Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1912 — Delirium Tremens From Drinking A Barrel of Hard Cider. [ARTICLE]

Delirium Tremens From Drinking A Barrel of Hard Cider.

Valparaiso Messenger. , A report comes from Portage township of a man who liked hard cider so well that he drank a barrel of it in three weeks. He began the pastime by drawing the liquid through a short straw put through the bung of the barrel and conveyed the last of the contents to his mouth with a section of rubber hose. Then he had an attack of delirium tremens that brought in all the neighbors. The man got possession of a shotgun during his agony and was reached just in time to keep him from doing some damage. He was taken away for safekeeping.