The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-06-08
Tho Chicago Stock Yards.

ch'VaEoi ahu one eayln salt Lake City
IN which case he would get to San
Francisco in ten days, aud with surpri.
slngly little fatigue, aud he will have
seen several very remarkable sights on
the way For instance, though Chicago
itself was burned aud is not yet rebuilt.
the ruin is worth seeing; and near nj
hand, accessible by freqleut trains. he
may hud one of the most characteristic
sights of our continent, the great Chi.
cago stock yard-a city whose inhabi
lanIs are cattle, sheep aud hogs. and
where these creatures are so we'll cared
Tor that many poor human being
supposed 10 have an immortal aud amen.
able soul, living in New York tene
ment house, is neither so cleauly lodged
nor SO well protected against harm or
cruelty.
This city ofbeasts has streets sewers
and drains it has water laid on il is
lighted with gas it has bank, 40 ex.
change, telegraph office, post. office.
an admirable hotel it has even a news.
paper--clse it would not be an Ameri.
can city. 1t has very omlortable
accommodations for ll8,35O residents
namely, 2l 900 head of cattle, rs.
OOO hogs, $4,000 sheep, with stalls for
800 horses. II contains 3I5 acres of
land ana when all this is prepared for
use, Il 900 head of cattle can be lodged
fed ard cared for there ut once. and with
the certainty that not one will suffer or
90 asiray
1t has thirty five miles Of sewers
ten miles OF streets and alleys, all paved
with wood ; three miles Of water troughs
all so arranged that water may be sion
ed oil at any poiut; 1900 gates, which
are the front doors, so to speak, Of the
place; 1900 open pens, heavily fenced
IN with double plank 100 acres are
covered with pcns for cattle, and all
these are ioored with three inch plank
500 covered sheds for sheep aud hogs
and seventeen miles of railroad track
connect this city OF the beasts with
every road that runs into Chicago. IL
has TWO Artisan wells, ,032, the 9th.
or 1870 feet deep, which, being spout.
ing wells, send the water into huge
tanks forty five feet high, whence it Is
distributed all over the place in pipes.
Fourteen fire plugs are ready to furnish
water IN case of fire; immense stacks
of hay and large granaries of corn con.
tain the food needed for the beasts
aud, believe, n train of palace cattle
cars now bears the emigrant animals
comfortably to the Eastern butchers
Of course, ms the animals do not helm
themselves, u considerable force Of men
Is needed to attend upon those gathered
here. The company receives and cares
Tor all the animals sent to it. IL has
thus taken in, penned, fed, watered
Uttered aud taken account of al 1000
hogs, 5000 cattle, and 1000 sheep in
a single day, aud that without accident
hitch or delay. From 175 to 200 men
are constantly employed in this labor
aud to accommodate these and their
iam'lies numerous cottages have been
built, while town hall for public meet.
ings aud leturcs, a church, a Sunday
school, and a well.kept day shool pro.
vided for their instruction and amuse
ment. The hotel, which has bath rooms
and is in other respects well fitted il
Tor the use Of drovers aud owners of
cattle, whom business brings hither.-
At the Exchange sales are effected
aud the news Of sale may BE- sent to
Maine or Texas by a telegraph from
the same room, while the money may
be securely deposited in the bank which
Is under the same roof. Thus YOU will
see that this surprising enterprise i.
completely furnished in every part
aud it will not be the least part Of YOUR
surprise and pleasure to fnd that this
whole business, which about New York
often involves painful brutalities is here
conducted as quietly as though Qua.
ker presided over it, and with as much
care for the feelings of the dumb brutes
as though good Mr.. Bergh were looking
on all the time.
1t will cost about two millions when
1t Is completed; it is a pecuniary sue.
cess, as 1t deserves to be; aud when YOU
hear that SO long ago as 1869 Chicago
received and sent off 403, l02 head Of
cattle, l,66l ,969 hogs, and 340,O72
sheep, and It will probably remain for
years one Of the greatest cattle markets
IN the world, you will -ee the need for
sueh elaborate arrangements as | have
described, aud, it you are a humane
person, will be pleased that these i'm.
neuse droves OF animals are kindly
cared Tor and comfortably lodged and
led on the way to market. Most of
the people employed in the yards are
Americans.
Among such multitude of beasts as
are here received, Mr.. Buckles law of
averages would tell you that there will
be certain few monstrosities. and Won
will probably be shown one or two
Texas steers which look more like ele.
plants or mammoths than horue oxen;
perhaps a two headed sheep or six
legged hog; and, indeed, when saw the
stables they contained collection which
would have turned the face of Chat.
ham street exhibitor green with envy.
from" California, ,"6y Charles Nard.
hcG IN Harper's Magasins for May.
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The ALABAMA CLAIMS. The sum.