Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-04
THE CHAMPION EATER.
He llevours Potato Custards and Sugar
 Cane by tho Cartload.

H9 pevOurS IOtatO SuStarOS ana SuS0k
 Cane by tho Carload.
 On the plantation of Capt. ". H. Stokes, in Twiggs county, there resides a white tenant who promises to become the champion eater of Georgia without any opposition. The mans name is Ebb Floyd, and he is said to be short, stout man of 80 years of age and of a jolly dis position.
 Floyd first attracted the attention of his neighbors at log rolling which took place about month ago. On that occa- sion, after finishing the work the work men sat down to supper, and before them, among other things, were placed fifteen large potato custards. This dish was favorite of F1oyd's. and the fact was known to several of his friends, who fin banter, offered to bet with Floyd that he could not eat half the custards at the same meal, and was very much sur prised when his farmer friend took him up, and agreed to eat ten of them with out stopping.
 Filing up the dishes in circle, he commenced upon the spread. Five were soon eaten, and then the fun began with rush. One after another disappeared slowly but surely, until the magic num- Der of ten came to hand, and all present were i'll an uproar.
 Strengthening himself out for the fray, the farmer commenced on the home stretch. Ten large sweet potato custards inside of him and five awaiting the at tack presented ludicrous scene. It was agony, but three soon sped away on their journey to meet their fellows, and gradually the last of the fifteen found it. self on the way down to the depths. He had accomplished the feat, and the prize offered in the bet was his, and his only.
 This was, however, only starter for MT. Floyd, and SO, therefore, he chose a day for another effort, and again he came out victorious.
 This time it was q chewing contest, and sugar cane was the object of his at tention.
 After a day of frolic and fun, and after indulging in a hearty dinner, with turkey and stuffing to his hearts content, he visited a house where he expected to eat supper and remain all night
 This time a crowd had gathered to see the Twiggs wonder, and an abundance of good, juicy cane had been set in the room ready for the contest.
 As preliminary, fourteen full stalks were chewed before supper, and then all hands sat down to an old time Thanks giving supper, with 'possum and yams and plenty of rich gravy.
 Finishing supper, the host announced to his friends that the contest was ready to be opened, and asked if any one pres ent wanted to make bets on the result.
 A school teacher in the crowd sug- gested that a speedy trial be made, and offered to wager that Floyd could not chew three stalks in ten minutes. This was accepted, and the schoolmaster set before him three large, fine stalks and called time.
 Two of them were disposed of in five in two more minutes, making the farmer the winner by three minutes.
 This settled the question of speed, and then some one offered to bet two to one that Floyd could not drink a quart of the juice down without stopping. He was wiser man in just minute later, for, catching up jug, Floyd drained it of three pints of the sweet stuff.
 Every one was satisfied and he was the hero of tho hour, when a small hand cane mill was brought into the room and twenty stalks were crushed, giving out three gallons of juice.
 This was a startling announcement, and it had the effect of making Floyd lion among his friends, when they were taken aghast by the statement that he could chew twenty stalks before he re- tired and not feel the result.
 Every one laughed at him, and all thought him to be testing when he laid out twenty of the largest stalks of cane near his chair and commenced on the work of grinding out the juice with his molars.
 One by one the stalks were taken up and stripped, chewed and the pieces thrown aside, and in exactly one hour and fifteen minutes tho little pile was exhausted and the man was ready to quit and retire from the field.
 The news of his feat spread far and near in his neighborhood, and now he is the wonder of the section.
 His friends in Twiggs county pit him against any man in the world for the championship and prize of S100.- Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.