of Dc
tober $. l672, gives q graphic account Of
the remarkable trats OF another iire-eater,
who created q ggelt sensation in his day.
'l to0Ge leave OF my Lady Sunderland,
who was going 10 Paris to my lord, now
Ambassador there. She made me stay d
dinner no Leicester House, and afterwards
sens for Richardson. the famous ire.eater.
he d]evoure'I birthstone on Glowing coalss
before us. chewing and swallowing them,
H. .aNH'N't TT '"Fh| ElNNF# NsIA NsH.' az 'HNt-A.
up. then taking q live c0ale on his tongue
uc put 1t on q raw oyster; the coal was
blown ON with q bellows till il tanned and
spl5klgi iu his moUthe, and so remained
until the oyster gapad and VAS quite
boiled.
Then he melted pitch and wax with
sulphur. which he drank down "a it tanned.
! saw 10 flaming IN his mouth u good
while ne also took up a thick piece of
iron such "a laundressgs Use to put IN their
smoothing boxes, when Il was fiery hot,
held IL between hjs teeth, then in his
hand. and then threw IL about like a
stone, but this, / observed, he cared not
Co hold very Ioug. Then he stood on q
small pot, and beading his body took a
glowing iron with his wouth from be-
tween hiStaet. without touching the pot
or ground with his hands, wi,h divers
other pgCilgiaUs ,e&ts.
Richardson's secret wts disclosed by his
servant absut the tiaa Evelyn made his
entry. According 20 his servants showing
it consisted Only in TuJhiDgtIs hands and
thoroughly washing the mouth, lips,
tongue. teeth and other parts which We're
To- touch the ire, with pure spirits OF sui
phur.
BY ,uis means the epidermis, or upper
skim. WAS burnt and cauterizsd until it be-
came as hard ~ thick leather. The bad
effects which the frequent swallowing of
reG-los Goals, melted seallug-waN, roslu,
birthstone, and other calCiU5i aud iutllm-
mab,e matter might have had upon the
stomach wegs prevented by drinking plenti-
tul d-lughts OF warm water and oil as soon
as he lad left the company, until he had
youited 10 al up again.
Another tire-e.ter was De HeiterEyit, a
native at Auu.yl m Savoy, who douI.sh-
ed at the beginning Of the eighteenth e
fury.
This individual ate burcingco coal, chewed
and swallowed burning birthstone; licked
s. red hot poker, placed q red hot heater on
his tougr, ate melted pitch, beeswaN, seal
10y wax and rosln with . spoon, rs an
ordinary mortal tAkes soup, klndled Goals
on his touguc aud bro,led meat upon them,
and. 10 complete the business performed
all these maryClS i've times q day at the
Duke OF Narborou.h's Ueaji N Fleet street,
his ps.Cys briu half q crown, eighteen
usuca lui one shilling.
De Uelt,rke.t had the honor Of exhibit
lt.u- before Louis XIV, the Emperor of
Austria. tho Eiog OF Sicily and the DoSe
0s Venice. and his name having reached
tie ,.guisIt.0n, that holy office proposed
experimenting on him to lind out whether
he wa. ire-proot externally rs well ~ IN
te.nally. lie was preserved from this uu-
welcome ordeal. however, by the interfsT-
euCe of tlr Duchess Royal Regent OF
SAVOY.
But the most famous Of al, lre-eaters
was Robert Powell, who wa before the
public fDr nearly sixty wears, and was seen
nv ma.y noble and distinguished men,,
auoug others by The Dukes OF Cumberland
.ui gloucester AMI Sir Hans sloane.
Mainly through the iustyumentality OF this
last named. the ROYAL Society, in lI5l,
presented Powell with q purse OF gold and
d large silver medal.
Here IS his programme.
T.. he eats geJ-hot Goals ont oil the tire rs
natural rs bread.
y BE GcSs with the naked tongue red
hos tarJe.0p pipes flaming with birthstone.
90. he takes % large bunch OF real match
u. ...g-s them all tn. ,5"f, and holds
q. nm his mouth till the l.lme IS cNtln-
gu.-hyI.
3. lie taag- a rei-hot heater on. Of the
.-r. I5aSa IL with his tongue several times,
aal carries 10 around the Toom between hls
teeth.
B.. Tie ,lls his mouth wilh red-ho- char
coal. and 5rg!ls a slice OF beet OF mutton
.a ars tongue, and any person may blow
tie u-a with Sc pair Of bellows ut the same
time.
o. BE 0kes @ quantity oI resin, pitch,
h.rsHuN. ~se.Iiugway, birthstone, alum and
LEAH. us.ts them together over o chaiing
Is Do %. Scala. aud elts ;he same with q
spoon as Do 10 wc,r a porTinger OF broth, to
Oha grgl, and agreeable surprise OF the
spectators, etc.
The last tire. eater OF whom we shall
s3atS is ChamOuiu. who bad the name OF
.'tha Russian Sllamauder. He was re-
markab.e .or the simplicity and singieness
OF his character. aud used TO take q posi-
lively innocent delight in swallowing fire.
He wa. above all atIuce, and would often
ru,rrlt his visitors to melt their own lead
on boil their own mercury, that they might
be perfectly satisfied OF his ~genuIneness
and of the qualification he had in drinking
these liquids.
He would also present his tongue in the
most oh.igjDg manner 10 all who wished 1t,
allow them To pour rsolteu lead upon 1t,
and. IL the chose, stamp an impression
with their seals.
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