Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-08-09
How Businss. is done in Cincinnati

But ict as begin a. TIE ot- m Nc TOT.
really. this Banner Pork house a. one % the
most curious things in the world. and claims
the attention Of the polite reader.
Ia i large. clean. new brick building.
With extensive wards adjoining IL. flled
With hogs. from the forests and farms Of
Ohio. Indiana. and KcntGcky. From these
yards to the third story Of the house there
Is an inelined plane. uP which = procession
OF the animals march slowly 70 their doom
from morning until evening. Here Is The
first eeoo0my. The thing 20 Be done Is. 70
transfer the pigs from those yards 10 the
basement OF the buiiding. and. on the Way.
convert them into salt pork. They walk
20 the scene Of massacre AZ the top Of the
building. and the descent 10 the cellar a.
oomplishes itself by the natural law which
causes everything o seek the centre Of the
earth. Arrived a. the summit. The ffteen
foremost find themselves in "a tight place.
-squeezed into pen, in which ihey must
remain standing from lack Of room 10 he
down. There are two OF these pens. and
two "pen men; 50 Tia; TIE moment one
pen - empty, there j. another ready filed.
and the work thus goes on without inter
ruption. The fffeen animals Which stand
compressed. With Their beads thrust upward.
avs iting the stroke Of fate. express their
emotions IN the language natural 60 them.
and the morse = great The execuiioner.
armed with long-handlcd. slender ham
mcr. and sitting astride q The fence. gives
20 each Of those Yelling creatures ms quici-
70 By blow upon TIE head. Tie pig does
not fall when be j. struck: be cannot. be
only starcs and becomes salient. The stranc-
er ~ho D. unable 90 witness the execution
has an awfal sense Of tAe progress Of the
frll work BY she gradual cessation % th-
morse. We mention here. for he benctt
ofpolifical economists. thar this knockcr-
down. who does the most disaErccablc and
laborious part Of the work. IA. TIRE lowest
wages paid % am man in fhe bosse He
does not rank as an artist 80 al. bet oniy
a. a laborcr. Readers OF Adam Smith anl
John Stuart Mil know vhy. Whcn siicuce
within the pen announces the surrender q
its occupants, door j. opened. and the
senseless hogs are laii IN row Up a. IN
eiined plane. a. the bottom 81 which is a
long trough Of hot water. ore Of the ar
tists. called the Stickcr.- nov aprears.
provided with long. tbin. pointed knife.
and approaches ibe pig nearest the steam
ing trough. gently lifts is fore leg. ard
gives 10 ore easy. delicate. and graceful
thrust IN the throat Aiong the trouch.
on each side Of 4. is a row 81 men. carh
with an instrument Ia his hand. vaitinr 90
begin and apart from them stands tie
Head-Scaldcr. wbo ranks second in tie
corps. having & task Of al bar Tire greatest
difficulty TO perform. said ap.- zen s,c-
ouds too long. or IN water twenty derrcc,
TOO hot. and be CONES o'lt A. rel a. q lob
ster iet the water be too cool. Or keen the
animal IN % too short . tiu- ard the labor
Of scraping Is treblcd. Into ihe box water
the hogs are soused az intervals ~ twenty
seconds. and tie Scaiser stand. watching
The clock. AM 0ocasionaily irving tbc tr,a-
peratare o. the water with Lis Gn-er. or The
adherence Of the hair on the creature frat
% be handled " Member Onc.~ be r,~s.
a. length BY 4 machine Tor the psr7osc.
Number One is turned over upon a lonr.
declining table. wherr Be lies smoking. AZ
the the same instant two men poll out his
valuable bristles and PIT them into barrel.
and Two other men scrane Gle 4thrrsi4. ~
him With scrapers- n afcv seconds. these
turn him over and pass BIN on 20 two
other scrapers. rho scrapc the other side.
and then slide him aior- to four other urr.
vho frim and snish Liu,. having not a hair
upon his soit and quivcrin- bodv Th~r
be falls into the hands of Two " rartie.
men. vho insert a stick to keep the Ind
lcgs apart. and. by the aid Of uachi-o
hang BIN Up wfh his bad Gou,-,.l
Next. the animal q consigned to the GREAT
artist Of al. Who performs upon BIN fbc
operation 30 much 10 favor among che 10.
biity q Japan. Tbs artist. uc regrri to
say. bur viil not concesl from q too hstiIi.
ous public. rs called "the Gutter One
bong. sviit cut do~n tbc whole length of1e
BODY .--iso 90 three RAPID. in and-out e,sf.
pr ihc inside and rhc entire respiratory
and digestive apparat1s lies .uoking upon
table, Under thc hands of m.r Who ar
removing irom it tic urr-..f f- f,-r
Tbs operation. here performed .- t~r-f,
seconds. and vhich j. ireqseury done br
the Sane men ffecr hrrd-rI t.uls. r. s,,
takes an ordinary but cher irr rr-...
lhis man earussix dollar. and a taif a. i,v.
Nn''e 20 one else receives more than foar
hna q b. is absent from be post his sai..t.i-
ute' -ho has cen 'be hing done f'r years.
can Only perform 70 orc ftb ss fat. a-I
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