, 1866-04-30
l. SOUTH AMERICAN SLAUGHTER
HOUSE,
The Sa1ndfFa OF HonteTfdco-A Thous.
and Cattle Killed each Hlorn1n.-A
Graphic r1Ption.

and t'attte Killed each Hlvru1u.-a
Graphic Description.
Correspondence Providence Jousnal.l
The Sd3odera is Truly feature Of this coun
try. Let nc give you picture OF the largest
in South America. 1t is that of Sir Lc Fonde
across the cove, OF inner harbor, from Nome
vfdeo. The surgeon Of the United States
steamer Susquehannnh and your correspond.
ent visited it one morning before breakfast,
by way of getting Up an appetite. Well
mounted and spuTed+ NC started from the
Hotel Oriental at sunrise, and, after pretty
morning ride of i've miles, we approached
tns SAP e!!s9msR{ .4,:. tae .a,,ox ,,,srs sn,,
the bone kilns sig,ni{jed our approach. whj1e
yet almost league away. Over the plain
cove. We saw an enclosure, perhaps Of thirty
acres, tn which we're broad, low, blnck LOOK
lrE roofs, covering larEe afea In the centre
of which stood 4 tall brick chimney. fro1n
which rolled The foul black smoke Of The
bone kilns. We found the catile pen on tue
circular area OF two or three acres, surround
cd by fence about nine feet hirh, ycrv
strongly built. From its gctc on he sids
next Us. two great fences opened into thr
plain, like very jaws Of death as they are.
the distance between them constantly widen.
irs as they extend from the pen.
uppcs1fe Ibis gate Is another, which opens
!nto lane, or passage, about one hundred
teet long mud fifteen feet wide at the bead.
and eight at the loot. Into this the cattie
are driven In lots OF fifty, more or les, At
once. At the further end Of this Is the
siauGnacr house, bu'ldln. several Hundred
sloplng toward either s;a1 IRON railway
track in the crptre cunning the eptire length
On either sJ1e. On the outer border Of thc
elopc IS q deep =uttcr for carrying of tic
blood. The floor Of the lane referred to Is of
31n Il 3,ne ~,
the pen TO the slaughter house to cfrc IN Gle.
vation Of about two feet to this floor at is
lower end. Into this, aid forming part or
it, truck fits, upon which the Slaughtered
OK is carried to such dresser along the route
as may have despatched his Inst.
shall call the lane above described, apd fit-
ting aCalust the fence, Is platform about i've
feet hfgh and tour feet wide, Running its en-,
tire length. Upon this stands the Iiatador
With Lis 2asso, the other end OF which runs
Through pulley. and to 1t are attached two
1iorEes 1arncsscd side by side, cach with a
rider, whose beat IS at right angles to the |
passage Of death at Its lower end. and On The !
patue eide with the platform. The ,Mqtadvr /
throws the 3asso, catching BY tho horns or |
bead one, tTo, or three animals, rs the case
uay be. &c sings out, "a ESQ tiea. !n' which
means ut is well, or '.all risht," and away
,allop the homes, snatcling the cattle from
,ne end Of tue lape to the other and bringing
hem up on the track with their heads against
j Sliding bar oil in j.tfy.
The same man who lassoes them, tlrus.s
LIS ugly knife into the top OF the head inst
Jack Of the horn, striking tic point Of Iunc-
ion between the spinal column md tile brain.
sga,n he sings out e Edo tien )" the horses
rln about, the har slips aside, the car runs
way, the cattle arc dumped OF and 1t is back:
gain. ''Whlle you would be saving Jack Rob |
nson." But meanwhile the Aafddor has las
ocd couple more, and it is quite a race
'ctween the cstr and the victims ior the fatal
Fus killing. while We locked On, an arerage
j fire q t"t.tte. Ne proceeded thence to tue |
laughter bruse, which Is open at the sides. |
Nc Lad no Idea u the destructive capacity Of
single bu:clirr-kni:c. The tult-ck Is turned
sitl his head toward the gutter. His throat
lalf his hide, Ono man alone takes the ca.
Ire hide Ill, the rn:rails oat, and cuts tue
neat OF the bones In fifteen minutes. Some
.sen do It in len minutes.
Boys carry everything away. lie stlrs not
rom the epot- -Ano1hcr bullock drops down |
Il The right m place OF tue one Just despatch
ID, and my6t 6tcriously slips ont7of Ills hide aud
disappears iu like manucr- The hide OF lis
,redecessor has meanwhile been hurried away
o q SUCCESSION Of baths In three different
ats, and bounded away with two skIps md
Jump into huge bed Of salt With Its fel.
urbcd, mud from which it rides out to yet the
cnctits Of lresh air and sunshine, after rhicl,
b a stack with tAouEands of othrrs It goes
nto the market, whcre they arc sold ty the
ord, :
Meanwhile The meat Of the bullock, Of
fhicl it Which It was q part and parcel, has
uit:cd Its houes In two long, lean slabs. gone |
hrongh like process OF bathing and k1eep-
u in salt bed. or q series Of salt beda,
athes, after which It comes forth, is shaken
I'd Is spread lnycr upon laycr, until stack
1ulli aoout twenty-five rect wide, fifty ieet
onc and fifteen feet high. In this state the
'h"!c stack IL subject to an immense hy-
saEiic press, ty which the entire stack |
pressed into less than half its previous
ulki .Ihnuce i! fs ht;ng ont to dry. This | +
done CO two rsf1cd fences nbout | I
ven ieet high, six feet distant from each | {
thcr, with the rai1s about two feet apart.
lie sfdrs OF beef are hung across those nils | .
oktly beside each other, Where thev fno !
,end some days In the freeh air and s,t,;.hic,. =
rIorc they are otieres Tor sale. They arr $
len restacked and sold By the cord likeyIsr. n
e saw many sccl stacEs, nrd several acres h
these sides. driving as above described,
bis ts the we'll known 5erked becf. and from | 6
!s place and Bncnos AyTcs, the Brazil, H. | l
ma md Mediterranean markets are supplied. b
me Of It is cured With coarse salt ad soma | +
i. NTH inc Liverpool salt md some of It | n
fat and some lean. 4 different Kind Is cent i
'ench market. The tallow was tried and a
d tarrellcd for shipment on d correspond b
Ely large scale. About thousand cattle
: Killed here every morning.