New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-19
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Yesterday, leisure and weather permit
ting, an idea suggested itself to Us. Now,
that the question of our meat supply stands
paramount in q culinary discussion, that
the public would perchance be satisfied in
having the result of an impartial inspection
Of the slaughterhouses, where claims for
patronage will in the course of time be
liberated from their web Of legal intricacies.
Not having ever penetrated the interior of
the C4varoc establishment. to which place
our steps were first directed, nor in fact
knowing the exact location, except that ''it
was below the barracks, we stepped from
the car at the termination Of the lower line,
and like wilkins Micauber waited till
something should urn pu." Our anxiety was
doomed TO be of short duration, for, brisk
northeastern breeze spoke as intelligently
as q finger post, pointing the subject OF our
sketch being in the distance.
Entering the palisades which usefully
adorn the plat set apart for the slaughter.
ing house, and after guarding our heads
from the dripping linen pegged on web Of
clothes lines, and picking at the same time
our steps through the soft and filthy soil,
We observed groups of stout and greasy in
dividusls chsttering as frequently and as
loudly in English, German and French a. if
they were under salary for the operation.
No sooner had either our personal attrac-
tions or uninitiated demesnor attracted
their attention than they permitted their
tongues to enjoy u treat which was highly
creditable to their moderation. One lank
ana inquisitive mortal. after squirting q
quantity of narcotised saliva. and carefully
depositing ''the old soldier some where in
the folds of what appeared to have been
a vest, volunteered all the information We
desired in pdtois. A gentleman. whom We
dentially came to our rescue, and, after ex-
planning to him the purport of our visit, he
kindly placed US in possession of all the
facts we desired.
The building and grounds, which are sit
uated on the river side, occupy q space of
over four acres, partly in Cavaroc and
partly in St. Bernard. The edidce is Of
wood, but built on sold brick foundation,
and in the opinion of many, admirably
adapted for the purposes for which they
were intended. With regard to their con-
venience in the reception of stock from the
river, but short passageway has to be
placed from the main entrance to the
waters side, and from thence the animals
can be driven to their respective pens. or to
the pasture, where their future owners have
it at their option to mark their destinies. The
arrangements for the reception of va rious
descriptions of stock ere not YET complete
in every department., but the pr0prietors,
who are sanguine of their legal victory, are
preparing other sheds and perfectirg other
appointments, which, in the future, may
stand either monuments of folly or great
good luck. The entire structure is divided
into four departments: That for animals
about to be either sold or slaughtered; that
tor the exercise of the butchers vocation;
that for sailing purposes and stables, and
that for the accommodation of the yard EN-.
ployes and their families. OF the first
named department, nothing disparaging
could be offered by the largest shareholder
in the Crescent City. There are now one
hundred of these pens, three of which are
appropriated by each slaughterhouse, aud
each Of them Is capable of accommodating
fro m twenty to twenty Eve head of cattle.
One entire|wing of the building is set apart
for the slaughterhouses, twenty-eight in
number, and although they did not appear
80 clean to our unprotessional eye, still they
were passively so and might be better, were
it not for the dim uncertainty in which
houses are all under one root, each is dis
tinct, and the occupants enjoy all the
privacy that they can desire. The work OF
death Was in full blast during our visit; but
on our hazarding query to our cice''O1ae as
to where the carcasees would be disposed Of
we received no very Ineligible reply. Sill
they kill, though the death ratio has dwin-
died down from seven hundred a
day, large and small, to an insignif-
cant seventy. Appropos Of slaughter.
let US mention all incident. We will
preface our observations by the remark that
We never were accessory 10 the killing OF
anything larger than mosquito, with one
solitary exception, II exception 1t can be
called. It was ere we had discarded the
pantalettes tor the more manly s.unmen-
tionables," when butcher prevailed on Us
to hold the cord attached to dr0wne1
grunter whilst he was administering to it
touch of feeling. When the ak vas ele-
waited our spirits became. depressed, and re-
iDquishing the cord We never learned the
result. Years" as Scott says, "beget hard
ness of heart" and on passing through
the pens yesterday we espied Q tat
tered youth whose garments we're literally
coated with blood and gore, intent on exam
lining the edge of a knife, aid admiring it
with the complacency Of barber when
stroppiDg his favorite razor. Follow him
into slaughtering apartment rented by a
Jew. The villain, after placing his knife on
the bench, fondly patted little calf, and
gently carried it to rope which suspended
from the ceiling. To the rope he attached
its hind legs, and regardless of its sufferings,
pulled it up into space. To slit its throat
was the work of a moment: but the vital
spark did not leave the little creature until
everv drop of its blood trickled to the
of slaughter, and We think that the public
would forego their admiration for white
veal, did they but know the exquisite torture
which its production inhicts On the dumb
brute.
The wing allocated by the stables and
c1ring houses appears to be we'll ventilated
and properly tended. On the lofts many of
the yard assistants sleep, regardless Of the
goblins which spiritualists assure US haunt
the graves of ali mortality. These "heips"
are the most comical gems one could wish
to meet. They are so much alike in facial
expression, build ard dress as to puzzle
ones powers OF position" They take as
great pleasure in scoopihg the entrails out
Of q calf as they would IN emptying the con.