Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-13
Letter ON DIrfrtI.

tom u Horse Flesh.
None who know you, my Gr,e!,'s.
aware OF the admirable reason.
you have been bred uUon food un.s,.
the vulgar OF uen. IL was necq..,..
YOU apart for greatness, by your 0.r,.. Z
itself. He who stood ~ TIE be,,aa,
in just the relation you bear e. The.
ing shriekers Of all sorts. and was ,f....
derer, JOve, was, as soon As born. w..
woman's milk. least be should bs.
fellow, a miIk-'op,) and put out To- j.,
That man of IN: sht. Sampson. wb9.-,
was the aw of dead ass. was, H..
sparingIy dieted, and liquor-d ~, d.
Elijah the Tisbbite, and JJan he 3
chef prophets, were leanIv lodged All.
ed in deserts. Upon the lip- of Inlr.
swarm OF bees settling, he had ham,
pap, for bis porridge. Thus. thu,
champions, prophets, philosophers NM.
like queen bees and lighting cock, {. 81.
to their professions by an appropr.,.
fare much more, therefore, YOU, VII, ,
to be all these ut once. Everybody g.
observed you closely, must see tina, ygg D,
naturally vicious iu the extreme. ,r...
nothing short Of starving out your 10 H.
appetites Of every kind could have ,,y...
from 40 extraortinary depth of l.r..,
Had you not been barred from .i1.
would have been An awful iuehria,a. 4. q
For, if upon cabbage aud tlruir.
make Dutchmen dull, your mind :, rg-,.
all the while If sour-crOut. thar -
others pIod ling, renders you yys,a
upon parSnlps your are puSnacu..
CARROTS quarrelsome if, with ng,airg
ter in your belly than slops and spoon.
you te so beIIicose; il, while Graham....
and bran-bread are the only stat {
you handle, you be 80 keen tor cuI,s.r...
is it not awful to think what 4 rul2lr o.
a monster of cruelty, what y .cDurg.,
nauity you must have been, bad you e5..
acquainted with muttoo- hops, iuIg.,.
calls head, or cow'--heel, or trlpe. ....
feet; fallen into the slnfulnes, 4 ......
the horrId iniquity Of biooi-puIiiag.
fused into that seat % sanctIjy, y.,.
mach, the fatal force Of beef or the 5sr
defging strength of BACON? MetDlaus.r
lion of Numids, living, life you, % .
alone which New England styles s...
washing it down with undlIut,d water
must have been tanned e lamblkga.
ness while you. in spite of cheese case .
csudes, and though innocent u ang ri
as exhiliarating as glnger-pop, or a,
geous as switched. yet remain, throG. |
mere force of an Unborn and lmma.l
ferceness Of soul, a. valiant as lercu.a l
as furious as Mars
Terrible, then, AS you are, maugTe a.J
should mollity you, how can one c0rtaG. |
without CONSERVATION what you n0w nrI
to yourself? For, all your na,Iye Ins,.a|
the tiger aroused Ut would seem .s
cries Of bleeding Kansas, you Are s'.
about to fling eff ali c injunction b.
rush remOr-elessly into dreadful res
of your own larder. Radical, th1u-
be, you renOunce roots; you rePuiI.sN,
chadnezzsr, that grass-eating king v.
vented salads you aLjure the Py'ha.
vino refused to eat pigs, because t1ey De-
it unhrotherly you hrng yourself, "o.,..
breechea," into the faith OF hesh-Io,
all at once come (like the converted ~.
Pulci) to believe, with all your he~
boiled, stewed, fried, tritassIcd aDi
ciaIly roast.
Why, no sooner have you begun %
10 SouthdOwn mutton aud Durham be-.
you conclude that, if these are good
meat must be still better ylu AK w.
roadster and the racer are not 70 be-
up a, our tables ADd you ausSer o.
lows:
/" In the horse, we have an animal VI.
much cleaner IN it's habits than the blE
biverous, Ike the OK or sheep, whose u
rich in nitrogen, and as pleasant 10 t.e't
as either Of the above named s0Iurl
What prevents horse.ilesh from being
upon our tables? Nothing but p.
prejudice, which recent investigate
Paris show is without any lOundatJa o
ever"
Now, beloved philosopher thou or
redeemed from thy pagan error OF I'''
and potatoes. But al hour since, ia..'
a heather Egyptian, and had-t an DOL
thy god. A moment ago, all h''a -.
thy sacred gulIet, proclamation aa' D.
a sudden, thou insistest on turning .'
late into slaughter-pcn, and thy '0f d
a highway for al heshy abOmlnau1n'
who cannot quit one extreme utuL' i
other, had Just as well save trouble a.
where they were. There Is such :.
being converted more than enough. D. I
as here,ical who believes TO ml'- X
who believes nothing at all. Keep
bounds From beef eating, It by o.
follows that we muet crunch b.. --'
Because | like mutton and veal, ma"
on dog, cat and rat? Does nv D. 81.
butchers bill necessarily imply that
eat carrion, like bird Of prey! On.
to the poulterer's for chickens aGd T..
doe, that commit me to !eastlng on ~
crow, and buzzard? Because eA'
must turn cannihal?
But, my Greedy! dismal as IS o.!
the sequel Is yet more i''''
Everybody knows how much the -t.A'.
the steam engine Of our machine; b."
our living depends upon cur belly.
Tell me what one eats, aud can u'u'..
you what be is; for most men arr MAJ.
all must be modified, by their msM
but beef makes the Britou bold; Wa
frogs make the Frenchmau risky
with sour-crout, and swiiled with 0r'
should Hans not be heavy? or, boz"
with onions and garlic, is the SP''l..
10 be proud, libidinous, and jealgu'' % {
yet in Italy maccarOni was, tl' h-
Ought; fed on it, the Italians til.
for potatoes. and probably poteea.
-i0tous Pat be so patriotic u y
leaVen-born land, but for plentiful
where were that fervor Of freed n, .
On election days, fills every one Il'
portion a. be gets fuddlcd, and, ND
men, on less sacred OCCASION, "ne'
'relgns congregate at the grogE.N ",
glorious Politics themselves CON. Y