The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-13

These reliable tables be obtained, barring
circumstsnal csuses such as the relative qualities Of
the same article as exposed In various countries.
HoUsEwrvFS
These figures demonstrate that New York s ~ dear
emma OF Paris and third desrer than London n The ar
tcle OF alone. The difference between prices ut
Tompklns ana Washington markets shows the reckless
character OF New York housewfery. II our ladies'
republican in the Of helping themselves and funl-
ling first OF their economical obligations to society,"
should not have market dear that clerks aud
saaed people every class stand pnched for food to
IL is the idle wanton housekecper Of that
keeps her neisnDor Of lee. means poor Rather than
butcher, she pays any sum without murmuring. This
is more h than waste example, %,, The ar
house keeper visits Washington Market my lady goes
Tompkns foolish to make Caste even Of her
more, but they have the Tompkins endorsement. This
is absurd a. Bob Handy in the play Of "spesd the
lay IN green peas Butchers are quick to detect reck
lssness IN marketing, and II for single month all the
The se 70
what are called ancy prices put the nscsssaries
OF life.
One cause of the high price OF meat hero the number
Of transfers that take place in the sale OF stock First
there is the farmer who brcods IT. then the travelling
drover, who must make commission large enough TO
thrive upon then the stock merchant who consigns
hrs correspondent IN New York the stock broker, per-
haps comes IN at this time and manpqlsss the beef
down to the butcher four five mouths have bitten out
OF Che Between the butcher and the public there
beef up from four i've to thirty cents pound,
And when this 10 added the sTancy' price, Il costs
As to the cleanliness OF New York meat that is not a.
ways clear matter. Although the police are more
vgilant than they wero, calves not week old still
offered for sale good deal OF the beef and mutton
that brought here from the country had dis
cascd just before death that slaughtered It.
With regard to pork that comes far and changes 20
often tnat only the eating tell the good from the
bad.
AMONG THE sLAuGHrxRxrs
of fhe cit ~ Iva md
neghborhood OF second avenue and First street, whore
there are some dozen OF them They butcher for them
pes in consideration OF the hoos and tongue Of The beef
Tho hoos worth forty cents tho tongues twenty ave.
dollars hundred for the priyese OF cleansing the hog
and receiving the brstes and enrals Tho cattle and
sheep that are received here 70 the Buis Head
nrs on Fortieth street. either by trains or BY Albany
droves Many Of them have lain up year with some
Putnam or westchester county farmer who, seeing
good opportunity to SELL slips them down IN coupe OF
nights Bulls Head The steer bought ION leg"
by calculation between buyer and seller TO his as
sumsd weight, the mean being the rate Of purchase.
The animals are then driven ut night to the slaughter
house and kept IN pens Killing commences al ten or
eleven o'clock A. ~ The beeves forelegs tied TO-
gether and their hind quarters lifted up by block and
tackle. This brings their throats down TO the floor,
when the slaugherer with . long bladed knife sticks
them n sacn way That the hide e only punc.ursd
and every hole in II takes cents on the value.
sheep and calves are killed by tying their feet together
trusting them up I'LL helpless and sabbing them By he
score II Is cruel thing them bleed TO death in
multitudes There are about hundred slaugh,ersrs In
jewish butchers appointed BY the Rabbia These kill
with weapon like = sabre drawing II al
single stroke across the tsrsata Then they put
ieaden seal around the hind quarters and the
meat IS pronounced clean The .slaighterer" psr ~
Is the wholesale butcher -Four nfths Of the alleged
butchers OF New York do not Kill at ALL The Is
put on trucks and hauled to Washington Market where
at dawn the butchers come TO buy a side or quarter
and carry i on 70 their shops Al tho market factor
soils IT, Receiving about i've per cent commission Thus
beefsteaks get TO u.s. having travelled many
from the far confines Of civilization. and suffered all
orures by the way. Albany 10 the greatest de-
pots for cattle In the world There cars drop them
the person takes possession He Ia charged
nothing FOR the Of the stss is expected TO buy
his hay at the cattle yard inn and board there himself
OF he charged about double rates From day
day tho droves proceed toward New York. Along the
way farmer comes down 70 bis gate and the
go by 81 have green Geld idis." be says, II don't
mind buying pair OF beevssn He pays for them on
he soils them 10 some other drover going BY and they
are directly upon the SHAMELESS About thousand diff
fsrent doves come during the year 70 New York They
correp pond with ave times many sub. drovers through
the country rho richest butchers Ia Washington Mar.
Vet are said to be Charles Gwyer, Jed Reno and Daniel
hilliman
The West is becoming every year more and more our
steward Wsstchester county nearest the North,
used 70 send twenty thousand steers hundred thou
sand hogs sixty Sheep and sbou ten thousand
tons OF dairy and green produce every year. To-
day her population IL 80 dense that Of the
provsions raised there are consumed within her mita
After few years We shall be In great part dependent
upon remote regions for all that We eat in New York.
she W. uvpch"ehls viii puy mutton and veal az
our markets. There Is stl little 'drov ng'' done In
the environs OF New York, with paddy's pigs and
NIckeys eve, and ana then the cow OF Mrs Fana-
gan he greatly surprised 10 ind itself respectable pen
at the Bulls Head.
STATEMENT or STEER
drover gave u.s. al the Bus Head day or two ago.
statement AZ 10 steer that he was able 10 follow up
from It's origin TO ito consumption. These arc the
stages
]. Bought In Trumbul county, Ohio for s22; smi-
mated weight 500 pounds.
2 Sold 70 shipper in Cleveland for SAT; shipped 10
Albany by rail. ~ cost or 40 cent? a hundred
3. Sold TO Spectator 81 Albany for eA
4 Sold 70 farmer Tishkill for $50: kent seven
months.