The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-22

Now and then got up 70 watch tho
slau,hter,ng Il tie n6attoirs % Ia
Villette. II that quarter u Paris,
lust u the edge d tho city and soparat-
"a from itby the broad canal. are situat-
"a che great abatt0irs IN which ARE
killed aud prepared Tor market All the
meats eaten IN Paris. These . ,attoirs
form 4 CITY IN themselves. having their
broad avenues and cross-strcets. with
their own police and iiro department.
military guarsl and . SPECIAL ocfro. 70
collect the city tax on the meat q last
ns II ID carried out Of the gate INTO
Paris. There are several thousand
butchers employed there. Among these
alert and stalwart butchers who sing
and laugh a. they rush through Their
work there are some who attract atien-
tion from the fact that they DO not pro-
coed rs do the others. These are the
Jewish sacrincers There are four Of
them AZ the central abaitoir- They are.
accord ny to usasc. designated Or APP
pointed by tho Grand Rabbi . ter a
previous examination. for there are for
them certain formulas 70 observe. aud.
As We know. the israeAtish race
does not easily separate itsct
I from its old customs. Ever, animal
intended for the nolr.shlucnt os
I the Jews must be kille by
the cutting Of rs throat, and cannot.
under any prelext whate, or. be pre-
\ viousiv stunned or knocked in the head.
1 This method. which persan@ 10 the re-
1 ligious customs OF the r faith. i criti-
cised BY many people having other
I forms Of belief as being cruel. A. soon
1 as the beast is detd il must be opened
and examined with Q re. for Il i i i'm
I pure. il cannot be delivered 20 the peo-
Die of God. Leviticus. chapter xxi.
| has enumerated all the causes which de-
| mand the rejection II meat intended tor
/ food Formerly the Jews never ate the
thighs Of animals. as remembrance Of
the wrestling Of Jacob with the angel
at Penucl, when Jacob had his thigh
bone put out Of Mt by the Icing with
whom he commended. As Is said IN
Genesis. chapter xxi. verse ~. ! And
for this cause, even unto this day. the
children Of Israel eat not Of the tendon
which is found at the joint Of the hip.
because he 1.-THE angel) touched the hip
OF Jacob" The italian Jews were the
first who violated this Injunction and
ale OF the forbidden tendon. and now no
portion OF the animal Is abandoned 70
the Christians
The animal about 70 be sacrificed must
be. according 10 the ancient usages Of
Jews. fastened together BY its four feet.
in remembrance Of the manner in which
Isaac was bound bv his father. Abra'
ham. upon the altar Of twigs % BE
sacrificed When the animal Is firmly
fixed 10 the ring the butcher passes 4
running sp-nOose 10 each Of the front
less; the cord is attached ID a 70. Z
worked by a windlass: by two revOlu-
tions II the wheel he an NAL Is thrown
on the ground. extended upon is SIDE.
A butcher places one knee on is
shoulder seizcs il by the horns and
draws the head violently backward. A
You stand witness, Ia. one oi these spec
tacles YOU think inNoIuntarilx 81 The
pieces III sculpture commemorative ~
worship Of Mythras Meanwhile .hs
siicer i standing b.; he hollis his nann'
in his hand. Tbs y q cutlass with :
very short handle, long. straight blale
rounded At the po.nt. lie rams care
fully his nail twice across the edge. il
order 10 assure himself thar Il Is no
nickcd. for the Jews believe tina
II the blade should have \ mex. NJ
matter how 81 ght il might be, the mi
mai m CHIT be frightened. and in tina
event the blood would become coagu
lated in the heart from whence i woul'
not How. The snrrtftut mr. advance
then: AZ he approaches he should 81.
, mentally blessed be the Lord God
who hast Judged vs. worthy Of his pre-
cepts and hast prescribed 70 rs III
, Strengthening Al he reaches the ami
NAL he sto0ps down, seixes the dewlap
and with single stroke cuts his throat
I he springs backward instantly 70 ayoi
the jet 81 blood which spouts forth. n
rises up and twice again passes hi
thumb nail across the edge Of his knit
to assure himself that he has no
touched the spinal column. for in thu
event the meat would be impure. a
!, not know IL il was matter Of chance
= but All the animals which I saw sacri
feed thus were turned in the directio
n Of the east. the IDEAL direction toward
4 which 50 many religious beliefs inclin
( unknown ID themselves and under var
2 Gus pretexts. As If they still retaine
. souvenirs Of the worship Of the SUM-
n Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.