The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-05-16
Farm, Garden, and'Househo|d.
The Chicago Stock-Yards.

In practice the tourist bound to Cali
4Ornia will do well to stop two days in
Chicago, and one day in Salt Lake City in
which case he would get to San Francisco
IN ten days, and with surprisingly little
fatigue, and be will have seen several very
remarkable sights on the way For in
stance, though Chicago itself was burned
and is not rebuilt, the ruin is worth seeing;
and near at hand, accessible by frequent
trains, he may find one of the most charac-
'cristic sights of our continent, the great
Chicago stock yard-a city whose inhabi-
tants are cattle, sheep and hogs, and Where
these creatures are so well cared for that
many poor human being supposed to have
~ immortal and amendable soul, living In
a New York tenement-house, is neither so
Cleanly lodged nor SO we'll protected against
harm or cruelty.
This city OF the beasts has streets, sew
ers, drains; II has water laid on it is light
81 with ga it has bank, an exchange,
telegraph office, post office, An admirably
kept hotel, 1t has even newspaper-else
u would no. ht an American city. 1t has
Very comfortable accommodations for 49,,
500 Tesldents-n namely, 1000 head of cattle,
I On0 hogs, - 900 sheep, with stalls for
55U horses. IL contains 345 acres of land
and when all this is prepared for use, 2l0,-
900 head Of cattle can be lodged, fed, and
.-ared for there at once, and with the GER
tainty that not one will suffer or go astray.
it has thrty-tve miles of sewers; ten
1uiles OF streets and alleys, all paved with
wood three miles OF water-trouehs, 4ll so
arrauged that tbp water may be stopped off
at any point; 2300 gates, which are The
front doors, SO to speak, of the place; 1900
lens heavily fenced in with double plank
loo acres are covered with pens for cattle,
It} ..t bAa will jup
pauk 500 covered sheds for sheep and
hogs; and II miles OF railroad track con-
lect lhls city OF the beasts " ith every road
whlch runs into Chicago. 1t has two Ar
1eslan wells, one 1882, the other 1870 feet
deep, which, being spouting wells, send the
water into 1uge tanks forty-t five feet high,
whence it Is distributed all over the place
il pipes Fourteen hre-plugs are ready to
thfnlSh water III case of fire; immense
stacks o1 hay and large granaries of corn
contain the TODD needed for the beasts and
H. lltye, train OF palace cars now bears
lhe emiglant aumals from this city com
tortabiy 70 the Eastern butchers.
VT course, as The CLOVER animals" do not
help themselves, j considerable force Of
men = needed to attend upon those gather
I'd here The company receives and cares
1or ali animals sent to it. 1t has thus taken
III. peuned, tea, W4tered, Uttered, and taken
account OF 1900 hogs, 5000 cattle, and
lU0U sheep in single day and that without
accident, hitch, or delay. From l15 to 200
iuen aru constantly employed IN this labor;
4ud t. "a, eomMudate these and their fani-
lies numerous cottages have been built,
wAue 81 town hail for public meetings and
lectures, nhGrcn. 4 SUNDAY school, and u
wru-brpt day school provide tor their in
~tucfluu IIld Amuseme Mt. The hotel, which
fias b4th rooms and is IN other respects
oell fitted, Is lor the use Of the droNers and
owners ut cattle, whom business brings
luther At the Exchange sales are effected
1nd Tie utN> vi sale may be sent to
Maine or Texas by telegraph from the
same room, while the money paid may be
securely deposited IN the bank, which is
under lhe same roof Thus YOU will see
hat This surprising enterprise is completely
furnished IA every part; and it will not be
lie least part vi your surprise and pleasure
10 IND that This whole business, which |
about New olk Often involves painful
brutaIite>- is here conducted as quietly as
though ii Quaker presided over it, and with
- much care for the feelings OF the dumb |
Jrules as though good MIR. Bergh We're
locking Oh all the time.
II Will cost about TWO millions when 1t Is |
completed; Is i pecuniary success, as it de- |
setEes to be; and when you hear that 50 |
long ago Is lsG9 Chicago received and sent |
II 40" lo2 Lcad OF cattle, Col ,S69 hogs, |
and 540,US2 sheep, and that il will probably |
REMAIN fOr years one of the greatest cattle |
markets it The world, you will see the need |
iar such elaborate arrangements as | have |
described, and, if You are a human person, |
viii be pleased that these immense droyes |
M animals are kindly cared for and com
l1rtably lodged and fed on their way to
+ market Most OF the people employed in |
lAr yards are Americans
Among such multitude Of beasts as are |
Letc ircelN I'd Mr- Buckles law of average.
would tell you that there viii be a certain
'-~ iuOn-irosities; and you will probably
he shown gae or two Texas steers which
.JOk much more ike elephants or Inammoths
lhan horned oxen perhaps a two headed
sheep, or slA-leSged hog; and indeed,
"heu / SAW the stables they contained a
collection which would have turned the
lace OF Chatham street exhibitor green
with envy Harpers Magazine for May. |