White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-01-07
correspondence.
Ror the Chiek.)
Slaughterdom.


-..-.;, little One-hOrse place in tins see,
.ountrv. which is becoming more ana
n'N ', -. Il has formerly been known anu
no,e snbmerciAna. so called on account oil
h'i'.1 a,,;op to which tits subject, and the irog
ma. BY which it surrounded But the s.Oe.
pOua If said place fearing that the title SUD
hO'O.,. aid not sound well for the enhance
- ,be place, they have by petition to the
. m.I If The city had it changed to Slaughter
W. md We think it q very appropriate appel
GUN -for until Winter laid his icy fetters' the
' ...., we're chiefly engaged in slsughtering
Gu. md IT is said and believed that they pur-
rO 70 ,bsir vocation so energetically that they
0- ~, With great rewards; even those VINO
n..s - tbe most INDECENT circumstances in the
,:,,;ng. have become independent-in 50
s.h that they can each one enjoy the exquisite
-, n free access to a barrel Of uP-country
rh;,tsy in his own cellar. And the merchants
-. enabled to keep their counters setW with DOT
a., n their much-loved beverage. and cry out
III con xbo are thirsty come We and drink free
!, Of the red-eye, there is more in the ceiiar'
p, The v.y Il may be new to some' the H0dH'
oD.,andi of digging cellars in slaughteroom'-
Tb.v construct platform say ten by twelve, or
,b.tever size they may want it, even il 1t is no
,,,os, than 70 contain a barrel Of whiskey.-
They then place this platform where they want
their cellar, and place weights upon it-fOr these
weights they usually substitute barrels Of Wh's-
kew, and owing to the malleability Of the ground
caused by o, erioW and inundation, the platform
gradually sinks; and when it is sunk to sum-
c;ept depth and Ieft the hole sticking out, 1t is
susuezded BY cables to beam abovsi they then
.urb the sides and ali is completed, and the
xbiskey barrels used for weights already in the
e.ll.r-aIl done in the space Of about twenty
sour hours. And since the slaughtering Of frogs
has been suspended, and the pursuers thereof
.mplv rewarded, they have ventured to 60 into
the hog business. But this requiring some cap
it.l, they have not succeeded so well. They
had quite an advantage in the other business,
for they raised and fatted their own frogs. But
in the hog business they had them to buy; and
this rather kinder set them back little at first;
but by the cunning which theypossess, they have
At length devised means BY which they have
been successful in getting great lot of hogs
The device is as follows: To those who bring
in o lot of twenty five hogs, they sffer premi-
an of two barrels of whiskey; for lot Of ten
one barrel; for FIVE hogs a ten gallon key full;
for two hogs and-a.half quart bottle full. And
from those who do not wish these premiums,
they buy on time and hold out the inducements
for security that they are going to sell their
town in the spring, and leave for parts unknown,
and this will enable them to pay up. To make
passers-by and other believe that they are
.hronged in the business, they do their slaugh-
tering on the Sabbath day. They have preach
ing in their city once in awhile, but they never
hear any of il for It is overpowered by squealing
Of hogs and hustle of work. 1t appears to be
their leading aim to substantiate decentralization
in their city. Their pastime amusements are to
eat frogs and oysters, drink whiskey, and play
cards-and in this they desire the prayers OF the
wicked to sustain them.
So much for the far-famed city Of Slaughter
dom. GuRLEE.