, 1859-01-01

tim Of the chain Of ftlt9o1oa 10 Ah7oe'P"
and Baltimore. VIC are beginning to gain gfouno
IN those markets.
Asyery li,tle is krown Of the early hls>or5
Of the provision trade in this city, ne have ps
dint OF digging into scme Of the records OF 'ne
nsst in tbe offices Of the pioneers OF tho trade
sncceeded in collecting few facts which can'
no, fail to prove interesting to our reaoerS'
Thu oldes. record ne can trace Of the pFoEas-
inn trade il furnished US BY our fellow c't]ze'l,
Archibald Clybourpe. Esq who built slar.gh-
terhouse here in 1877, for the purpose OF tup-
oyne the United Sssses troops then stationed
II Fort Dearborn, and also the few inhabitants
,;r;no here at ,hst time. This was the first
slaughter house ever built in Chicago. But very
little pnekipg, however, was done here till tbs
fall Of 1888, Us there was no export demand,
and but ycry little wan.ed in the country. Dur
;no the summer Of 1883 there was large emil
ora.iou 10 Chicago and the country around.
which created demand for picked beef aud
,ork. During that fall mr. C!5bourne packed
hse or six hundred beeves, and about 900 hogs
cud in ls34. still larger number.
Dnrinr the whole period OF seven or eight
,ears mentioned above. the price paid for cnt.
lie md hc:] was abon, ): net weight. But the
quality Of neither cattle nor hoga at that time
was .ery good, TIE hogs we're generally of
the "e' DSe
one hundred and fifty to two hundred miles
.cross the prairiet, Tor which task they were
perfectly capable being ahle to make their
mile in about 40. The pork packed from these
hogs was geoerai5 s:'"' DA0s' p'
With about three hcEa IN o9t'e' 49, -, 90
collects OF sone oarFel po'A oe'oh oo,o ~ VIC
Of the hfss settlers o. nsuoeo~' "A''u ~ sA'DeN
| out ssrttfn sd's pieces - 'Ae oD''es. to "N'
called IN those asys F''n'e
The first beet packed IN 'ne Guy "a' ~ oeo
" Dale Efq T. IN io'- - ~ ,s.a
year, be saoGoteFeu auu pa.AeN ~ -
s1d htsy heA' Oh eas'e ''' o'''e. 49, ~.
Detroit. Inc eal'le "e'e pu
t'o'o. from 1naS' .~eeA, -
<272 per Nv ios',a' a,ss..,owa-
thrown IN LOT lue o'tuh4
driven to th's css5 3ou1 'oc 11' xo' 'Ds.
we're slauen'erea ~ 'ouu -.
:he pr srle' nea' 'ne A-Ae' oPtoa'1
Bishops faace IL IL" e'' rs
OF Michigan A'enue ~. =,
pack10G "as ooo7 1n ~ ~.
wooden building s''us'eo ~ 'N' NJ ~ ~. ~
born md oantn " a'ef Fs'es'o. -ue s1.-
*hieh this beet ~as paeAeo "ese o'oosu. 'ou1
D7sFois, 6ud Inc oee' "8' 1n'ppe0 'A1N '"'' ~
Detroit
In Decenoef, 1907 III no'' a'"D
| packed SOS hogs They we're purchased 1fo"
1,hn H.ncls me. at 81 % per l00 Tbs net. They
*. yrnAu.,, v,uav Tbpse
vert ai''ea ''ot' NV 49,,
hogs were slaughtered IN The oack !afo oil 4nt.
t,o{e'a warehouse, and packed in The store.
c...o ,o,,o1u IN which In mt thu meat
AAe'e oetAs ~
It wls packed IN nn'k, aho stored a"s' uh14'
barrels were made dura the winter. Tits U0s
~, ~ ~ to,e <-<. ,a-tt{ IN III, cstv Ne
t"e |1'eS '0' ~ "'s' ''' ~.
have 40 mems OF s6ceftt'oln9 "na' Pi'eeo 'n's
pork or beef brought, as they we're sent te sne
Spu York market from Detroit, but IN tn old
II. n.Ja xo f,,rd in entry
oooA oe'01'+5 -
OF sale of q barFcl ot mess pofk ~ Nv 1no
barrel OF "ooe hog pork" nj fl4.
