Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-09
Sausage OH the HOOf.

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Sausage OH the HOOC
! Bow WOW WOW" "Yap! yap! yap!'
shut up?' "Get down !" Clear out !" wcIe
1 tho simultaneous expressions by beast aud man,
| heard amid the ln ADD confu.i0n created at
| the City Pound recently, as the agent, Mr..
| Philip w. Y. Mareit, permitted Record inau
| to peep over the top OF high board fence that
| iucosed his collection of seventy five oa1lne
quadrupeds. Large dogs aud snail dogs; tat,
I porty halkeIs and lean, laok cars that seemed
| 10 be sf1 ocd with morbldners undoubtedly
| produced by being ostraolsed by their gebn'
| and ucrsecu ed by man; stsghoIods, ttxhourdS.
settlers, terriers, lurDspir. bull, pug add poodle
| docs-al set up m-roiless how on seeipg tne
| reporters face poised abuvo their nrl5on wall
"Aud are all these to be killed z irQuired
the reporter touched with pity at the thought
| of the uutimely end that awaited them.
| "Oh, no. Some of them sc haTo rad her'
| for long time The best Of them We are abs
| to sell. Thus far We have sold durins The pre-
scot year twenty one dogs. and the sun realIz
! cd for them goes into the treasury CT tao So
| ciety. Wo keep them at least tour Gays un
less tho Pound is overcro%ded, and then We
are required to keep thcm but forty eight
| hours. The owuer OF dog can get him out
! by paying 81 The city gets tho money. anG
! has received up TO the Isl OF August S124 III
redemption money during the present year.
| Besides this wo have dogs sent here to bosEd
| while their owners arc cut of town. Ter Thcn
we get at least 80 Cents per week ahu some'i'n''
more than this.
"What do you feed them on? Inquired tho
reporter
'.On crackliDgs. Just come with mo, and
| I'll show you how VIC prepare it-5ut guess
you'd better leave your umbrella behind, or
that Siberian mastff might think it was club,
| and he dou't like sticks" replied the agent,
putting his hand On the gate leading into the
pen. :, ..
"Nc7er mind" intcrposed the scribe, as his
| his knees began to knock together, "lll just
take your word for it.
"Oh, come along: they won't hurt you. lvo
| been hero seven years, and never was DlIteo
| vet" answered the keeper cncouraslngly. aud,
| closing bis comments with sn cXhortallon to tho
| uuadrupeds to clear Out" be led tho way into
the irclosure.
| Nov lay me down to Sleep" murmured
the Dcws sathercr to himself, trying to recall
something OF the religious Instructions OF other
days, anG trcmblingly he tottcrcd toward the
| fatal gate.
Did you ever hear Of Daniel being cast into
| tho hons den?" asked the reporter standing
with one fool 10 The air. fearful of puttlrg it 10
| tho ground lest it should come 10 contact With
oue Of the 800 PAWS that crowded around hln.
"Don't b. alarmed" was The assuring reply
oftho dog managcr, they don care Tor boaes,
with malicious sTilc lightning up his dog
| .u,.,;. ti,.t nut tnll unu II % "A
| the dogs -JJmc rSht aloDg, laud thlS % tno
reporter.
The agcnt led the way to d small building II
| the incl, sure where the food Is prepared
| Large cakes Of craoklings, as they come iion
the butchers, are brckea up aud put lno
| huge cau!CrJu, where they arc warmed over
| and mixed with clr9meai, and then, t1.cr
| cooling sufficient time, are fed TO the dogs IN
| large trnusbs. Arvu0d tho yard arc arranged
rows Of kpnues, which during the Wlntcr ere
su ypcd Vi b abuudaLc, OF straw and doors TO
| nrotect the fatud creatures ffom tho co!i
| blast Of wiotcr wtlc waiting ttr the day OF
their demise. Another ligh board partition
separates the "boys" aud ''git!s.' according
| to good old Quaker custom, the dogs n.V':
one, meeting to cast s5mpathlzing glaze;
! toto each Others eyes until they meet at the
i threslihoII of The ialsl box that terminates
| their career.
The killing is Cfftc.cd by Ii ,ans II olr5oui;
acid gas, aud iJ s;ll by scientists TO DC paln'
less aeatb. Whcn a Sufficient numbcr Il dogs
are ready !ur the sacrlllo, they arc enticed otc
an air tight box. capable Ut holding from 100
/ to 200 dogs. Two s.oves are charged VILE
charcoal, with hampers Iur1ed $, an to send all
TIC heat uod nokc up the chimney. AS soon
es e hju, b!az; appears the fires :hen all
the giad,W5 10 tee box aro closed; the Gamp.
ers are reversed 80 as TO Gil: oil c0IGmuD!cat0n
With the chimney aud to scnd tho gas lnto tho
b,X lLr,ush tho plp,s c,n1cclog tue stoves
with tic fatal chamber. Mt more ihau 3
minute e!apscs before the dos tail lnscnsltlc.
aud very soon they Cease to breathe. lhry
are lett 10 t.r eight or ten MlDutcs, however.
10 be SUI. that III; il entirely cxurct. la
warm weather the aig 10 tn. !ow'r room CT box
is tea de4r1es cooler Luan IN the open atmCs
pherc.
What dogs do you capture?' wss tao ques
ton.
where we find hiul. so long he is ~utaida oi
the house oven If he is y ing on the front st"n1
wo SCOOP him up nnd into the wagon ne goes
Ever hAvo hny trouble with tho oWners
continued the questloAer.
",hl yes they throsten to knock my head CI
! and to chew me upa!!v, snd all s0rts OF hCfrio''
things; but whenever see u dog without d IGuH
o. and Can &C.. q. him. jast bring o:e o! !hos'
} nets over him-and. ftho .owner doA'' want t'
rive TWO dol. .ars for hiul that dog caro- III 'h
4 SSnrId il inst "a coed as terminated Come on
( some .imo when wo are going to have kllIlr'
ma,inec and VIC show you hoy easy the t,a"
2 stion from this to another wor!d can % macc-
for dog. ,... Jor,
, How many links do YOU suppose that Kew
r foundland would make querled tho repclte'
h intmsting that he was we'll Informed As 10 'n'
| sl, Troo death
;. "How many what:' asked Tie oe~lldef''
agent. Nth tnov;n,
: wink: "Bologris, you knowY'
I: WIN no sir; [ doht k ow," was the dosse'
.nswss When they are doad they arc IT. tsksn sno;
IS Point Broezo, where they are skinned. ho .nen
holed and converted into fertilizers, and me Ia "
= ,ondcred and manufactured into Iestorst'V
oi u for comsumptves and horses Afflicted Win IN
epjz 1oty. ."-Phila. Record
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