Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1889 — A Water-Drinker. [ARTICLE]

A Water-Drinker.

The jail in Mortis county, New Jersey, boasts of a dwarf less than spur feet high, who probably drinks more water than any other man in the State. Formerly he was the champion whisky drinker of his district, and for habitual drunkenness and disorderly conduct he was committed to jail some weeks ago. At first the sudden cutting off of bis customary allowance of strong liquor almost prostrated him. Recently, however, he has developed a passion for water that is, more pronounced than his old craving for whisky. He drinks, it is said, a gallon every night, and accosts "the first keeper he sees in the morning with a demand for more. During the hours of daylight he require from eight to ten quarts to assuage his thirst, and still complains of a dryness of the tonsils. He says he never felt in better health in his life. m