Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-07
WHAT HE COULD EAT.
"REMINISCENCES OF A MAN WITH A
LARGE APPETITE.
spug Jackson's Record Breaking Feats
with Oysters and Tiers t.
Eat Twelve Found Turkeys or Hams ON
Wagsr-He Could Also Drink.

i vU heard tell or eaters, SAID the
mooih faced man with the glasses,
"und I've seen some pretty good ones in
my day. but there used 70 be "a fellow
down on the Eowery who could beat
anything that ever caiac on! OF tn,
west Yen know. al these crlckajacks
VINO can cat hous- ;G49 let and VA,
them dowH wltl IA can of vit9ol ,oc west.
prncrs, bat mv RAN was real product
Il tie E0Ccry pEd 10 showed unccl
anything that was e,cr plt ~ against
vim. never knew his fist name, BIZ
everybody called huA Sprg Ilckson.
and for al know i've may be alive yet
"Sprg w2s III his prime about ten
years ago, aud my meeting him was the
result OF Il practical joe. Some friends
Os minc introduced me 80 HIM without
letting mo k,uv 81 hls specially. and ar
we walked NJ The BOwcry one night
Song cast longing eyes at an oyster
etand II vas 1up Of the stands that
usytto lac the Bowcry from Chatham
'luare 70 Houston street. 1t had full
line Cf fried cclN and SOFT crabs on it,
With Il grta, pie of oysters topped by
AXE Of lee AZ one side, the whole light
eel mp with ~ circus fakir's gasoline
blaze.
"Woll. as ] said, SpuS gave a longing
glance at the stand, aad !, being new
acquaintance. suggested that we have
rev oysters.
"'No, said Spug. mo, don't want
70 eat half dozen oysters and then
atop. When l cat oysters, like to eat
"a many as | want.
- Well, / said with much dignity.
when l invite any one to have any
thing, | generally mean for him to sat.
isfy himself
The upshot Of 1t was that we went
np TO tho stand, where Spug paralyzed
me by rcmarking:
Open ne five dozen.
"Ee ate the whole lot while WAS
getting away with plateful and then
asked the man how many more he had
Fifty, said the man
"'Open them said Spug, and ono
after another he guipcd them down.
During all this / had kept sileut.
but Spdg next rcmaik settled me.
Got any more? no asked, swallow.
ing the last oyster
VOL, said the oysterman, scratch.
Ing bis head, I've got two barrelfuls i'll
the cellar
Bring them both mp ct once, said
Spug, and save yourself a trip.
oDf1.1 o., l,,I+ ~, al -. .... -.
arguing got Spug away from the stand
THAT was how l met Spug Jackson
I saw much Of him afterward and was
soon convinced that he could eat more .
than any two other men. / remember [
one time when one Of those follows who .
had been going around making money
By eating 36 quail in So days offered to
bet that he could do up Spug.
WHAT'S quail:' asked jackson when
spoke TO him about it and offered 10
back him.
'Vhv. it's 81 small hive ~ ah"ut fh,,
SIZE OF pla on, but very rich and
That's enough, said Spug. Bet
Inn two 10 ono and make it IL pound
turkeys.
"At another time l got hold Of a fci
low who thought he could down Spug
81 miscellaneous eating, and | took him
Town TO a saloon where ! knew Jackson
would be- Spug modestly offered to try
mis- appetite against the other fellow s,
out insisted on going at it thCn and
here So it was arranged that the men
should eat the same things, one making
J selection and then the othor fret
'hoice 10 be decided by the toss OF
'oin. Spug won the toss, and his opPo.
ient remarked oarelcssly:
Well, what shall we start ON?
60 Hams, said Spug.
"'How many slices:' said the other
"'SlicesP roarcd SpEg. who said
gdything about slices? Hams said
whole hams'
1.-THE other man retired on the spot,
Nothing can give you an approx.
nate idea of this mans appetite II
vas simply beyond description. never
RAW him give up yet, and he tackled ~
apple dumplings and a similar number
If cups of coffee before my face one
night. I've seen him go into rostau
tAllib lOOS anu O4utF DttlSitt4A NllutLs
'or six When they came, he'd tell the
waiter that he guessed he wouldnt
wait for his friends, hut would start
light in. Then he'd go through the
yhole pile.
cat drinking he was marvel too
le could drink a whole keg of beer and
peaking of beer reminds me Of "a story
hey told of Spug years before l me,
linn. 1t seems that he was working in
| brewery at the time, aud some people
ret a friend Of his that he couldn t drink
. keg Of beer. So the friend brought I
he doubtful ones around TO the brewery
md introduced them to Spug.
Spug, he said, these gentlemeI J
want to bet me 500 that you can't drink {
/ keg of beer. Do you think you can dc S
to
Wait minute. said Spug, and H.
eft the room.
'Ten minutes passed. and he didn't S
'omc back The ten minutes got to hall '
III hour, and then Spug came in