The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-15
Ril!,l,,ond llspatth.
J. . -1-on,y AUGUST Is, 1874
Heuoiogy.
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The Society Of arts Jo,rndt states lnas
rnnltry does not thrive best on pule s.alar
Gief, blu, that. on the contrary, u.A'S cart.
animal mstter has great advantage. n -
ING from this suggestion. ana pro. $500
the extremity OF the amman tooo ' -. psi,c.
Vile, on the outskirts OF faI's, '"'
mere are nj present several OF thcse Ivy
,,orha oous ,arms. which supply cousiu.i"
s,er,inn of the fowls consumed ~ .ns |
m az France. The system aus"
ss.a.I provided the creatures are ho' N.Y. :o
wei - ~, exclusively animal diet, 10 %n'ca
iobs gu - na.nme diseased and totally oina:
CO. ,. lars ago an enierprising inoiviuuai
1n..oa,,csn Great Improvements IN tnls sys'
'c ~, =, new establishment occupies hity
.cres Of land. and is capable OF accommooa-
TING 100 0OO puliets al time. Tue puGees
arc o,vtded into parties, according 70 tue.
are and each party has its yaro ana uoru'
tory both of which arc kept WIN Tue VI
mo,l possible regard for the health anu cou-
fort @, the boardcrs. The fooo con>is.s
Amos, entirely of horse flesh, suPpheo i'oin
q slaushtci-bous adjoining the laim' S Shu
belonging to tre sane proprietor. -;
mnhp oil 1eStllI!r - NSfs -"
Bile, as the PREJUDICE against norse ,;, :, 10
oh,,;ns no,w,;hs,andiog the fact tDat IL IS
LARGELY sold in the public market lor num'h
consumption. = time
The market vaiue OF ueao noiS -
stated: *
70 IS francs; long hair, from one h'tn Vi d
nenny 10 one halt-penny per pound Hrsh'
from 81 10 40 francs; blood. from q oo ~
ca 30: intes,,nes, SLIGO 10 Sl.So; lemons,
S1 so. preasc. from Is to 81 francs; boots
and homes. about $3.50 !; aud shoes ana mails,
% 10 80 ccutime>."
The number Of horses slaughtered average
about twenty day, and the business is so
well organized that the sales pay I'LL eA-
yeu.e<, leaving the flesh as clear pioht. Ihis
last product is boiled in enormous coppers,
cborped 40 as If tor sausaSeS, ana conveyed
to tue !a.m. after Being seasoned WIN
small quantity ot salt and pepper, when
preyen,s pu,refaction, and also contributes
to the health Of the poultry.
During one winter This ESTABLISHMENT SEM
400, 900 Goz;ns OF eggs per week 10 i'aihet
at about SIX pence per doZen. Inc mems yieia
n, an average about twelve Shl'lings per
head DER annum. aud they aytor four years,
nj the end Of which time they are iattened
for three Weeks W I'LL s1'''ht aiia SN'AS
To the market alive. The steam. Matching APP
naratus of tue establishment is on great
scale. furnishing employment for sixty or
seventy women. The spare cocks are sent TO
markell. and those amounted during The pre-
cedinr autumn to over LOGO dozens Ill three
months.
I'VE are assured that in Paris every part OF
The horse appears to be satisfactorily ac-
co,,nted for. The blood Of the animals is
carefully saved, AID fetcbes good price.
THE hide goes TO the tanners, the heads and
boofs 10 the Prussian blue-makers, the mar
row 10 the perfumers, the large bones to the
hutton. makers, the refuse is converted into
manrre-a most important product the
flesh. as we have seen, is given TO the pou,.
try.
moyul of p1ejudices about eating and drink
inc. The baked donkieS Of Iartary, the
ste0ed camel>' flesh of Barbary, the fried
giraffe OF the Hotlent0ts, the baked beacon
strictor of southern Guinea, and the boiled
anaconda Of Ceylon, are all dishes calculated
tn excite our lively curiosity.
we should like to know what nourisb-
ment and qualification the Havana natives
get of shat Is the Central Africans out Of
alIipators. and certain South Americans out
of beetles. -,
There seems to.be something like Helioga.
baliau luxury in feeding. as in Africa upon
butterflies, and something bold and defiant
in feeding, as in North America. upon pole
cats The grasShopper soup of California
has delicate look IN print, and the curried
eggs Of Siam sound far more like luxuries
tGan the baked monkeys OF Borneo. Fox
pies, griIled lion and tiger, smoked porsu-
piucs, baked elephants paws and trunks,
sailed hippopolaml, bycna steak, boiled sloth,
stewed skunk, baked rbinoceros, and sea-
weed and rattleSpake soup are all popular
dishes in various places.
Aprol6s 10 this subject we may mention on
the authority of - well, we won't name
him--that some gentlemen connected with
the press of Richmond have had young
hear recently cooked in variety of ways fol
dinner! The guests invited to participate
in the feast were greatly pleased, and our in
formant quantity adds he has heard Of nc
case Of indigestion! Joking apart, our up,
country friends attention are specially di
rected TO the foregoing remarks. j. j.