The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-01-20
Observation-Disclosures

- q . J.. d.
versa,iion rel between 4 respectable I'D gen
,lemap and oapregplsr Vermont Yankee
who had, travelled aIqaaq 9dt d9niw 100
Speaking Of hogs The Yankee says:
.sIswow ten pucker Thaint seen moro
pork 10, Cinciannii, than would, bust tbi'
buildin' cleanopen ii .aaiit3.Iseo,
u@You don'ttcll me so9' nsib aI ll
o"By gravy, Ideu though. You hahn
never been in Cncinnatbw '''''.
o"Never." "o,are,;c,so,r,lqo ,ia7 s.tS
y"Never in pork house Wal9oi G l.,
ia.Never." ."rai 90 hHisls5 o. h.fisr
a"Wall, you've hearn tell Of Ohio,
reckoDi" .;o..i., :, 4,
1.'Oh yes; go, q daughter living ou'
there" was the answer. i-otA
ss'You don't say so?" au'oa iaal cliI
al have, 10 Urbana, Or near it," said
The old gent. gfa.1b -a;rl-
sUrbaEnysd Gront kingdom, why
know len men living about there, ores
,ra6in', t'o,het's keepin' school may be
YOU know 'em-S Sampson Wheeler's one,
Jelhro jones' i'other; Jethro is q cousin
ofmiae; his father--nn his molber-mar-
riel, my name is Small--Appogee Small,
#
and I vas ,alkin'-" "aa2 70 .aai 9'efe'i T.
s'About he hog crop, and Cincinnati
pork houses" g,saog1s 9d
tfY 6-s;, wall, I went out west last
fall, stopped at Cincinnaty-tcn weeks
Dreadful nice place, by gravy; they do
busines, there; boats salvation how they
90 i, on steamboats,, bust ten a day, bald
six" aua idqa adIlo3l iaJ .eaf
AIS Il possible" says the old gent
''Bnt the hogs7-"
"Deu beat all went UP 10 The pork
houses, fust thing youtmcetis q string
'bou, mile long, Of big and little crnlers.
+
greasy and sassy as sin; ;6uckels and bags,
full of scalpa, tails, ears. shanks and ribs
Of haogs. Foler mp this line, and yeou
come to The pork houses, and yeou 90 in,
if they lei yoa ,and they did me,so went
in tn an almighty large house-bie as all
out doors. and feller steps up 10 me-,
and says he: :e
"Yeou're stranger, 'sposcf"
"Yeou dos' saysI I. faIiea3
a"Y-e>a>s,"' says he,"l 'spose so,' and
Iup and said was.
"Wall," says he, "ef you want TO go
over 10 the haouse, we'll send ieller
with you" .noiHnt
"SoI went with the feller, and he took
mo away back, daown stnirs, ,aont in !ot !,
and eyerlasiin' sin! yeou should j'Hl seen seen
the hogs-could'n, count them in three
weeks" oMm1ims 5ga msslse i'1r
a"Good eracious!" iexclaims the old
gent esc5.lg..ia
"Fact, by gravy! Such squalin', k'ckln'
ard goin' on, sech cussin' and hoilerlA'
by the fellows porkin' 'em aout at ''o'hcr'
Sech smell ofhogs and fat, brissels and
ho, water. Iswan ten pucker, ! never
did calc'late on afore ..fN essa7a9 p
"Wall. as fast as they driv 'cm in by
droves, the feIlers KEEP, cIaowden 'em
daowp iowardt the pork house, there Two
fellers kept a shooiin' on 'em daown, and
abuls gang cf the alliredes' dirty, greasy
lookin' feIlers aout, stuck 'em, hauled
'em daowu, and afore you could say Sam
Patch. them hogs were yanked out Of the
lot--kilt and scrapedm 5iawe 81
Almighty quick work, 1guess," saysthe
old gent. ' '.,U. " u
"Quick work! Yeou ought 10 see 'em,
Haow many hogs dew you. calc,laie them
fellers kilt and scraped d dayY'' 3T! GOODS
A"Couldn't possibly say-handred ! ex-
pect." .s..' & aai,.,,5 o...,a., 4
"IIundred! Gre>a.a't king! Why !
seen 'em kill thirteen hundred in teu
llours-did, BY golly" IL. .a...
"You don't say so?" a m565 IN 81,
ayes sir.l And feller with grease
enough about him to make barrel OF
sof. soap said that when They hurried EN-
up some, they kilt, scalded and scraped
Ten thousand hogs in a day /; and when
they put on steam twenty thousand pork,
ers were Kill, off and cut up in o single
day." o.l3 5'g.a'a a2.2a' 'us ,-..'7
III want 10 know" i97g Dsa {o4
ayes sir. Wall, we wentinto the house
whore they scalded the critters as fast as
they.eould bring 'em in. By gravy, it
wes amazin' how the brisiles flew! Be-
fore hog knew what i, was about he was