Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-01

with "a great pile OF oysters topped by "A
cake Of ice az one side, the whole light
ed up with "a circus fakir's gasoline
blaze.
"Wcll, as said, Spug gave a longing
glance at the stand, and |. being IA new
acquaintance, suggested hat we have a
few oysters.
Ono, said Spug. no, | don't want
70 eat half a dozen oysters and then
stop. When | eat oysters, l like to eat
As many as | want
"'Well, | said with much dignity
when | invite any one to have any
thing, | generally mean for him to sat
isfy himself,
up to the stand, where Spug paralyzed
one by remarking:
"'Open me five dozen.
He ate the whole lot while | waa
getting away with "A plateful and then
asked the man how many more he had
Fifty said the man.
"'Open them, said Spug, and n
after another he gulped them down.
During all. this 1 had kept silent,
wv CpuS IVA RliAtAA c'AAANh Ah'
"'Got any more?' he asked, swallow
ing the last oyster.
"'Well, said the oysterman, scratch
ing his head, I've got two barrelfuls i'll
the cellar
"'Bring them both up at once, said
Spug, and save yourself "A trip
Il called a halt here, and after much
arguing got Spug away from the stand.
That was how | met Spug jackson.
I saw much of him afterward and was
soon convinced that he could eat more
than any two other men. l remember
one time when n of those fellows who
had been going around making money
by eating &c quail in 80 days offered TO
bet that he could do up Spug.
"'What's quail asked Jackson when
l spoke to him about 1t and offered to
back him.
"'Whv. it's n small hirH ~ nhout the
size o. a pigeon, but very rich and
THAT enough, said Spug. Bet
hlm two to one and make ii IL pound
turkeys
AT another time / got hold of a fei.
low who thought he could down Spug
at miscellaneous eating, and | took him
down to "a saloon where | Knew Jackson
would be. Spug modCstly offered to try
his appetite against the other fellows,
but insisted on going at it then ano
there. g II was arranged that the men
should eat the same things, one makins
a selection and then the othor, frs,
choice 20 be decided by the toss of q
coin. Spug won the toss, and his opUo.
pent remarked carclcssly:
"'Well, what shall we start on?'
"'Hams, said Spug.
! "'How many slices said the other.
"'SliccSl roarod Spug. Who SAID
anything about slices: Hams, ! said
Whole hams!'
''The other man retired on the spot.
Nothing can give you an approx.
mate idea Of THIS mans appetite. II
was simply beyond description. never
saw him give up yet, and ne tackled q
apple dumpliugs and a similar number
Of cups OF coffee before my face ono
night. I've seen him 90 into "a rcstau
rant, too, and order bocfsteak dinners
for six. When they came, he'd tel the
waiter that he guessed he wouldn't
wait for his friends, hut would start
right in. Then he'd 90 through the
whole pile.
AT drinking he was a marvel too
He could drink a whole kcg Of beer, ana
speaking of beer reminds me of a story
they told Of Spug years before / me,
him. 1t seems that hc was working in
a brewery at the time, aud some people
beta friend Of his that he couldn't drink
a keR of beer. So the friend brought
the doubtiuI ones around 90 the brewery
and introduced them to Spug.
'Spug. he said. these gontlcmeI
want 10 bet me $50 THAT you can't drink
"a kes Of beer. DO you think you can dc
it,
Wait a minute, said spug, and 10
left the room
Ten minutes passed. and he didn't
come back. The ten minutes got to NAH
am hour, and then epug anne ina.
Bet him, WIS all he said
''The bet was made, and Spug dranl
the beer. When ho bad finished, his
friend remarked
''spug, why did you leave tho room
and why cid il take you SO long TO MAKE
up your miudF
well, III tell you, said Jackson.
I didn't want you to bet your money
that / could drink "a key of beer and
lose it. So l went out 20 see if / could
first"
The man with the glasses wound up
with this reminisccnce of Spug Jackson
New York sun