The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-04-03

OoiN1 Or AhE Il1'-SuleIluSe ueCIdI'
ed that in Cologne he "counted two aud
seventy stenches, all we'll defined" How
many he might have detected here is
matter of conjecture. Although amiabIy
suited for Sc werage and aoundantly veal
thy. it is on par with the old towns of
Europe in the barbarsm of open drains,
with undisguised tributaries from every
yard and dwelling. Typhus and cholera
are there, as in quarters nearer Bow
bells. less dreaded than little taxation.
The population of Cincinnati is said to
be about one hundred thousand, includ.
ing, probably the two villages on the OPP
posite side of the Ohio, which, to all in,
tents aud purposes are part oft. OF this
number nearly one-third are Germans
La 1850 it was returned at little over
forty three thousand! What crocodiles
were in Egypt. what cows are in Bengal,
or storks in Holland, pigs are here. with
this .trifing difference-their sacredness
of character lasts but as long as ;heir
mortal coil; and this is abbreviated with
out ceremony, and from the most worldly
motive. In life the pig is free-is hon
ored; he ranges the streets; he reposes
in the thoroughfares; he walks between
your horses legs or your own; he is ev-
erywhere respected, but let the thread OF
his existence be severed. and shade Oi
Mahonei! what change! They think,
in Cincinnati, of nothing but making the
most of him. How many of this kind
perish annually.to augment the vast pros.
perity of that city. cannot be told.
About fifteen years ago, when it con.
tanned only one fifth of lis existing pop.
ulation, few bold spectators began the
trade. Selecting the hams and sides of
the animal they made picked pork; of
the rest they TOOK small account Soon,
however, the idea occurred to one more
acute than his fsllows, that the heads aud
feet-nay even the spine aud the verte
e-might be turned to account. Trot
ters and cheeks had their partizans, and
these parts looked up in the market
About this time the makers of sausages
caught the inspiration; they found those
Iuxuries saleable, and so many pigs were
to be slaughtered, that tue butchers we've
willing to do it for nothing; that is to say
for the perquisite of the entrails and of
| fal alone.
The next st p was due to the genius
of France. A Frenchman established a
brush mandatory, and created market
for the bristles; but his ingenuity was
outdone by one of his ceuntrymen, VIII,
soon after arrived. This man was deter
mined, i seems, to share the spoil; ant
thinking nothing else left, collected tn
fine hair, or wool, washed, dried an,
curled it, and stuffed mattresses with il
But he was mistaken in thinking nothin
else left. AS but little was done wit
the lard. they invented machines an
squeezed oil out of it; the refuse the
threw away. Mistaken men again! Thi
refuse was the substance for stearln'
Q candles, and made fortune to the dis
cnverer of that secret.
= Lastly, came one who could press
y chemistry into the service OF mammon
e He saw the b!nod Of countless swine How
ing through the cutters of the city; i
y was all that was left of them, but it wen
d to his heart to see it thrown away. H'
e Wondered long and then collected th'
d stream into reservoirs. made prussiate
i potash from the blood! The pig was us
ed up.-Gazette.