Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25
ALONG TRE URUGUAY.
The Land OF Jerk ed Reef--OpPortuni-
ties for Yankee Enterprise.

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SIT is to be regretted that Yankee
enterprise has never taken root along
the banks of the Uruguay river, said
Capt Ephraim circuit, of the schoon.
er Mary j. Cook, while sitting in his
cabin Friday night. 81 know of no
country so bounuful and better adapt
ed to agriculture than / saw along
that river, from Colona, at its mouth,
TO Paysandu. 300 miles above The
captain had Just arrived from Pay
sandu with load of bone ash. In
the course of his conversation many
facts Were CLEANED about the country
drained by the Uruguay river. Pay
sandu is IN Uruguay, 500 miles from
the ocean, or 200 miles from the juno
ton of the Uruguay with the La
Plata The population is cosmopoli'
tan, and numbers only GOO. ltal-
iaAs predominate Foreigners are at
the head of the largest business tirnls,
and are treated with great clrdiality
by the natives. The city has wide
streets laid out at right angles, and
the houses are substantially built OF
stone, some four stories high, Two
story houses, however, are more gen
eral. Horse cars are ia use. There
are two Catholic churches and one
Episcopahan in the city. Although
the priests have some say in the gov
eminent of the CITY, they are very
tolerant of their Episcopalian neigh
bors and do nothing to retard taelr
activities. The principal business of
the adiacant territory is the raising
of cattle, from which Paysandu
derives its importance by the expor-
tation Of hides, tailow, bones, bone.
ash, and jerked beef
/ "Jerked beef, said Capt circuit,
is a great item in the exports Of
/ Paysandu. From Frey bentoS, where
large Establishments are located for
/ the manufacture Of the extracts OF
meat, up 10 Paysandu there can be
seen a succession of sslederos or
/ abattoirs, where the cattle are killed
IN the spring of the year aGd the pro
cess of ,jerked beef performed. II is
called 'jerked' because it is pulled oI
stripped by hand from the boues OF
the animal as soon as slaughtered.
The meat is then salted in piles il
large buildings. When cured IT Il
taken out and hung on horiz )nta
bars of wood in the air where it goe
through the process of drying By
natural atmosphere AS soon as tn
dew begins TO fall the meat is stake'
on the ground and covered with tar
, paulins. The same process is repeater
until the meat reaches state o
jerked perfection. which require
several months. The principal ma,
ket found is Brazil and the Yves
Indies. Cuba is a great customer
, The importance of this industry ca
+ be calculated from the business @
e one saledero, which slaughtered 200
+ 600 cattle last year, valued at upwar
of 81. 600, 600.
r Then, from the cattle thus kille
!. there yet remains the hides, tallov
bones, and bone ash, all Of whicA ad
J, much wealth TO the expectations (
0 the port of Paysandu. The salte
u hides loaded into vesseis are dunnage
!, with dry bones to prevent conia'
o with the wood which rots them. Ia
S bones are utilized for fertilizing pu
e poses They are burned IN pile
S Where / loaded the Cook there wei
r 10. 900 tons OF bohe-ash in one phi
. alone. The most OF il is shipped I
/ the states and some goes TO Europe
t II enters into fertilizers very exteu
. sively.n