Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-22
WHAT HE COULD EAT.
"REMINISCENCES OF A MAN WITH A
LARGE APPETITE.
spug Jackson's Record Breaking Feats
with Oysters and Dumplings-ofers te
Eat Twelve Pound Turkeys or Hams on
Wager-He Could Also Drink.


wager-He Could Also Drink.
"I'vo heard tell of eaters, " said the
mooth faced man with the glasses,
and I've seen some pretty good ones in
ny day. t there used 10 be fellow
iovn ,n ne Bowcry who could beat
pnyJA.uq that ever came cat Of the
v.sL know, al tae,, csackaJacks
.>l.,'.''n '.r IA housrad lot and was
hem dow it'll IL cam ct v.rrIcl ave west
InD-. 0.: ny nan was q r..i product
Z ,.c T.. Try, az. Be- showed ulieT
..r..II. g.. t was ever pa ZIP ~ unSt
49, Il' Snew as first name, but
.v,ryho.y ,lled hi 4 Sp2g jackson,
..ud for o know be may be alive yet
";pug ~ IA his prime about ten
years age, a-.- " mcouns him was the
'osuIt OF 81 p,',. cal JC,c. some friends
V niuc iu,r.I.. I'd ne so him without
citing J.. ...ur # his specially. and as
yo walked -. o BOwcry one night
iuug caat l''" Z eyes ut an oyster
-tr"d. II Ve- 1e Of the stands that
l~c.,to h0o tae Egwery from Chatham
luare T. Iiocston street. 1t had full
lue If fried COLTS 4 SOFT crabs on it,
Tith great l-1',. oysters topped by
AXE Of Ice ;.. D.., lie, the whole light
d up with cas- fakir's gasoline
blaze
"Wcll, as SAID, Spug gave longing
glance AZ tho stand, aid /, being Il new
acquaintance, suggested that we have
few oysters
80, sad Spug, no. don't want
20 eat half dozen oysters and then
stop When cat oysters, like to eat
rs many as / want
We'll, sad with much dignity,
when invi,o any enc to have any
thing, ! generally mean for him to sat
isfy himself.
"The upshot of II was that we went
ap 10 the stand, where opug paralySed
me by remarking:
Open rc five dozen.
"he ate the whole lot while was
getting away with platcful and then
asked the man how many more he had
Fifty, said the man
"Open thcm said Spug, and one
after another he gulped them down.
During all this had kept sileut,
but Spug's next remark settled me.
'CTot any more: he asked, swallow
ing the last oyster.
well, said the FISHERMAN, scratch
ing his head, I've got two batrelfuls III
the cellar
Bring them both up at once said
Spug, and save yourself trip.
Il called halt here, and after much
arguing got Spug away from the sand.
THAT was how | met Spug jackson.
saw much of him aftcrward and was
soon convinced that be could cat more
than any two other men, | remember
one time when one of those fellows who
had been going around making money
by eating &c quail IN SO days offered to
bet that he could do up Spug.
"'What's quail:' asked jackson WHOM
I spoke TO him about 1t and offered TO
back him.
"'Why. its n small bird ~ nhont th,
size o. pigeon, but very ricn and
"'Thats enough, said Spug Bet
Llm two TO one and make it l2 pound
turkeys
AT another time | got hold of a fei-
low who thought he could down Spug
ut miscellaneous eating, and took him
down 10 "a saloon where | knew Jackson
would be. Spug modcstly offered to try
his appetite against the other fellows,
but insisted on going at IL then anc
there 80 il was arranged that the men
should eat the same things, one making
a selection and then the othor, first
choice 70 be decided by the toss of
coin. Spug won the toss, and his oppo.
nent remarked carclcssly
Well, what shall we start on?'
Hams said Spug.
How many slices: said the other.
"Slicesp roarcd Spug Who said
anything about slices? Hams, said
whole hamsp
"The other man retired on the spot
Nothing can give you an approx.
mate idea Of this mans appetite II
vas simply beyond description. j never
saw him give up yet, and he tackled "a
apple dumplinSs and similar number
Of cups of coffee before my face one
night. I've seen him 90 into IA restau
rant, too, and order beefsteak dinners
for six When they came, he'd tell the
waiter that he guessed he wouldn't
wait for his friends, but would start
right in. Then he'd go through the
whole pile.
''At drinking he was a marvel too
He could drink whole kcg Of beer, ana
speaking Of beer reminds me Of q story
they told Of Spug years before l met
him. 1t seems that he was working in
a brewery at the time aud some people
bet "a friend Of his that he couldn't drink
a keg Of beer. So the friend brought