The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-25
TIE STORY OF A STEER.
now n NATIVE or TEXAS FULFILs
HIS MANIFEST DESTINY.

Enr,y Curomer.ip w,..,uv,o, ,,.rl.,'
pas~,,c on, ,o,roo, ,,o r.. ., .,
the cattle ward. n, rh,r,v.,o,r,. s,r.o, No.,h
H.. ~ rs'-., " WI i'.' e'' oo.' VIZ"
tensely black eyes which, but for their bright
ness youid ,or1i, 4, -. - ,,,,t..,,.h..
49, u'' w "Vo" WORCESTERSHIRE
rom 'he snaVgV oiack mar that shaded them.
Just ABOVE these brilliant eyes which belon oed
80 ..,an,,, a,.- :, a., -. 80,
W spiehuiu specimen OF tine Famous haii-
tanned steers OF Texas, sprang out a pair OF
large horns OF contrasting wbiteness. cury,ng
n, ward fr,r, ,ha ,,,an,tc ha,, a., ,.,o,,n.
warn iom the H'4ahtic heau' ana tapetihe
smoothly on to shining tips as black and beauti-
ful a Tar Tbs bodv of thu animal ,va. c,aa
~" "' oOu' VI '"o a"'"i"' ""' ''"u
with snort hair almost black the fiesh covered
the oony framework trinity and all the out
lines were Clean graceful. and strong Every
motion was free and self confident, as though
,h, .,oo. ,ot, ,.., A.. -. ,,,,s,.. -, ~. 80.
~, ~ '' '' 10 We W -, Wv 80
lion ana was unconcerned about his cOnhne-
ment. A few weeks before he had been the
lo.dor -, nj, ,rVa ,ora an, 81 an,,r.t Co.,
'.""e, vi ""ii "'u nc'u' anu '"o an'n"i "o"-
der OF a whole rancho In Texas.
In the same yard there were a dozen other
80, -, 49," O'"o,
e.'iS' 'ro'ii 'no ''o"' 'Ne'-oo''o" pas'uiaHeso vi
lltnOis and the great blue grass re Ion OF
V.n,,,e,,. .,.on, h,,r,, a.. ,oo,t,. t.uo.u.
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e""uEn' out 'neS Nep' ~ 'espeo'iu' instance
from the big Texan, and their actions said as
MAINLY 40 words. We know our m.stor" II
=, ',-, -, - =. - -
n requ,Teo onIy .pss OF TWO %, .nuse .crrIoIe
the terrNboat' after being liberated IRON the cars
AZ Jersey Nlty, 10 rnuu,e ths reau! suplhlssion
70 tnclr owner. nie we olner steers, itette &c,
0i,,r.is, s,,,, ,'ach
quatreroue, hu0klhs eaeh Otnsr splteiully' ana
SIM SIM, e',hes cnns'ns one nnptneI Mounu 'ne
,aIuu, snv Ieha" nn.n,s pau no a,tcnt ,s 70
,neT hnVcr, as thoutn 'nst were INV ortnf VI
hl. notice, but kept bis shining eyes peeting
s snroush .ne ,rnvs. ana sU.ne,,uies snn1A n,s
n.'u ~, NV w se'enh pp"v.iui iel
s,eers connme e W. ano.nei 'a'u acs"s naI''"
roadwaN, ana consequently beyond MS reach
iiortuN'l '''i'c blh' 'hVN h''' VI
~ % '""s ~ , NAN ,S
~ tne ends appesIeu. Ohe Oh them openeu tne
gate Oh the yaru ~ Mhich tne stee,s were CON
nnSu and ,ne ni , us1an 10 sao , a. a..
anu an,u'' Ime nrous uns ,I,v mo TO
INV tnem out. iue stoeIs 'u,neu Nuuit in.o
tue narrow paved roau" oel"eeh inc Saius'
INTO the TUNNEL or DEATH
a sIoomy tunneI wh,rb led under nv "itth ave-.
