Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-10-02
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE
SUN.
DLoop-DnINKERs.

1t may not be generally known that,
like New York, Cincinnati has ,ts blood
drinkers onsumptives who daily visit
the slaughter-houses to obtain the in
MIGRATING draught OF ruddy life-elixir,
fresh from the veins of beevrs. Law
rence's s'aught.r-house, opposite the
Oliver street Police Station. has its daily
visitants who drink blood; and the
slaughter-houses OF the Lowensteins, on
John street. n few squares away, has per-
haps half dozen visitants of the same
cass. The latter places, indeed, have
the principal custom Of this kind lit Gus
tom it can be termed where the recipi-
ent is charged nothing; for the reason
that all beeves are slaughtered there by a
shochet. Many who can drink the
blood OF animals slaughtered according
to the Hebrew fashion, can not stomach
that Of bullocks felled with the OK. Tho
blood OF the latter il black and thick and
lii,l-ss; that Of the former brightly
| ruddy and clear IA new wine.
I'VE have two ladies' aud one young
man coming here every day to drink
blood" observed slaughter house pro-
prietor yesterday. 1--WE used to have a
great many more. but they got well and
strong and stopped coming. One woman
came here for a year and got wonder
fully healthy and fat; she used to be a
skeleton, o consumptive skeleton. We
always slaughter in the Hebrew way and
the blood Of cattle is more healthy. II
tastes like new milk from COW.
why, did you ever drink it?'
mo, no! what should l drink it for ?
I am too fat as il is. And you know -
with pleasant laugh" Moses forbid
the Hebrews to use blood for Diet"
The Shochet passed by with his long
knife. II am going to cut bullock
now" he observed, If you want GLASS
of blood"
It at once occurred to the writer to try
the experiment. for curiosity's sake. and
give the public the benefit of his expert.
ence. 4 large tumbler was rinsed and
brought forward, the throat OF the bull
lock severed, and the glass held to the
severed veins. 1t was filled in an in
slant, and handed to us. trimming ov
with the clear, rudy life.stream. which
warmed the vessel through and through
There was no odor, no thiokening, nj
consequent feeling Of nausea; and, tb,
first mou,hful swallowed, the glass wa,
easily drained.
And how did it taste 2 Fancy tn,
richest cream, warm. with tart sweet
ness. and the healthy strength Of th,
pure wine "thst glRddeneth the heart o
man /" 1t was draueht simply de
licious, sweeter than any connection o
the chemist, the coufectioner, the wine
maker--it was the very elixir of life it
self The popular idea that blood !
difficult to drink is an inter fallacy; an
: the most timid with the warm glass i
, his hand must be treasured by one ganc
at its clear contents. He will forget a
the familiar feelings of sickness conjnre
up bv that terrible word "blood'; II
! not "blood any longer in his eyes, b.
! rosy life, warm and palpita'ing wit
4 the impulse OF the warm hearts last pa
pitation; it is ruddy, vigorous, healrhfl
life-pot the essence. but the protopla
o matte fluid itself turned in an instar
9 from us natural channel. No 9th,
n earthly dranght can rival such crimso
cream. and its strength spreads throu0
i the veins with tho very rspidity Of vim
}, Perhaps the hnowlsdss Of Ito invisofa