Emery County Progress | 1905-02-25 | Page 2 | Thrived on Lean Diet

THRIVED ON LEAN who lived for year en leu than one dollar roger crab wagered 1000 that ho would alvo for a year on three shall ings and sixpence and won hie bet indeed he more than won it for at the end of the twelve months he had managed to out 0 his housekeeping money his eapen deture for food therefore averaging lust over three farthings a week fo this sum even the cheapest of erdl nary vegetarian diet such as lentils for instance was quite out of the ques alon and he had to content with nettle soup thickened with acorn flour pudding made of bran and turnip leaves chopped together and forth yet on this diet crab not only survived but actually gained some few pounds in weight while as tor his general health he declared that he had never felt better ahn he did at the termination of his self imposed ordeal english exchange