Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1912 — Liyas on Honey and Water. [ARTICLE]

Liyas on Honey and Water.

Eighty ounces of honey and plenty of clear water have formed the diet on which A. Thommen, a farmer near Auburn, CaL, has lived for forty days, and he says he will stick to this diet for some-time to oome, as he is gaining weight He has suffered no Inconvenience from iris fast since the first few days, but ha says he feels better than in many years. A few days ago he was in the city and carried a sapk weighing 140 pounds to his wagon. Thommen, during his fast, hai only partakes es water and two ounces of honey- a day. He undertook his fast because of stomach trouble.