, 1877-05-04
American Beef in ENGLAND.


The roast beef and mutton chops of
merry England pale before the meat
annniy from America. Tie Britisher
snTrenders at discretion, and, after some
months of grumbling, John Bull invites
BROTHER Jonathan to come on with his
beef In an additional article on the
snbiect the London Telegraph acknowl-
edges that "the flesh of American ami
mails, unlike that of English beasts,
which are fed on oilcake and various
other artificial kinds of diet, is firm,
wholesome, and not too fat. The opin-
ion of competent judges is that good
American beef cannot possibly be dis
tinpuished from the best Scotch. The
Oueen herself, if report be true, has
been graciously pleased to express her
satisfaction with the condition and flavor
of a sample joint submitted to her ap-
nroyal. The Lord Mayor of London
has followed her Majesty's example, and
not only at asylums and prisons, but in
many public schools and other acade-
mics where large quantity of meat is
daily required, the American joints have
entirely superseded English butcher s
meat. That the flesh should be sound,
good and wholesome is only what might
be expected.
The import trade, thus favorably
commenced, is quite likely to continue
and increase. The plan originally tried
of shipping cattle on the hoof has been
abandoned, as the cost of transporta-
ton was too great, but the method now
used promises to be effectual. The fresh
dead meat is carried over the ocean at
the cost Of penny a pound, and by
the means used for its preservation ar
rives at Glasgow or Liverpool in excel
lent condition. Steamships are now
fitted with meat-chambers, capable of
holding from 1000 to 5000 quarters of
beef. The temperature in these cham
bers is kept few degrees above freez-
ing point by pumping air through a
reservoir of lice. Its practicability once
demonstrated, the trade grew rapidly,
and in the last half of 1876 no fewer
than 6, 400 carcasses were delivered on
the Clyde. About 1000 tons a week
are delivered in London, while from
1900 to 1900 tons are landed every
week in Liverpool, large quantities
being sent thence to the manufacturing
towns Of the interior. The price is
low, and this, with the superior quality
Of the material, causes the American
meat to be in great demand. The pop
ular fear seems to be that the price will
suddenly be raised, but, with the sup
ply so inexhaustible as it is in this
country, the means of transportation so
abundant, and the competition which
will soon spring up on this side Of the
Atlantic for the trade, this fear may be
set aside as groundless. There seems
to be no limit to the possibilities of the
trade save the capacity of John Bulls
stomach.
FROZEN SPRAY AT NIAGARA. = The
falls Of Niagara, in summer or winter,
are too stupendous to be described by
mortal man. Those who wish to view
the falls and the surroundings in winter
must come and see for themselves the
vagaries of the frozen spray. Even
Daniel Webster gave up his attempt to
describe the scene with the following
words:
Before us is hurly. burly of wa
ters, too deep to be fathomed, too ir.
regular to be described, shrouded in
too much mist to be clearly seen; wa
ter, vapor, foam and atmosphere, are
all mixed up together in sublime con-
fusion. By our side down comes this
world of green and white waters, and
pours into the invisible abyss. Asteady,
imaginary, low-toned moan ~thunders
incessantly in our ears. As we look up
We think some sudden disaster has open
ed the seas, and that all these foods are
coming down upon us at once, but we
soon recollect that what we see is not q
sudden or violent exhibition, but the
permanent and uniform character Of
the object which we contemplate. There
the grand spectacle has stood for centu-
ries-from the creation, as far as we
know, without change. From the. be-
ginning, it has shaken, as it now does,
the earth and the air; and its unvarying
thunder existed before there were ears
70 hear it. Reflections like these on
the duration and permanency of this
grand object naturally arise, and con-
tribute much to the deep feeling which
the whole scene produces. We cannot
nelp being struck with q sense of the
lnslgnihcance of man and all his works
compared with what is before u.s."
Butts. Americans are almost as
much given to bulls as are Ifishmen,