Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1879 — Great Peanut Match. [ARTICLE]

Great Peanut Match.

The great peanut-eating match between A. Sniff and J. Junks for $5,000 a side came off at Swoony Hall yesterday. The conditions were, each contestant to eat a quart of baked peanuts each quarter-hour for forty-eight consecutive hours. The match was terribly exciting. Before each contestant was «■ tab!© laJcu wiW quart measures full of the luscious fruit of the peanut-tree. Sniff weighed ninety pounds at the start, and Junks eighty-six. Neither had eaten anything for twenty-four hours, and both had voracious appetites. The first few quarts of peanuts went like snow before a July sun. The floor was soon strewn with shells. After eating four quarts Sniff took a short rest, but Junks kept on manfully. At the hour of going to press Sniff was visibly swelling, while Junks was eating away with apparently as good relish as when he began. At 2:30 p. m. the score stood: Sniff, 22 quarts; Junks, 22 quarts. The hall was thronged, and the excitement was intense. Bets were freely offered, SIOO to SSO, that Sniff will win. Junks’ friends are confident. —Boston Sunday Times.