Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-08-26
A WONDERFUL EATER


His Dlsssslea - Fsslest-
Nl1a~ fsreen appeared So TIE four
courts ana b.are Assistant tEosee'lt-
las Attorney LaeFkes swVre oct N.--
ratt els1ag 1lfe Fel5t wsta ello,s-
element Fe'dt hives as k.5ll BLAIR sFe-
nue. II Is alleged n the inforzaa1oR
taat BE- borrowed fron Grasn . f,aoto-
sstal lle oalAf u lhe value o3 x49. wlca
BE- has refused Go regurn
Tie prosecutor. William Green. :
sou thing ol la ester a. f..et. BE Is tie
champion ot lta country pa hls llne. oav-
ios defeated sn corners ST numerous
matches Years ago the challenges ssat
oat ~ ms frieIds who wished fa h-.ck
lua % out csc ery man in The Jarei
Staf-s were never accented and ferfe,ls
which had been nlated were taken Gown.
tfreeu has 8 record fhe FIRST mesch ~
any note in wA-ca be NglsI engaged ca1ee
ou lil ls.2 from MS ID Who'd h. Lad
recognized that he had IA enormous
capacity fcr any kind ot food, yet has
tare for a daYog a week Foald compare
in quantity u th that ~ any ordinary
working man lt was or when he tired
- eat ina. hedevoared ~ "a an immense
amount az food.
"a EGS's HIsroRY.
IN 1872 CIR en. who is a collector, was
az work wirh a number = bills IN South
St Louis, Den DE nae. Il lree men at the
lunch counter. One Of them was tailor,
another a constable and the third a dep
uty marshal. Green felt "a httle hungry
after his wal and scr in 70 eat the whole
Of five p0gld sausage. The tailor, the
constable and the marshal thought they
could eat a httle bit tha mselves. and a
match was prepared 10y some % the by
ISLANDERS. ltIwas agreed that the man
eating the least was 20 pny the whole
blu. and the Quartet ser 10 work. Such
confidence had Green in his OWL abilities
that be took bets right and left at even
money that ne would beat the otbers
As the contest proceeded he offered alb
surl odds that he could win with pounds
to spare
He was not known about the place and
the bystanders fairly crowded for ms
money. having seen what the marshal
and constable could do on various coca
siOns. Everything i'm the saloon went on
the bin Of fare and the men ate for an
hour. Then the tailor gave II up IN de
spair and SGT down 10 watch the otlers.
Ten minutes later the constable had a
pain under his Jacket and retired. The
marshal stood II for another half hour
and then gave I'D in disgust. Green ate
with such a vigcr taat everybody was
surprised. When he finished he had de-
voured $3.50 worth of food and his ap-
petite was st.0 good.
Green collected his bets and went
home. The story of the match spread,
and the following day DIS. Gregory,
Audd. Ludwig and Hess called at his
residence expecting TO find him dead. lie
was as clipper rs a cricket, however,
and RECALLED his medical visitors with
the stories of his eating feat. Sworn
/ statements Of the amount the man had
eaten were made and accounts Of the
affair were telegraphed al over the coun-
/ try.
GASTRONOMIC TEATS.
Green made no more matches for a
! number OF years. being decidedly averse
to obtaining notoriety on account of his
peculiar abilities. On several occasions.
however, he went with some Of his
friends To places about the city. and sur
plised all spectators by devouring every
morsel of food on the lunch counters.
. PrOpriet0rs OF restaurants where the
/ sign An Won can eat for fifteen cents
WAS hung up soon grew to know him.
aud barred their doors when they saw
him about to enter.
Finally his friends backed him 10 eat
+ cove oysters against the record. 4 Con
necdcut man had devoured eight quarts
of the bivalyes, bat Green almost dis
counted him by swallowing twelve quarts
in al hours time. When the craze over
the eating Of one quail a DAY for thirty
DAYS was on Green won numerous wageTs
first by eating one quail p day FOR twenty
/ FIVE days, then for thirty days and finally
Tor fifty days. His friends offered to back
him TO ear two q1ails a day for q month
( but could get no answer To their challenge
Green's latest match was less thar
three months ago. He was in a small
f country town collecting for a ST Louis
glass company aud met a horse trader in
a restaurant. The horse trader thought
he could eat oysters with the next nan
ard offered 90 hack himself against THE
i crowd. Green took ali the bets he could
get. and then BET his opponent two % one
! IA 4 tsr
J The horse trader was game and the bet:
/ Were MADE
When Green offered bin three n one
however. he weakened. and the contest
YVES commenced. The horse man swaI
+ lowed three quarts of the bivalves and
/ quit BY fbis time Green had put him
/ self On the outside If Give quarts He
/ then offered t1 bet shat he could eat ~
/ many more ana won an the money in
sight hv covering an additional ten
quarts This made aluos four gallons
of rhe molrefs which hal entered hfs
stomach. vet he was 1ot even ''rhased
Greenisa middle aged msn. ~ medium
height ST. short FRI bril3 He weighs in
/ The nei zhhmhoo8 ~ 90 pour i7 sn3 hes
never toen SICK n his life Eis appetite
. IS normal tnt f.e capacity is ahnorn0s'
tosay he lest louis aastD 1spa ch.
Trademarks were known IN sncien'
Rai-Ion. China had tlesa as early %
1905 F. c.. thev were a1auze1 ln
FuElan7 iu 1890 lrur tae inren
tar q. printing. IS aa 81 have bad laW
eat over his trademark