Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-09-17
An Australian MunchauSen.

curious device in marketing their
surplus live stock. The animals
are driven down to port, thrown
into a death like trance by means
of a South American herb, packed
into ice chambers between the
decks of powerful steamers, like
dead meat, sent TO England, re-
yived, turned ont to grass for few
DAYS, and then packed off to mar
ket. The only danger is that the
cattle, when partially frozen, being
as brittle as glass, may, in rough
weather, be broken; but if this
danger can be guarded against the
Australian meat trade may, in time,
il is said become equal 10 that OF
America, and more profitable. n
number of animals, whose lives
have been sealed up in this arti-
fetal death, have been kept in the
freezing chamber from one to five
weeks. and it is found that, though
the shock to the system from this
freezing is very great, it is not IN
creased by duration Of time. The
freezing chamber is small, dark
room about 5 feet by 10 feet. Here
a reporter Of one Of our cotcmpo-
raries found II sheep, four lambs
and three pigs stacked on
their sides in q heap, alive,
which had been in position for -
DAYS, aud where 70 remain there
for another three months. Select
ing one Of the lambs. Signor Rotu-
IA. in illustrating the process of
his experiment, put It on his
shoulder and carried il outside in
70 the other building, where q num-
Der of shallow cemen,ed tanks
were in the door, having hot and
cold water taps TO each tank, with
q Thermometer hanging alongside.
One of these tanks was quickly
filed and its temperature tested by
the sirnor. The 70 days dead
lamb. as hard almost as stone,
was gently dropped into the warm
bath. and allowed TO remain in It
about 3 minute. Us head being
raised above the water twice for
the introduction Of the theTmom-
eter into its mouth, and then II
was taken out and placed on It's
side on the floor. Sisucr Rotura
quickly dividing the wool on is
neck and inserting the sharp point
of a small silver syringe under The
skin and injecting the autidote.-
This was 4 pale green liquid, a &c
coction, it i said, from the root o
the astracharlis, found in Soutt
America. The lamb was turned OF
its back, Sign0r Rotura standing
across il gently COMPRISING 1t
ribs with lis knees and hands, Il
such a manner a. to initiate tAel
natural depression ana expansion
during breathing. IL ten minute
the animal was struggling 20 FIRE
itself. and when released, skippe
out through the door and wen
gamboling and bleating over n
little garden in front. The plar
if it answers, may, it is said, b
brought into use in many ditferer
WAYS here at home, for people VII
do not like the winter may, wit
the fall Of the year, call in the
physician, take dose Of Woolar
and be slowed away in the VIII
cellar, with a solitary gas jet, to |
called again and put into war
bath on the Derby day; or, in hal
times, a man with a small salal
and large family can put the latt
into a state of trance and We
patiently till better days cor
again. The question as to VII
we shall do with our criminals nj
also be considered TO be theoretic'
", if not practically solved. Tn
can be transmogrifed, labeled, a
put away in bundles for FIVE, sev'
ten or twenty years, as the ca
may be, and warehoused in Pan
chnicons; and people who ha
any wish to live into the next CT
tury may, every now aud then,
put into a state Of suspense fol
few years, and realize the sem
tions of Rip Van Winkle.-Bris
Eng Times.