The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-07-12

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Or l0fa. The pfoaesa u flnuRhlefing
zach i substantially The same W 10 .
oodaln point where lhe ihiedof 1uallty
paaos from the killing 10 tho canning
house,
A. wo oofao within Tho gate W. reach
nrgi Tho outer inelDauf0 ~ pen, wlere
may 10 gathered ono hundred head ~
rbolro f'shlppersn Jh0y come !
mlolly md without excitement, and,
In a INV minutes, perhaps .
third NJ them ar0 dryon INTO
a narrow nlloy.way adjoining tho
single pens, whore each one v "
n faw minutes 10 meet bic death This
part Of tho yard Ia hOarded up with
Ioayy plank about six or seven feet
higli, aud open nj tho top, along which
W. walk on a single plank running from
end ~ end AZ M animal IN wanted, n
slide door opens, and ho passes Into the
pen nearest him. Here ho stands, un-
conscious oi the fats that awaits him,
and that his cxccutionor Is NJ that mo-
mcnt loading the fatal weapon above
his head. a few seconds later and n
mild-looking man with II short carblno
IN his hand drops the muz2lo 10 q point
in tho center OF the forehead, just be-
low tho horns, and pulls tho trigger.
The steer falls without u struggle or q
groan, and he passes On 90 the next,
taking tho life Of half n dozen In u
couple " minutes, moro or less. Tho
door ut tho other end OF the pen Is
raised, a hooking chain passed around
tho mock, and the animal Is drawn out
upon n broad platform about fourteen
feet wido, nj the bottom OF which runs
u shallow trough TO catch tho blood.
Suspended by the hind-foot the stick
ing.Knifo completes tho bleeding pro-
cess, and then two men step forward
and ~disconncct the head. Four follow,
stripping down the hide-two Others, in
tho meanwhile, taking off the feet.
Saving the breast and haunch bones is
the next operation, and then the carcass
Is hoisted preparatory TO taking out the
inwards. This accomplished, Il number
arc detailed TO do tho trimming, clean
ing and turning 10 account every scrap
nal particle connected with the animal,
80 that nothing is wasted, down TO the
horns and hoofs. While those severa
operations are in progress the carcass
has been moving along n distance OF
some two hundred feet, being attached
to n track overhead. The men at WORK
maintain their relative positions " on
after another of the como DO
!. fore them, and in the brief space of four
teen minutes from tho timo Of tho fata
shot tho animal is hung up, ''drawn ant
quartercd," and then left TO cool in TIN
! chill-room for forty-oight hours prepar
atory TO shipping. Twenty dileron
processes take place in the course OF Tbs
fourteen minutes Aforesaid. and ninct'
men are engaged in it. Tho avcrag
| weight Of this class Of cattle, rs brough
: into the slaughter house, is 1850 pounds
. and during the summer season five hun
bred head arc killed daily in the min
0 hours allotted to the work.-G eorq
I, Ponerov Kcesc, in Harpcr's Magastat