Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-28
W ASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
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CRY BUTCH EHS.
SHOW Day Among ihe RUtchers-
Pyramtds of FATTY Glimpse
OF the MarEct-Tons of Meat on
Hooks.


Hooks.
The market houses Saturday we're
ilsuked ou every side with pyramids OF
fatty beet, hooks crowded with mutton
| buried in the depths OF its own snet, aud
blocks crowded with veal, greasy and
too,hsome, all designated by knights OF
| the oleaver as show meats. The butchers
were in happy mood, aud their offerings
were 80 conspicuous as to overshadow
every other feature OF the market. They
dl oussed the merits of their offerings
slaughtered in com emmoration Of the
truthful lad with the little hatchet, and
gave the figures at which the animals
tipped the beam, wbeD OH foot and after
the dressing knife bad performed its last
stroke. The farmer WAC had fed the
quadrup ds was also at their tongues end 4,
and were not Omitted in the disserts-
tions.
A popularity was noticeable among the
fraternity which might mislead one to
think that the story Of the lad who ont
the small cherry ssplipg aud refused to
take shelter from threatening lash
through prevaricatlOn had not found deep
| lOdgmept in the 500 Iscieuo9 OF tue bu,chsrs.
This suspicious olroum5tauoe was that,
when giving the avoifdupois of bullock
or sheep, the figures we're always supple
mented with the statement that "this is
the exact weight of the animal and"
(suggestively) "there is nothing added
through my imagination"
The attractive display OF meats Illus
trates that it is possible to couple at
with the butchercus calling. Some OF the
exhibits were strikingly neat, Dat OF
beef one esthetio looking supplyer Of
meat arranged an excellent shield The
standing ribs of fat, red steaks alteruat,
ing, served as stripes for the emblem of
liberty aud heart and kidneys repre-
sented stars set in field of white tat.
A piece typical of the calling, was the
head OF bullock, the red
and white streaks OF h4sh seivipg
to give it color, aud iuver. ed rib roasts
represented horns. Much artistic iyescoe
work was noticed upon the mutton.
This effect was produced by painting the
sheep's sides aud back with its blood,
and by light cuts with kniia ileshy
lines were brought to the surface oi the
bloody field. An apostle of Oscar
Wilde exhibited sheep with q
large and comparatively perfect sun
flower, cut by the process described on
its back. Over the space through which
the intystines were removed, a lace like
curtain Of suet hangs in becoming folds.
Art did not extend in its workings to the
calf and purchas asers had to be content
with the assurance that the veal had
passed its "monkey" days before being
led to the slaughter.
In the Eighth street market there was
great quantity of fne meat and much
pstriotic decoration, with WRshipgtOn's
portrait conspicuous. Councilman Levi
Garrett was happy in the rapid disposi-
tiou of three beeves that dressed 3, 300,
ftd by Euoch Moore OF Avondale, Pa ,gDd
| IA sheep fattened by W, T. Painter of
Chester county with four calves fed near
by. John A. Hopkins of Mill Cre5k
hundred had on his stall three COtswolJs
which averaged when dressed so pounds
each, the largest of which scored nearly
100 pounds and l65 pounds OF veal in
one carcass. NJ. ] Gallagher showed two
Chester county steers weighing 1000 aud
500 pounds. David Mtchiner of this city
had on hook some fine mution. Two
0hiosteer weighing ,020 and 96G pounds,
grsced the stalls of Thomas A. sharp.
Otley Vernon's stalls contained the
flesh of seven sheep and the same number
OF fslves. 35 Merino nheep, very fat, With
four calves formed the decoration to
| G.. NJ. Beeson's mart, James Prentiss
was happy al the possession Of but s
a email remnant OF mammoth
bullock. A. Il. P. Barr with q
New Castle county beef of l,lSS
| aounds, carried the palm Of the market
! Or weight. Thomas Msyne showed two
rime beeves fed in Christians hundred
weighing 964 and less pounds. Well
| & Brothers. stalls We're buried bsheath
the flesh of three steers which weighed
5000 pounds dressed and about $500
when on foot, They were fed on the
Clayton farm, this county. There we're
several smaller lots exhibited by other
butchers and farmers.
= Third street market was gsily dressed
with fass aud bunting, and from the
stalls OF butchers named show meats
were exhibited III large quantities.
joseph L. Martin, two steers, weighing
1000 pounds each, foot; P Monaghan,
made fine display oimutton; Henry Lind,
Jr., displayed fiue lot of pork Joel NJ
Walton a quantity OF mutton, pork, &c ;
Charles Msmmsle, lot o. prime pork j,
V. Martin, two steers, 500 pounds each ,
fed by John II ff-rd 5.
SECOND STREET MARKET II USE
The displays msdu py the butchora
here are very cTeditable and equal these
of former years. Some fine meat is Y
hibited and many stalls are hand simely
decorated with flags, pictures, evergreen,
tlowers, &c but the stalls which are the
most artistioAlly arranged and which
attract the most attention are those OF
Norris W. Smith, dealer in mutton. The
names OF the butchers making displsys,
the number and weigh. of the cattle
exhibited aud the names of the
persons who fsttened them follow
J. II. Gould, one bullock, dressed
weight 1,646 pounds ,fsttened by q orgt
z Tybout, near DsiaW are City A. D
Lse, two bullocks, dressed weight OF eacl
SEQ pounds W. Il Lse, the half nj To, -
head Of cattle, dressed weight 3 7I4
pounds A T. Carey, one bullock, ,dr-ssed
weight 500 pounds, fs.teued by T. Mcll
vaue of Hartford county, Mi.; A. !
( Kooch, bnllock and = half, weight .3ui
pounds l Miller, ous bullock, dressed
weight l,100 pounds, fattened in Cl este
county, Pa ; F Lee, one bullock, dressed
weight 500 pU1nds, fatteuef
in Brsndywlne hundred W. Miller, ts'
bullocks, dressed weight l,o62 and l ,4ot
pounds, fatteued by Levi Clayton o
Chatam, Pa; Henry Ward, one bullock
dresfed weight 9l4 pounds, fattened a
Kukwood; William + Lowell one hulloci
| and one heifer, dressed weight 75s au'
900 respectively ,fsttered by Judge Fjste
> OF Hartford county, Md; William Clavey
iOur bullocks, dressed weigh
} 6 400 pounds, fsttensd by Thoma
/, Marvel of Chester cOurty, Pa viii 81
t JeVAugh, two bullocks live weight l 43
3 aud Ito pounds; D. W. D-Vali' ger
Z one bu lock, live weight 1000 pounds
. Joaeph Quigley. ore heifer, live weigh
t l,470 pounds, fattened by John Mitchell
a of Milford; Fred Kienle, t~o bullocks
q live weight $500 pouude, fsttened b
e Samuel Carlislo of New Castle county
Harry Kienle, ole bullock, live Weigh
. l, $50 pounds, fsttened by the sam
1 person George Abele, two builocks
a live weight 4 AGO pounds, tsttene
by John Stafford Of New Csstl
= county A, D. Miller, ore hui
d lock, dressed weight 900 pounds; j
8 Devine, one bullock, dressed weight 2 "a
9 pounds; John Barker, one bullock, liv
t weight l 500 pouuds; K. S. Lowell, or
g bullock, dressed weight 500 pounds
William F. Johnson, one bullock, dresse
e weight ], 300 pounds, fattrned by Reub4
e Satterthwaits Of Christisna HUNDRED
g David H. Megill. one bullock, dresse
J. weight 600 pounds; Thomas Millsr or
bullock, dressed weight 500 pounds, fat
10 tened by Reuben SatteTthwaite. Fin