Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1883 — A Man Who Never Drinks Water. [ARTICLE]

A Man Who Never Drinks Water.

Crittenden (Ky.) Press, A gentleman of this town having recently made a trip through Webster county tells us of a man he met who has never taken a drink of water, though now thirty-five years of age. Hie name is Thos. Lawton, and he is a kinsman of Mr. W. 0. Carnahan, of this place, and Mr. Carnahan youohes for the truth of the statement that he never drank water. Mr Lawton says he has no detire whatever for the purest beverage know to creation; either has he any inclination to partake of it in any of the adulterated forms. He has had i aging fevers and shaking chills, but nothing in his oomppsition calls for a drink. He drinks milk for its nourishing virtues, and coffee as a preventive tor painter’s colic, for he is a painter by trade. He once drank some mineral water, taking it as a tonic, but the fluid was so repugnant to tyis taste that he did not remain long 1 at -she springs. His diet consists chiefly of fruits and vegetables; meat he never eats. He has a sister who drinks but little water.