Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-07
. eIFrom the st. Eouis Dsmocrat.l
The Hue Beet of Chfca go.

Chicago is a nice place to live in. Not to
speak of its river (so-called) with its many
draw-bridges and much stencil; not to
speak of its mysterious murders and in
crimes it-has- one advantage
over all other cities in the country 1t has
blue beef. ~ = "A ~ FIJI a
That we may not be supposed to exag-
gerate, we copy the confession of the Chi
cdgo Tribune, from which 1t appears that
Chicago is fed on such cattle as are too
weak OF too badly diseased to be taken to
Eastern markets. When-a- cattle train
reaches that delightful city, some of the
animals have been bruised almost to death,
or trampled to jelly. or are 80 badly dis
eased that the ikind-hearted driver cuts
their throats to save them the agonies of a
natural death, or so weak that they
have to be tarteG on drays from the
yards, or perhaps they have already given
up the ghost, and these are the animals that
are carefully selected for the sustenance of
the dwellers in Chicago. Some are covered
with sores: some have had their horns
knocked off; some have, had their throats
cut in the cars to prevent their dying by
disease or injury. But the enterprising
people who supply Chicago with meat
everybody about Chicago is enterprising,
it. seems-take good care not to lose their
used cattle. They cart off the carcasses,
whether dead or alive, to the slaughter
people ofthis charming city are thus given
an inexhaustible supply, of blue beef. Dis
ease, it appears, may develop itself in the
meat of such animals two hours after they
are killed. but in large proportion OF cas-
es, apparently, they are killed because it
has developed itself already. The conse-
quence is, as an expert in meat matters in-
forms the Chicago Tribune, that ''there is
not pound of fresh meat on sale which
would not be contiscated by the health Of
ficers" of other cities. And the Tribune no
preiuliced witness, "believes that the state
ment was strictly correct
! To some people, who have prejudice for
/ healthy meat, this popularity OF Chicago
i NAV seem rather1a disadvantage. But the
/ people of that town are colorists. Tney
adore color. They put plenty of it into
their estimates Of the future. Their boasts
are highly colored. Their sales of goods
to unsaspecting country people are effect
ed by skill in coloring. Their drummers,
securing the9 country for customers, are
great on highly eolored descriptions. Ador-
! ing color, the people OF Chicago delight in
diseased meat, because, when it comes from
the oven or the gridiron, it puts on the
colors of the rainbow, and becomes blue,
purple, or of other color, according to the
disease of which the creature died. Con-
ceive, then, how deli shtful it must be to
live in Chicago, where you can wake up in
where, after the tatigues of the day,
you can dine on a cerulean roast
or prismatic mutton, and where, whenever
YOU choose, you can indulge in purple
chop. For the full enjoyment of these lux
uries, it is only necessary to remember that
you are eating the flesh of s. iamished
bulls, foundered cows and fostering
swine ',-as the Tribune says-that the meal
is diseased, and poisoned, and thus the
!, slight sense of danger adds piquant sauce
to its delicious flavor and its lovely hue
Our market reports do not state whether
: the azure steaks, or the roasts, deeply
darkly, beautifully blue" are held at fancy
prices because of this peculiarity, but we
suppose it must be so. If any one is de-
sirous of new luxury, therefore, we rec
ommend him to insure his life and ther
go to Chicago, put up at hotel, and ordel
q rainbow roast. - -f
Chicago has been fond of commenting
upon the whisky and water of Cincinnati
and the Mississippi water of St. Louis
But neither Cincinnati nor St. Louis il
blessed with blue beef.