nue. M into the abattoir occur, ing the western
ed ~ ,h ,", sor bsd NO. Sisnnsi,,"n t ~
aud after huddiinr INTO corners and boiling
I'm, s,ta 10 s,de n,rsued everxwnere nv ms
rrusi n,nss Of Inc veI'ins herders. t1sy stonusd
A., IT, p, W ~" Ia rf ~, III
,. ~ a,u 80, St ISL ~" , ,,,s ~
,ect, ana suunehy 'ne p,ack ,eAnp t" ,Ee MS
neau' oasn JONI mo tne VuHnsl q, ue vi
io"ru ny tne resi- 1t wy n..n my ,ohr ol ,nciI
noms unusr.'u h .,noeu I'M omu"us. , III IL
hhute, "nu ,hvl' WIN 'aiinL c,vs s''u t Ii
la,scu' Wy iuseI W s 49,, Wv. ne, ", ~ -
nsru W m ~ ~ % ,e W.,
nes VIZ hsrs ,he c, hs, hi
nens oiso sc, snS , rs W &
ny anu eut,it Wy oee'eS ~ ,ue si-u ~ ".oou
u'u IT,, M , , e u' ~ W., an
and others sn,iied at the blood stains on the
| blanks, the Texan steer fixed his black eyes,
wi h an Appearance OF almost human clri 1sity.
| on poor bullock suspended alive IN the air oy a
| rope attached To one oil III bind less, while the
| butcher WAS ~hetting bis broad KNIFE 10 cot It's
| throat
| One ny one the steers In the pen had the terri
| bic rope fastened To their legs, and were drawn
w into the ayr BY the powerful windlass and
slaughtered. Sometimes the rome pressed 4
| sensitive cord IN its ieg, and the poor amin IL
|
| the bead with an axe put an eud to lie surerings
A last came the black steers turn. stout
butcher went into the pen and attempted to SIP
saw every mott IN. and swift Kick sent butcher
nnd rope nvinH out OF the pen.
" u mn MS leS "a hide' shouted man. use
the smear on MN.
me speh - an ron oar. ABOUT nno ie.
long, VITA shaipeued end When bullock ia
hman chambers upon I'VE railing OF the pen anu;
| w"tchipg MS op .oHuhiN wneh Tue ann al
lowers its hrno, De piunses the seer ihtp us
hraln ", nack Oh 'he hornS' ana II utols hAo
| lump 81 Gao ,,, , - 49, , .
h, W., ~, uu',h h svu"s w"s W. nna 70
10, 80 80, ~, CO., .i,. Nii.ci ~ :
sv p.u f az, ., DO. hts Xxx ,
a. liz t.sr ,yss sb",,t ~ dsiiyspa '.,rin ~
as 'iie seer was suo"t - ueiiNeI tetf,he NICK
nv sIpiI ~ ~ ", ILL, ~ az NV umuFcu
nm fhs rona .n,r,snsd sr,u,,aiiy r,t s'roty
." =" ,,, u u 80 81 'v "'sS
~, n,shor ard bic,or "a 10y :, y, u,
mil n,,ar ,rvins u,aSiy tnlin, Win a., ~ i v
faaff IN 2 lta sill MI fll tho Ia
wv ~ '"0 ''' H''''"'-' " '"""s
HEAD DOWNWARD IN MID AIR
Then seemin, to gather all his energies for
one LIST struggle Tor nfe, the steer swung ms
huge he al aronnd with a mighty effort max n :
the stout boams over tue win HAS Vrrak and
| knock king the Ll. Il tuh, that had been ul.red
L. ieceive his lOun, ike a spinning top ncr ,-s
the floor but missing hi. enemy. the nut her
''t,.t lots OF SUNK, liant he - lid "A by.
stander. He'd n : made hash Of that Teller il
he'd ha' hit him. A rec'iar Texas king he l. -
Tue next instant there was a CLEAN, IKE a
knife drawn swiftly across the huge, bl ok
throat; the zig head fell backward, ana the
Tex : king" was dead. The magnif ,cnt horn.
that had been the terror OF tue prairs a nd he
corral had become playthings for the butcher
boys
Four ssillful butchers seized the big body as
soon - II was lowered. and IN Just SIX minutes
the black hide was stripped on the great neart
that d in-pirea so much aniuia! courage was
hanging OF an iron nook. mo two ha YES II
clean. rich oeef. ready for market, SUSPEND
"a IRON beams III current oI fresh ar, were ail
MA ',d~ 10. sarca h,,.r , sn, my ~ t ,s,
h,,,,r. i.,sr IL. hinnd na't mean ,,tsd -, . t,',,,
srcasx rctvGar Tor The f,n'ars o., -'.r. 4 49,
the'r oa,dnws and tts tai /, d hesn ,u,ne w. ~
t,Il,,u r,.,,,,v ~, ,s mad. in - randiss ~ w
,vn u',,lrcL H. nj n,orning th.ra ,.as .
~, la =, n a preat ,hnttn,r J,,bis nicEnr,d ~, a
seyeral mnsc',iar men IN red min ,noY "a
amnnv rho gr.,t rad ana yyhite h,,ivas 81 hsat
!. hi,,n hmug tr'n, ma r'a1. 81 h., ms ,yarn1',