Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-19
fectly, and, while making him little
present, said, with countenance of sor--
sow, "Brandes, dost thou remember2'and
then turned quickly away.
Blood Drinkers,

a ot. Louis reporter, who has been on
d tour OF investigation, saws there are in
that city 'between 200 and 300 people
VINO daily drink from half pint to a
pint Of blood, piping hot from the veins
OF slaughtered cattle. Thew are victims
oi constitutional diseases, generally of
pulmonary nature, and the repellent
lemeuy Is taken with the hope that it
"ill ieooild wasted forms and stimulate
~ renewed we, action the dying forces of ma
,ule' Inc reporter says most of the
pu'cheis drink blood whenever they get
dry: ana one OF them told him it was "a
good deal like drinking new milk The
taste Is pleasant. At one of the slsuob-
ter houses the reporter found four people
IN waiting for bloou, and he Describes
them as follows:
One was a stout, healthy, red faced.
apoplectic-looking man. To the reporter
he said that he was two years ago threat
ened with consumption He took to
drinking blood, and nearly all signs of
the disease were absent He did not
need the blood now, but he rather liked
the taste, and was afraid that il he stop
PED It's use that he would grow unhealthy
again. The next man was the counter
part OF the first one, who had gone away
on the cars. He was sure the blood was
doing him good. He found he was grow
ing in fish. He certainly had room for
1t. He would go to Colorado or Florida,
but could not afford it. He is By profess
sion barber. and has family to sup
port. If they were only provided for he
could die happy, because his cough wor-
RED him terribly. He had no hopes of
getting we'll, but hoped to hang on by the
AID OF the blood until he had scraped to-
gether few dollars fer them. The re-
naming two were mother and daughter.
The latter was about fourteen wears of
age, and so weak that her mother all but
carried her. The little arms were so
wasted that the bones showed plainly.
and oh! how pale and wan was the face.
Death had set its seal there. The little
sufferer nestled in its mothers arms and
hid Its face from the bloody work that
was going on. The mother explained.
''she is the last Of four children. Their
father died OF consumption, and my other
three daughters followed him. I pray to
God that she may b. spared to men
"She is all have 10 this world. ! am
H"OA
1t takes what little can make above our
little bone expenses to buy her medi-
cine. l have tried everything, and moth
ing seems to do her good. Ga, i'll could
only get into the country, where the air
is pure and verything is bright, think
l could save my child. A few weeks ago
nelghbor told me that some remark
able cures had been brought about by
drinking blood. 1t is my only chance to
save her, horrible as the remedy seems.
Yes, my darling, I know you are cold.
out wait a few weeks and we will 90 out
into the country where the sun shines,
and the air IS pure and the flowers are"
when, mammal
I'm the spring, my darlingn
"Will live until then?'
GOT course you will. Don't you feel
yourself growing stronger every day?"
The poor child sighed drearily. She
saw through the tender artifce of the
mother, and thought that when next she
saw the flowers they would be growing
IN the garden of Paradise.
A steer Was dragged III. The two men
watched the operation with interest. The
woman and child hid their face. The
big man drank his blood with satisfact-
ion, the consumptive in pcrfunctory
manner, but the little girl cried bitterly
| and shuddered as she took the horrible
! potion, and the mother suffered keenIy,
AS the reporter passed out, Mack said:
| 'lf voa haven't seen enough 60 to any of
| the slaughter houses, you will see plenty
| Of blood-drinkers.''
The reporter visited three more, and at
each witnessed a repetition Of the scenes
at Mack's, enough to convince him that
all that had reached his ears Of the blood
| drinkers was true.