Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-03
CATTLE K1ILTNG IN NEW

The cattle which come to this city are
chieay Rom the interior offthiss State, Penn
SSlSahia,l Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana,
gathered into droyes by purchasers who con-
visit the grazing districts. q Ig ~.
But there is 4 great difference in these, OF.
which the innocent consumers know but little.
Nothing is more tempting than q line sirloin
piece Of roasting; or q juicy and tender beef
steak, and there are many delicacies concealed
in the carcass Of the bullock which need no
commentator at our hands, But half the time
we do not know what we arc eating. 1t would
require, indeed, the in~defatigable Mayhem, of
London, to trace all the peculiarities which at
tend the,progress Of the animal from the stall
to the dinner table, aided, too, by 4 confidential
Board Of Commissioners appointed by Mayor
Wood-repoFters not excluded.
Thousands of cattle arc brought every week
by railways and steamers to this city, where
thspaTe killed somewhat on the Bobadil princi-
pie, Fftygs Kill them. Fifty morer Kill
them. They arc kept in pens in the upper
wards; and generally sold to the New York
butchers ON time. Their notes are shaved by
bTokers- Of u particular class, who make for
tunes by the business, and hang around the
droyers
Where The eaTeass Is there the eagles gather together.
Large numbers of c~attlesare~ slaughtered in al
bany and Troy, and arc brought here in sides,
prepared tolhe sold 70 the stall butchers and sec
ond hsnd-dealers. The hides and hoofs are re-
tanned Elere NQE IQCl Sulet Tue GAI4Ule pAIIS COllG
.heret0be sold at retail. The hides and hoofs
are very important articles-they contain Gle
'-ments of uselulneEs-they are valuable in the
domestic arts, and fortunes are made out oft them.
One may stand at a particular point in a certain
avenue, and see two Of the stateliest mansions IN
New York, the one built of sole leather and the
other Of gclatinized hoofs.
We were surprised to learn that the cattle
brought to this city are generally bled once or
twice before they are knocked in the head. This is
done to mako the meat white and pleasant to the
eYe7 at is not the American taste to have too
fnuGho of the red juices al the dinner table, ''fOl-
lowing where the knife is driven" We prefer
4 drier preparation, and have a Christian notion
ef-shSstainihg Q m-things stgs9gled- and from
But this bleeding by tho butcher must be
carefully done Many anoble OK. when he loos-
Is too much Of his vitality, lies down and gives
npt6es host The anxious Phlebotomist watches
hispadent carefully, and just before the last
breath escapes che gives him q regular cup DC
ardS md finishes him before he has time to
die. This makes the whole business regular. 2
The cattle brought from Ohio are generally
uaso6hd in the liver which IS supposed to be
pying teztke grass they feed on1T-This diSap-
pear5a fter they have beenf for a time on q New
York grazing, farm. These. which come from
the south side of the Patomac, are considered of
tho finest quality. Those from Indiana are
highly prfsed; scare those also from Kentucky
which have hitherto borne away the palm. The
county ofDeiewRre, in this State successfully
completes with all. There are slaughter houses
on ae island, where for a fixed fee, or the
~perquisitos ~oftonguesIand feet to the owneror
lessee Of the ground, the drover may have his
cattle killed and dressed to suit himself This
animal per- csntage is in fact equivalent toa
pretty round charge, and fortunes may be mt
have been mhde7by this means.
The Jeaish butchers are a class by themselves.
Their costums and religious obseryances COM
pel them to a more formal mode of Strengthening
than practically their Christian friends. They
whetfheir knives, then feel the edge, and make
ready TO kli asif it were so nominated in the
the band; The animal is then tied by his fore
feet end his hin feet, turned on his back and
hoisted up by a tackle, the body scarcely touch
inE the hoor. He nose is held down; and while
IN that position the follower of Moses approach
Is and cuts his Windpipe through, without touch
in& theneck bono. That would DO fatal error.
The legs are next skinned, and a holo is made
atfhe point Of tho breast bone. A penknife is
t~kepinsertea 70 separate the case containing the
tights, and the hand IS passed in to see if they
are not grown or stringy and attached, to other
parts within. IL 20, the animals good, and fit
70 beeAten by tho faithful.
Two sealssof lead, with Hebrew inscriptions,
aFsePhcedoH tic breast and additional seals on
every part Of thgahimat nT6qutred by tue cre-