, 1880-03-06

visits paid 10 SEVERAL Of tho catte-s1Ntgh-
irring houses revealed practices VIII wl.trm
the % i,nre m beasts arc p q nars ng % ot 10 rasy
handled, and, while the first thing to be tto,H
with q hog to bring him into pnsltinn inAn-
a9eab!c for slaughter y 70 strIng hltn n.
70 knock lin dowi. Tl,Is Is briefly termed
".low,,ing" by tho butchers, md tl,cru nrc
three methods fnllHwctl ~ accomplishing Il.
Iii the old aute-1[nniHiln Snclety tilneStlie
MOST Ftnu1ITFu1 CKt'EtrtEa
Hsed to le practics upon satIe !c| wnrs ,,
kiliing.foo!u, Their objections 10 nloynE
ti'oy 'tyAH scc'ne;i @ to divIns instlncilye.
Y h;s fre crss "ysreoms ,,o,,x wi' ion l., ,'' n''r
either tllut tho nl.lnlals sln,1l be dragged
fro' te pm VIII tl,o s!lt 1f i! ,cl,,eTy Y or
ii the.eu y wst a W sens"icss, Tho lattar sysisa
being followed In I'LL tho larger. slaughter
houses. Tho Instruments USED III bringing
tho cattle to tho ground 'lrc either Aledg,'-
sesesr sae ssnMb # but e tso HI r spoyea ,eas How W.
Wio spear Is. evc! In tha hands Of one
tolSr.y EXPERT III IL use, !. veTy s!r1sS,it'.l
ns,s'si to ~ oljos M rs 's caa siS ar eh ry! sia io
slaughter-ruoli,s, and thcsrp;lrcr walks '.,oyu
tfe,n along boartlway arranged so TINT 10
is ps wor *' wI SIPH0r''y vroper tH ac'oRss ss9ss
of certainty. i,oisinE hi;iseif a6oys
spcar,--a bar OF iron soIno six feet Iii length,
aid sends Il, i possible, into tl!o point wi,sre
the llcasl md cprvicnl c0lulnn unitc. II ti!s
Is accomplished with exact success the un-
iMul drats at once; but It II difficult matter.
speer:pElnt i ti's llELt SPOT, 9,,a, as !ho r.-
i,ens That tho neck nnt1 lisa, Ut tic helst RI.
celye eight Or Mine cruel stAos, wllslt tear
les in t!lc fnct that It b. 10 onrs protllces d
lnstt!g coma; tho animal IL ssutu,!rsl for the
time being, but THO starting eye-lMlls soun r.
within tlirco Or four minutes aftsr The knock
down tho animnt is up ngnin ns lively
as ever, ,nccessitnting n seconti dose.
of six, Nnimais which, the reporter snw.
them Ind fully recovered their senses. and
une Of them Its feet, by the tl,ne they came
10 the hands OF tic butcher.
THE n1Ff.i: HOES IT'S Wo1lK
much better. Its ne.!on being 50 ,nl,ct more
] fie "iiiai 1ocs @ not @ in intcrfcre' VIII tic nlas,
Ing Of the bullet ta tho desired spot, and
wtun tic bullet reaches i, deatI, follows ~
ysr'nr yerS sprt s sser ss WSs q WIN % s Wc r ts
bullet, there was not ono which did not on
tic tnstnl,t fall deal, only IL few muscular
twitcl,tngs following tile shut.
The spcnr, however, Is by no ine1nS SO
.IniIstils lc!.ye The pcn they are frequently,
probably seycnty-iiyu out of 1U) tlmcs-lM full
possession, Of thcir. senses. Many Of them
nrc, IL fnet very lively, nntl y bSsa',les i!re.
brfnrr they submit H. the operation uf skin-
ming which NIL ton quickly follows, No mat
ter what tho condition of the .anllna1, the
siedg,:-ham'ner ls always brought into requi-
skull or 6nukb0Mc Of ii!o l,rtst las the elect
OF separating tho hide frum tic body tNil
rendering Its removal more ensy nlattGr.
