, 1874-07-19

squeeze, and then ram three or four balls OF the
paste down his throat with her middle finger.
The goose having been thus refreshed; resumes
his elautiug position and digests till the next
time for feeding, which arrives about two
hours after, the meals being about six
day. But now We have done with the women.
Tor pensiye mau-a connolsseur or tne oDe51ty
Of geese-breaks upon the scene. climbs upon
the topmost tier Of all, and proceeds to examine
the birds who may be ''ripe." Ee has an eye as
judcious Is that Of . gardener inspecting mel
ons; and his is tho responsible task Of pronoune-
ing what birds would die of natural death within
twenty-four hours il not dispatched beforehand,
II goose dies Of natural death he ia good for
nothing. He must be unstrapped and executed
at the precise Psychological moment when M
ture is growing tired of supporting him, and the
knack OF detecting that moment can only come
OF long practice, and fetches the possessor wages
as large as those of adiamond-yaluer. Our pen-
aiye functionary has not been minute on the
table before he certifeB four geese ready for tbs
slaughter. All four Of them have etomachB Of
the aize OF pumpkins, and from what one can
relief OF these when couple OF male acolytes
climb up, loose their bouds and bear them
outa OF the cellar to penthouse nc1oes
the yard, full ct knives end chopping
blocks. 4 click with the chopper On the neck Of
each, rap With tho knife, and, in less than i've
minutes after their transfer, the carcasses OF the
four victims lying in aheap, while their li7ers
are being conveyed with all respect and care to
the trufling-house. The carcasses, shriveled
out Of all knowledge, are sold for about eight
pence apiece to peasants, who make soup OF
them; the Iyers are first cleaned, then put to
scale, and our four geeee are declared grand
birds all OF them, for their Gvers weigh from
~ to pounds each. The next step
is to tako each liver and to lard it with
trufles in the proportion of one-haf pound OF
truf1lea t. pound Of liver, and then to con-
vey it to an ice-house, where 1t remains on
marble slab for 3 week that the t1uftle perfume
may thoroughly permeate it. At the end OF l.
week, each. liver, being removed, is cut into the
size required for the pot which it is to till, and
introduced into that pot between two thin layers
OF mincemeat made OF the finest veal aud bacon
fat, both trutledlike the liver ITSELF and inchs
the whole, that none OF the Bavor may escape IN
baking. The baking takes about fyo hours, and
absorbs all the energies OF four intelligent
Frenchnep in white who relAy each other, to see
that the FIRE never blazes too high or SINKS too
low. When the cooking is over, nothing remalus
but to pack tho dainty either in tin, or wood, or
earth, according Us it may bo needed for home
or foreign consumption, and to ship it to the
-four poiuts Of tho compass. question may
hare arse 81 to how many geese die naturally
before the above processes can be carried out to
8 happy end but it il pleasing fact that few
geese die, and those only ill-regulated birds who
bad unsound constitutions OF no ambition for
high destinies. It is on record, however, that
member OF the Society for the Suppression of
Cruelty TO Animals once arrived III Strasburts
armed with the Larochefoucauid law, and ell
deayored to cope with the pie factors; but he
Was vorated, and there are strong REASONS tor
auspecting that he Was Socialist