1,,ha f,,} ~ 1e:3 Nr D,,, n,cked both Beef
~. ,,.,, bo,1. Nv
aao o' I a. "'' w o'1' oe P"~~~ 'A0. eA
the Narth B-anch. The humber OF can!e packed
rns OH head md the number Df h1Ht l uUU
~, .,
1ht ca''1 eoSt - 81 Pe1 1eo 'o' Ae'' @1@ ZIG
hGgH S3 nct--bntn c4tt!e mud hogs having been
.,r,yen from the Wabash. II boxing through
-, ~ II }o .,ao
toe ota tst'''' -
Ec:oss the hEst c7uirtct5 or catt!e ana neSb ever
tuade in this ci,v. Tie first is dated May IA,
,c-4 ,,,,d i, 10 caitor.
1oo'' 0"o - - ,.
ARTICLE " h1HLEaE>7' muoe Sao eEtei Gu
'oto tl1a II o"y ~ nA, u Luz teas ~ our hvIa
Tie ,Iune4oo e's - nu'uiea auu sh1l -surer,
:.t'o ~ ost"ttn h'ca.aa ~, '91!ne " sle loHa"'
lineage. eooS t1a;''' 9.a;e ''no'', ~ one par
-bo He~oei'; O'e' ~ ~. eaue p7ee, - tus
ttHe' - part "4'"ese7su s"n: wv e.,0 a.
Wy oou'n wv esI'o ~ 'us 10 s .
~, - sss @ ~ ~ 49, '.e s1'a - ,.,u '
n'e u tu3 fteo.o Pa'' = ~ "I W. -. oes"een
:. h'st o'5 tl tcpeeHoet aIa tnc - .. ust "
'veubsr nt1', os'ser ~ tome Sa'o Ne"oc1fy =
u !r. 10 ,he Town ot Ch'eag', Or al the to"se
u s.'a C!s oouFre III 'ohk toaEts, 4.aonl6' one
'undted head ot gn"d LAT me1eAsn3uo1e Beet
:'s1tlt, to Htlgb. uson an average. i've hundred
'"1us esen .te' os'ps .s ,hon 4ue e..t,
ur, r,nunds csca rfIer beng slaughtered ard
dressed; Likewise. by the t:.eenh day ot De,
.ember ntxt, twu huudred h-ad OF good lat
flugs We'll curn fed a.d mtlc'antG5le iur pork,
to weigh ulon al average Two huudred lbs each
lter being slaughtered and dressed. acd none
n tuth 10 "tlku tthS tHAo oht bu1u!eu Auu
ninety pounds, atter being slaughtered aud |
dressed. And in consder.tlen OF the AboFe |
premises u''d envruun's. TO &c done and per-
.ar1'td bE theshid Clv bourne, the t'ad H"Tbes1r
D1le coCenan's and ng7eta to ind With sud
tis bourne. taat tEtY Viii croa cslreTy at Said
''at'ie aGd Hogs, 1by 10 ;sl- sa!d C'yo'ufn efhe
suu1 Of Twn non1s and E'kt1v TENTS per hun
'Ircd tor the Heet and T'ree Dol!urs per hua-
t}red p, uo1s icr 1be F.rk "h'n tlauE'trtcd and
d. etstd. IL il further "gre' und st,uct'y ur-
drrstoud tt t the saif \. berry 4 Die tre to
have I'll! the hidet uLd ta!lnw, aud ehoH the
:ouau,s coming from slid cattle. into the bar
:4p, and tba. hl:d C'ybou!ne is 10 bu'cher said /
[ .;.le and hogs uud deliver ,he tret Gu. up
w; 'pt ssns KY ard o bna. ~ IN
sccure p,scc, and is 10 lind room TO sture the
20 ( through the winter. II The SEQ Ss"eeFtJ
I'e "s,ne1 u.u, ho-oof ~, ,,,;s, ,o7. ,sro
INTO set their hand and seals .h'e day and date |
nbose 6rlstn. ARCHIBALD tLIhotRsf, Sea,.J
fvr;a.,, 1..c !, m,",,S l1
1ba f,,,,w,n, !. i. f.w m ,n,hs ,o,er md vo.
r,- hoa. .n,,r,
q. .i,, - ..o.. oa, .n..o
Srvber md nole ri ill., Town of {;l,irarn
Cook county. ILLINOIS. and John Blackstone. Of
oaoS county, ILLINOIS: w1anesseta Us follows. to
,,,..;t Ae ,ns H1,u ;a ~
Dole tire hundred head Of good in.1 chunt4ble
{ad hon ;.k; a.