Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1905-03-10
WATER NOT NEEDED
TEXAN THINKS MANKIND IS BET.
TER WITHOUT IT.
After Many Years Abstention Major
sehiermier Points to Himself az
Proof Of the Truth Of HIS Theory
The late Gen. lawton Convert

Major Theodore schiermier thinks
he has disproved the theory that
drinking water is necessary to the
existence OF a human being. He has
not taken a drink OF water for many
years-just how many he does not
know, but II is ten or fifteen.
He found that water did not agree
with him and he quit drinking 1t. He
also quit eating all kinds Of bread at
the same time.
He began to take on flesh soon after
he stopped using water and bread and
is now fat and the picture OF health.
Although he is OF middle age his com
plexion has the pink color and deli
cate appearance OF that Of a baby. His
muscles are. well developed and hard.
and to all appearance he is in perfect
condition.
Even In the hottest days OF summer
be is not troubled with thirst. Occa-
sionally he drinks glass OF beer, but
II is not often that he partakes Of th3
BEVERAGE 49, .
He subsists principally on raw meat,
served in the form of tartar steak, and
raw eggs. He eats few vegetables.
The thirst which Major. Schiermier
had when he first began to abstain
from the use OF water for drinking
gradually disappeared.
An old frontlersman, Capt ]. G.
Merrill. in discussing the matter Of
water drinking said that in the earlier
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take long chases after Indians and
border desperadoes, the water supply
question never troubled the men, and
they would have given II little
thought but for the fact that their
horses had to have water.
Drinking water is habit, just like
drinking whisky u.s. continued Capt
Merrill. Il belonged for several years
to Major Jones' company of rangers
and there we're several men In that
company who had trained themselves
to go for days at stretch without a
drop of water passing their lips. IL
their thirst made them uncomfortable
they we're wont to moisten their
mouth and throat with the juice of a
cactus. Il got so used to going with
out water on my long rides over the
plains of west Texas that still care
very little for the fluid. Frequently
day after day passes without my
drinking a drop of water OF anything
cScept a small 1rp. of coffee which
take at my breakfast.
81 can show scores Of old Texas
frontiersmen who do not drink gal
Ion of water a month and are in the
best OF health and condition all tht
time. I also believe that the less
water a person drinks the longer hs
will live.
zone half Of these long, sinewy.
the ranches in west Texas and in the
little towns drink so little water that
they hardly know what II tases like
but these same men can Outright and
outwork three OF the ordinary fat
water topers.
"The late Gen Lawton had trained
himself to go for days without touch
ing water to his lips. He could stand
any amount Of marching and hard
work.
"He got his first knowledge OF the
uselessness of and injury Of drinking
large quantities OF water from the
Texas frontiersmen while serving
with his cavalry troop in this state
He began To practice abstaining from
water drinking and 1t was not Iona
until he could go for days running
without partaking Of IT,"
It is Capt Merrill's opinion tha
many ills or the body are caused b,
the water drinking .habit.ANew Yorl
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