The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-26
EATING HORSE.
Horse Slaught err House in Berlin-HOw
the Dead Horses are Utilized.
IFrom the Berlin Montags Zeitung.l


the Dead Horses are Utilized.
from the Berlin Montags Zeitungl
In the Observation-Disclosures not far
from the new Kingsgate, appears above
high fence big sign with the inscrip-
ton: !" Central Horse Slaughter House.
Two well-executed horses he0 DIS In wood,
painted brown, are placed at the sides of
the sign, as who should neigh "Step
within, honored, yet much tormented
equines. Leave behind you all fear of
the whips of mankind" A massive por-
tai leads within to a large, roughly paved
court, on the left side of which, in a
separate building, is the office Of the
veterinary surgeon, and on the right the
dwelling of the proprietor and the
slaughter house.
Every horse which is to be slaughtered
in Berlin must be brought here alive.
The animal is first examined by the vet
erinarian, and only upon his expressed
Judgment can it be killed. To day, from
the beams above, are suspended four
slaughtered horses, which have been
only disemboweled. None of them
could have boosted of fairness: but they
now seem to rejoice among themselves
that they have at last run away from
civilized mankind. There are at present
sixteen horse butchers in Berlin. who at
this time OF the year are pretty busy,
for, as agricultural labors are nearly
ended, the unhappy farm horses are got
rid of at cheap rates. And how many
horses are disposed of here? Last year
they killed over 1900. This year the
number will be greater. They now
slaughter sixteen day on the average,
but frequently as many as twenty five.
And what is the value of dead horse?
On an average. from twenty to thirty
thalers. The skin fetches from eight to
twelve dollars. The bones are the per-
suisites of the proprietor, and for them
he receives from glne manufacturers and
bone-burners a remunerative little sum.
The larger viscera, such as the liver,
heart and milt, are sold as food for dogs.
The small intestines, after being cleaned
and sailed, are sent to seaports. where
they are utilized as envelopes for all
those different kinds of preserved meats
used on board ships. The blood is
emptied into large tin troughs, where
the albumen is separated from it and
sent to Prague. In that city large al
bumen mandatory has for years taken
this material on contract.
Finally, the fesh-but that goes to
the horse butchers: and we may readily
believe that the 1900 horses become
food. "The dogs get the most of it, )"
said our conductor, and then he pointed
out large, clear liver hanging to post,
and remarked that it tasted very much
like pigs liver. "But what the hounds
do not get" he added, while he seemed
to invoke the flavor of horse beefsteaks,
''only poor people eat. Restaurants
and such-Heaven preserve us !''-and
he became quite serious, did our con-
ductor.
Yet we could not help wondering at
our own inconsistency. These fine pieces
of meat we regarded with aversion, while
at our feet dozen ducks were smacking
their bills in the gutter, and probably
the birds would soon appear before us
as savory roasts. There in the stable
stood a fat pony, healthy and rotund.
Was he also to be slaughtered? Ger
tainly. He had a bad hoof, the curing
of which would cost too much in food
and time. And there next to him stood
-an ass! happiness and impudence
equally blended in his countenance.
What was he doing here? He had been
raffled away at Swiss garden. Perhaps
weaver had won him, and, finding no
room for the little animal under his
loom, had sold him to the slaughterers.
"And, excellent conductor, % we inquired
efficiently, "what will be done with the
ass fesh?" "Yes-what is to be said
for restaurants and the like it is not
but, Heaven preserve us-the flesh of
the ass is-yes, it is very often used for
sausages !"
We thanked our good informant and
took leave. In the nearest restaurant we
partook of refreshment, rejoicing in the
meantime that the ass still lived.