The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-06-26

account of being Obliged "a ~
house duties before fqur3SS:
tables of their old compStrio7s
proprietor explains that thev g
months old, and that each az. :,
francs fifty confines. Then q
nal to the women with naked 49,
despite the protestations Of ~ -
band. six geese are caught Ana s.
to sort of cave, where TIA -
ceives rows of large and inclir;i
tables. In the dim light proS,s.. n
some twenty air-holes pierced
wall, one can scarcely distinersss r
objects. Gradually. however. Il .
covered that hundreds Of pee.e : 6.
tended on their backs and bonn q y
tables, while the air is pierced T..
strange sounds-perhaps worIs' :;
couragement and tenderness ~ =
are murmuring to each other. I. ~
meantime each of the Womes
taken a goose and placed Il =
stone-the tail extending over IL -
The wings, the feet, the BODY. ~ T.
spread out, and fastened on a. -.
by strong ligatures, which opooss p. (
gymnastics-the neck alone Nv =
liberty. During the first davs n
pears that the animal makes sfr6cs j.. :
forts to recover its liberty. buk - Is
ually becomes convinced Of the ~
| of these attempts and from thsk ~
ment its resignation is assured 1'<
the seven following weeks, whes 4
released from its agony by tleaff
the interval it is nourished with q
paste made of half-boiled Corr
chestnuts and buckwheat meal vi32
is forced down its throat by the ~.
the composition being made into I,S'
or pills. The bird, thus refrcsbe5 :.
sumes its inclined pose and dips.f.
food until the next repast, which
rives two hours afterwards, Is thex =,
allowed six meals day.
But new solemn.
nified, and thoughtful-has enterSl
room, and designates the animal
are " finished" (mures). 1t hM<]
whom is confided the responsibilIN
distinguishing those who will die ~
| ty-four hours later, if they a.
sooner dispatched. A goose ~
dies naturally is good for nothineE2
must be killed at the precise mo7
when nature is weary of keeping Il s
and the coup GGa necessary for 1
psychological discovery is onlv
quired after long period. Thus
masters in this art are q 6
Importance (receiving the
salary as connoisseurs in diamo
Ours was not five min
in the cave before he condemned
of his company to the sacrifice. q
had stomachs shaped like gourd4
seemed to utter sigh of satisla1
when two men detached them end
ried them across the yard into a. 3
room, filed with knives and III
Then stroke of the cleaver q
head, -an incision with q knife.
than ten minutes after the passaro s
one room to the other, the vic(Iua r
lying in a corner, while their IIQono1
carried with respect to the sale e = B
fes. The miserable little carco
poor beyond all description, ere O. 4
from thirty to forty sous to the pee +
who make soup of them.
The livers are cleaned, then WI
and our four birds are proclaime1 8
perb, for the livers of each one wofl
nearly three pounds. There ror
nothing more to be done but to {" r.
them with truffies, in the propog(fo6
half pound of these to pound q =
err; then to place them on u1aI
shelf in an ice-house, where they r.
main a week, to allow the flavor q e.
truffles to fully penetrate the ~
They are then cut according to ~ %
of the pot or box which is to CO..
them. in which they are placed betu9
Two layers of paste prepared acooe1
to the formula, and a thick layer 4 T.
put over all to prevent the flavor
evaporating in the cooking. This
operation lasts about five houra
absorbs the attention of four into|
employees, whose particular dug
watch the fire, which must Be- -
too quick nor too slow, The preC
rcpast is then sent to all points q
compass, in wood or metal boxed
cording to its destination. 81
| 1t may be questioned how NJ
| the geese die before the 0pef1
here described are brought TO =
nation. Generally very few 5000
| and these, for the most part ~
mails badly formed, having poor q
buttons, or lacking the ambition q
4 destinies. 1t appears that SOM
ago a member Of the "Societe ~
trice des Animaux arrived il
bourg, armed with the law Gr1u1
to make war against the manui1e
of pates. He failed in the attemr
was denounced in the establishme
q dangerous Socialist. = 1roust4
the Chicago Tribune.