The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-20
THE HUMOROUS AND GRoTESQUE
Vivid Experience OF the Life
Of a Shipper"
Crueltfes Practised on the
Dumb Prisoners.
Working a Passage from
Buffalo.

Let two Intelligent men Wancer into tue mA1es
ora large cattle yard, and venture to assert that
they win soon 1nd themselves as utterly LOST as
the babes in the wood. In the first place, the
ordinary noise and ouste OF the place are confusing
10 degree 10 the unlnitiated. strongly mag
NATIVE person might easily iancy himself ia tue
spirit lana or the Old Testament--at the camping
ground where those royal cattle thieves, saul and
Jonathan, herded "thc best OF the sheep, anu o.
the oxen anu OF tne fatngs and the lambs"
which they mad ralded from the rich pas
ture lands Of Agag, King OF the Amaek-
ttes And the denzens Q! the place,
too, 10 their best to create q modern
BaOe,; for men and boys, OF everY nationality ana
dialect, shout themselves noarse ana purple In
the f8Ce IN their frantic endeaYors 70 manage the
unruy descendants Of the amous fat monarchs OF
Basnau. Thus what with the snouting the below
Ing 81 the cattle the oestlng OF mo sheep, and
the lncessans grunsing and squeallng OF the
thousands IN hogs q chorus or dIscord IS dlnned
into al unhappy strangers ears which IS more
than apt 10 produce temporary distraction.
Again an the yards and communicating passage
WAYS are partitioned on with board fencing some
eight feet nigh; an arrangement which interiors;
sadly with anything Ike . panoramic view 81 me
surroundings 10 those ordinary mortals who are
not provided with waat sam Weller calls patent
double milton msSulBlng gas microscopes o.
short CINE ago stood IL one o. hese perpie'T.
ing passage ways IN Ihe neart oi the cattla yards
at Buffalo trying Il determine which would be the
best way ioI me 10 70 10 order 70 reach certain
part or the yards. was fairly puzzled, but had
especial reasons Tor desiring not 20 appear other
wise tnan quite az home. Efforts IN such direc-
ton however, re seldom rewarded, and have q
strong suspicion mat on thia occasion mine iatled
ANONYMOUSLY. A plank, laid nat, runs along tpe
MN~aA Gwa~ In "a
direction and then IN another burly droycr, who
was perched on the fence Just above me, began
TO whistle the tune or Little Bo-Peop has lost her
sheen ana don't know where 70 dnd EN- ~
what seemed 20 me very jeerng way. AZ
Is possible however thar | was mistaken, ara
that his musical education had besn sufncleniiy
neglected 20 render him entirely unconscious cf
the meo1lous satire. And there, In spite Of his
wnistling ! conticued 70 stand-the picture on
despair ana AZ dsc-insolatc az Tom Moore's Peri
AZ the cate OF Eaca-tl 4 storm or yels and hoot.
ings oused Ine. l turned hastity-to see
bullock coming fun swing down the passage way
in ne centre ~ which STOOD, and already within
distance OF ten or fifteen yar3s 81 me. what
happenea, or now Il was done, don't know but
the next instant stood, trembling rom head 70
foot on Inc top o. Inat eght-root ience b ile
side OF inc whst,ing grover. Il is mystery 70 ms
10 this moment how on earth ever got up thers
= f4c- III afsh-r. neither rich
The wonder : ROW me devii they got there
4 coalC HUr UNPLEASANT EPISODE.
Is TIC buloek bounded pllyiuly past my com
panoa on the renee burst into roar or laughter.
Not 30 Inc mau whose bullock mad broken away.
and who Eaa nrdy hoped that would have
stopped hm. He called M 'God-damncd,
great. ugly oIicr;" slid ne had half . mind 90
knock nj n tie ience with his pole. and made
some very na complimentary Criticisms On ny not
hluh 40 ~ afN 40
Gle. from Texas Steers. which are proyeIb.aily
wild anc Vicious ana are provided win the most
alarming l.ok.Rg horns. lie wound 10 BY letting
OF ins!i4Ge q oaths ana mprecsnons, both AZ
me Emu the recalctiiant BULLOCK which had BY
this time been stopped and brought back, ana
ne iar;Rer relieved as feelings by continually
goadlng tie unfortunate animal tn be
was lo-t 70 view. Ihukug mat AFTER
this little erl ldc ( as illc or me 70 attempt %
keep up appearances any longer with the man e
slde me- boldly sEcd nim rhere ( could q nd the
...nipgc,'' !. ,cNalE large ut o. cattle wnlch
was .hos III x n H. shipped or Tor New YORK.
III shippse Y Tic tlan w1o travels with tie stock
aud iooAs a.t-r J. durl1g to Journey, 6c.l "WBg,
fhars htm a. las iust been a cu.sln' you so,n IL
replied. Ths words ''Ho'y Moses.'' escaped from
my ups VIII extreme emphasis Ny dilemma
was tcrrihe. Itis was nc very man whom hsd
determined 8 az y take with him as NJ
neiper Oh ne stock yain 70 ScW YORK. and here
had shown ~ nani = nan beforehand and nt-
terly cxpostc myself a. : greenhorn. Tnat m !
meut's psGss hal caused M 70 aosontely give
myself away I'll. . thngs must fase 0egn.
mag as byron ssvs T. Ine 'bngusa Bards sui
scotch RevieHers.'--
a usr mas; ?. ~ HI. time T. every trads
ar~+N. n--crHes 81 arc re1t.y made
s.nec ih.n eout on several occasous az
with the p-An - Many bal.s aayc compassed
3 ~
case or TeIaas. That T. . mater Or course.
Prom al en- learn there i mr. man eat or tie
Mississippi mo VII stand pquarely ~ 10 ! Texan
steer sliu vas determined On travelling 10
sew YORK Win mat angry shipper 4 possible.
Faint nesft never ION isir lady and canned
ny point ~ suCKng ~ y. ! did 20 % New York
wirh that shipper a. MS aiie-de-camp. aad
venture 10 assert mat mere MS not OF q
been a more sstoDihed man 10 tbs
world than that shipper wnen ne sr-
rived ~ Ms journeys end. ne had HtIc
dreamed tiiI men mat the unsnaVen muG-stainea
man VINO. 10 scarlet flannel shirt. ola pca-lsckep
imitation fuF cap and with the legs ~ nj trourers
III rs boots. lid been hs Apprentices 10 mo art 81
ssatuty twisting bulloSk's td, was a mere IN
guisltye adyonturer, desirops 81 learning sOle-
tnins 81 lie on Z cattle train lor hs own in0rma-
ton ana entertainment never heard man
swear more v0iuDl5 han he did when quietly ~
formed him 81 TIE mposturc ihat lad played on
upon him. thoagh az uuerring anudSie soon
counteiacted III. wrath aud ~ parted excellent
ifends.
n0UBLFED0RD RISE
Foi0wfpg the directions given me. I went 10
search o. TIE shipper, ann ter q long tramp
through thTee or four inches Of slush discovered
him superin tending me weighing Or his cattle pre-
Vtous 70 their Dciag loaded into the cars. The
cattle ere pcnned IN On platform scales or great
capacity ana afs weighed 10 carIoals ge1erally
seventeen OF eighteen bead These scales Will
weigh up az high - 5000 pounds. From me
scales the cattle are driven into yards adjoining
tbe trace, a carload or more to each yard. Load
ing IL often troublesome work, a. especially
vnen tired, q lot OF steers are very apt 70 be
rrsiiye or stupbOrn and TO refuse 10 enter the