Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-01
FRESH PORK.
The Establishment by Messrs. Seessel.
Ashner & Co. of Lard, Pork and
Sausage Mandatory.
Complete Apparatus for Manipulating
the Popular Heg Erected A
Worthy Enterprise.

The establishment BY Seessel, Ashner 4 Co.
of a slaughteEhouse and pork-psckinz con-
cern at No. 5 Towards Row Is another sign
of the times worth observing, and shows hat
the spirit Of manufacture Is rapidly taking
hold OF our people. Tue APPEAL think
Memphis i destined to DO large business
In this liue. The firm of SeeEsel, Ashuer q
Co. is com posed OF wide-swake business men,
who ere abreast with the tImes, and whose
names are synonymous with fair dealing
They have gone into this new branch with
the determination 10 win. Iney open their
fall business to-day, along WIKI the NAM
moth edition OF the APPEAL They begin
with the brightest kind OF prospects. An AP-
PEAL man recently took look al their new
establishment on Howardis Row. Il is To-
Gated where in dsys OF we're was cornmeal
| mill. 1t is most complete affair. The
various processes are extremely interesting,
and il will repay any one 10 visit their
mandatory and see them manipulate the
meat.
The firm in the first place secured The in
| dorsemeut of the Board of Health TO the
| fact that the establishment was perfectly
| healthy. They have taken The utmost pre-
| caution TO render it so. They have carefully
| guarded against allowing unpleasant smells
| 10 wander around loose over the city, by US
| ing the latest style OF machinery. They
| have made provision for taking away all
| refuse matter, in the interest likewise OF
health. So far any mere fieshy smell is
| concerned, other cities have demonstrated
| that il il not at all unhealthy. The people
| in Cincinnati and Louisville who live in the
| saughterhouse neighborhood are the very
picture of health, being rosy checked and
strong.
To fully appreciate the various processes
| from the live pig to the Bologna sausage one
would have TO see them. The innocent
IL
| duced 10 the executioner. This gentleman
wears suit of clothes adapted TO hi- bust
| ness. Usually he is a strong and vigorou:
| individual. By deft strokes with his knife
and his ak he causes the pig to yield up the
| ghost after a considerable amount Of squeal
| ing.
| hot-water tank with water warm enough
I TO scald the akin from Thinoceros stands
1 near by. Into this the Ell | sqHirming bcdy
of the hog is thrown, and any life that is lef
in him is soon thoroughly stified. The water
= takes all the lristles out and thorough y
cleanses the body OF dirt that has accumu
lated from numerous mud-pudales. Wher
this process has been finished, The animal il
I hauled out and hung up TO dry and cool
| When it is thoroughly cooled, Ii is cut up
The fat is thrown into huge rendering ket
ties, and is made thus into lard. Other partI
of the body are placed in choppers and Gu
into szusage-mest spice mill is at hauC
snd throws the necessary amount OF spices
into the mixture end stirs every thing up. L
takes an inci edibly short time 10 make ssu
ssge after the hog has cooled. When thu
I sausase-meat is made il is cased in bladder
by means of machines run by hand.
All the scraps are thrown into a larg'
500 gallon tank and made into grease. TX
| accomplish all these esulis Messrs. Ssessel
| Ashner q Co. have put up the very bes
machinery. They have kettles, and tanks
and mixers for all their processes. A smoke
.. house and an icehouse have been built TO
the express purpose OF preserving the mes
and keeping il from dScay The firm will
offer advantag 6 for bnying Bologna saussge
People will not lose anything by shrinkage
which is usually enormous, as they can I'll
orders in small lots, just as they receiv
them. Thus, too, they save freghi, insur
ance and draysee. Their speciaties will b.
Bologna sausage and mesa beef; at the sam
time they will handle all kinds of dried bee
and tongues, spiced pigs feet and tripe
Wiener wurst, pure pork sausage, garii
sausage, head cheese, ec. Special attention
will be given to supplying steamboats,, hotels
restaurants and boardinghouses with fame.
cuts of meats, such as short loins and ribs
and meat by the quarter.
Such s the new enterprise begun by thi
enterprising firm. AS Memphis unde r
taking it is worthy of The very b, st wishes o
the people OF Memphis, and the APPEAL hal
no doubt that its success will meet the ex
pectations OF those whe founded il. The
building occupied is large and comnodious
and well suited for its purpose. The othel
branch of the establishment will continue or
| Second and Jefferson, where the very bes
meats, fresh and cured, can always be had
The APPEAL takes pleasure in indorsing and
commencing to the confidence of the citizens
| The firm OF Seessel, Ashner d Co.