The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-16

dogs come right along'-.and this 10
the repOrter.)
The agent led the way 10 "a small
building la the inclosure where the food
is prepared. Large cake, OF crackIingS,
as they come from the Luc Icrs, are
broken up and put into large cauld-
ron, where they are warmed over and
mixed with cOrnmeal, and then, after
cooling sufficient time, are fed to the
dogs, in large trOughs. Around the
yard are arranged rows of kennels,
which during the winter are supplied
with abundance of straw and doors 10
protest the fated creatures from the cold
blasts of winter while waiting for the
day Of their demise. Another his
board partition separates the "bOys" "and
girls" according to good old quaker
custom, the dogs never once meeting
to cast a sympathizing glance into each
others eyes until they meet at the
threshold of the fatal box that termi-
mates their career,
The killing is effected by means of
carbOnic acid gas, and is said by scicn-
lists to be painless death. When a
sufficient number of dogs are ready for
the sacrifice they are entised into an
air-tight box, capable of holding from
100 to 200 dogs. Two stoves are charg-
ed with charcoal, with dampers turned
so as to send all the heat and smoke up
the chimney. As soon as blue blaze
appears on the fires then all the win
dows to the box are closed; the damp
ers are reversed, so as to cut off COM
municalion wit the chimney, and to
send the gas into the box through the
pipes connecting the stoves with the
fatal chamber. Not more than mi
mute elapses before the dogs fall insen-
sible, and very soon they cease to
breathe. They are LETT in for eight or
ten minutes, however, to be sure that
life is entirely extinct. In warm wealth
er the air in the lower room or box is
ten degrees cooler than in the open at
mOsphere.
"What dogs do you capture?" was
the question.
every dog that has no muzzle on;
no matter where we find him, so long
as he is outside of the house, even if he
is lying on the front steps, we scoop him
up and into the wagon he goes"
ever have any trouble with the
ownersy" continued the questioner.
"Oh, yes. They threaten to knock
my head off and chew me up alive, and
all sorts of horrible things, but wheE-
ever SCI uog w;+hout a muzzle, aLd
can't get at him, just bring one of
these nets over him, and, if the owner
don't want to give two dollars for hilis
that dogs career in this world is just as
good as terminated. Come out some
time when we are going to have kill
ing matinee, and we'll show you how
easy the transition from this to another
world can be mads-for dog"
How many links do you suppose that
Newfoundland would maker" queried
the reporter, intimating that he was
well informed as to the fate of The dogs
when taken from the death-pt
GLOW many what?" asked the bcwil-
dered agent.
Links" replied the scribe with a
knowing wink; Bologna, you know"
"NO, sir, don't know was the
logged answer; "when they are dead
they are taken to Point Breeze, where
they are skinned, their hides tanned
and made into gloves, their bones boiled
and converted into fert lizers, and the
fat rendered and manufactured into a
restorative tor cOnsumptives and horses
afflicted with epizOOty,