II u strong lhAtl Werv enlplnyed to 10 tho
btt tic work frequently fnlls 10 TIC ia,'ds Of
Il puny boy whose feeble knocks add terribly.
to the animals suffering, When powerful
!nn.l bundles the hammer Its dull point sinks
tn,9 te h. skn 1f tho 1ras %if o%sr s;E1
ut once into st,itc of Qulycring inselslbllfty.
At olie OF tlle sa.lghter-lIouscs which tlto
reporter visited, the s!elgr-l'alnsncr DC,
of about II, WHO bung!ed his work
horribly, causing tilnit. pafn to tl,e ant'laly.
There ws,s one cow ~ tho lot which, tlluu9h
unable 70 rise al fours, ysaS fast recover,
tie sixtll Diow tic cow nli,wcI It's licutl to
full 10 tho ground, but lowed piteonsly Mt the
brutal treatment It was receiving. The boy
sS' az Slo% n nd SyH est t'sfs cea', , oay
tlcsiste.l nfter blows Ind brought
tle animal to prt,perly H.let cnnalltlon;;
When tho hammer struck tho cows skull
there wis ll0 sinking tEt As When the b!Aw Is
struck by tho arm Of 4 muscular man; oil tho
contrary, 1t ,reboun.ied witt, cxaetly tslut
sound wl,icl. Is produced when On attempt Is
undo to drive Il l,ail llltn n piece of wood
ineI the hi,ie on lie cows forcllead niter tllo
buy hnd got through n,ltl found II u mixture
Of elotty hair and tiesll-p0ll,. After, tho
head Ind been sklnMrl l,a looksd 1t the
eyen beet, fsncture.! by the boys M!ny blows.
The COW llus been slowly pounded Into Il
STATE UF sEMl-lSsESs1lt1Llrr.
The reporter was we'll nigh sickenel Will,
what ho hnl sec1l,;; but there WIS worse VT
upon the slanghtcr-liouse iioor, only two Ut
them could fairly be considered 3eyuNh rcae!l
OF pain. This others were not only aliye, bit
kicking, and tho nearest one moved Its eyes
about from person to PerSUll OF t!IOse rres-
cnt. Tho buy halt given It Il couple Of knocks,
bnt It Ind recovered, md WIS nllyh to nll tlRt
was going on nrol.iu i. 'Fllp butcher begun
y ~ s SF G" W tS aa s1s II; "s rr:at f1E af liz
animal, al,l u delay OF ten minutes would
llnvo sGeu the animal beyosIsl tl,e reac! of
pNlll. Tho butcher Ind llu ltlGA Of wasting ttno
u, mere srntiM,entaEty, md, wllu the breatl,
of tho nllnIul tlrNso nnd nlnIssclletl liis
hand, lie SILT the hide ncross the bNAsrs nos
tri!s md begun tho operation OF skinninH.
The animal lowed II fufnt protest nnll kIrkeil,
but the knfu run ul' tho front of It's ilra'l,
mud II, Il moment tho ,glnAstly skull showed
furth from u ilnp pf .srauIkng hide.
"Watcll ler klck wIlei, ( reych tie but
ton," tho butcher sail with Il lnuels. .whlcl,
showed 1le Ind remarked tlse VISITORS disgust
Whit il tllo button ~ the reporter asked.
golMK for IT,:
AS lu spokn tho nlns, lung back the hi,lo
from tho stlnirnlng nNlilMlA neck. n,n,ln Il
rapid pnss neross tic thront, nl,u tliell Il dive
Ut the curyical column. At this IN
| stunt sho COW Ravs, n mighty kick
cOllvu'sl0n; tho extreme moment Ut
agonY III .tha butchers knffo severed tho
spinAl eurtl which carried sensation lctweull
tito brain md the nerves. l'iIe blltelllr l,atl
reached tho bIlttn,l" anl the nrxt moment
l.s threw tho halrless head upon the floor ut
Ills feet.
'lhls wns no exceptional cuss Iu tho re-
porter's days experiences, .al,d It Is safo 70
suy TINT fully rs per cent VI tho as!in.nts