The Branding iron. [volume] (Atoka, I.T. [Okla.]) 1884-1884, 1884-02-23
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a 'onr7a' reporter vi,iic, II" lgrrc
kba,tuir ". the foot of Nn.t lifiy-uintn
Street ye-tcfday to witnc. iac c,,...
tion pf >'aughirr p. an ,t,r.,an .ono
tact- bn cru!n lhr clu.iuu... a. .i~ e.
All = ei1iiis. q rcrlr. Ii sl- hart,
1sevcn CLOCK ~ ;l,c nl,li.., an /,
,Jgh, .hoNe' w;,s .aliur. i c.tc
'iu tyo rparac, Vaitcl ,at>' ,sa.i' ilD
|gcp"rtcr asAcd uiic O., ihc diN,i,
whether Purchasers of brcyr, cninrfnu.
ear,s to lay IN their stock. "a wbicu nc
replied. II don't know nothing h,ut
that ! bring a lady. an don tIlu,,
She Guys much beef.
Passing through n wide wagon-way
pavet with large coblc-stoucs. Tie ilupr
Deing on slan'. the reporter soon came
upon small group. comprised of five
women aud eight men. Three Of the
former and one Uf the men had arrived
IN coaches. AS this group stood there
IN tle early mora 'ny. eac'i with glass.
. mug or tin cup, looking anN,ousy
l.Nard che east in the direction oi tho
.iaughtcring pcms. they were hLnrry
for blood.
Presently q fine young bullock was
Brought into the pen and the gate was
closed behind him. Two men. lr a
lexterois movement. slipped the II os,.
II two ropes around the bailucl's nin,l
legs. and in another instan, he ,.;nyled
IN mid,ir, head downward. A butcher,
plood-begrimed from head to foot. wear.
iCg n huge hat AMI hcavy boots. wilh
lis trousers tucked inside. entered the
pen AIMED with II knife. the ioot-l m.
blade of which glistcned in The ga,-
sght. He waited moment until The
animal coascl Ia beat the air with his
iorelcg>. and then hastily cut down a
small portion Of tie >kin at the ,crl,
and Severed the arfer"~. when q Grim
son tide II Iwed from the iuc'~on.
At tie s;.l,t of til, iln.u.,,,i of IT,"
now DYING bullock the eyes Il al picS-
cnt glislrncd with an ea-eru'.S t. !ect
ic first cup. The blood suckers ,in-
Mat Is what the butchers call thcm) ARE
not permitted inside tie Pen. hut poy :
working about the promises make /, q
point To be on han every morniu.
when the killing Els IN ,rOrrss and
they take the receptacle ana lpii thcn
under the fountain of blood Until ., [.
returning them Ia their respective nnn.
ers. one gontl man after drainin- ais
mug had ii rciillcd and offered il to the
reporter. who. after "a little battle with
himself, tasted tuc fluid. II was not
'ad. aud he drank the cnlir, contents
af the mug. Tho taste was n.t rll y
unlike frcsh-mlkei lactca! ilulu >,y,l-
cned. In fact, il tasted 50 s,ipcri /, 10
What had been imagined that there Il, .!
be no surprise II, 'lr remarkable growth
|of the habit.
Stnr fhn ,,f 49,.
the reporter asked ,hc foreman whetlc'
lH had many every morning.
''Ies. That j. n small lot. When
we don have more than dozen blood
thirsty ladies' and gentlemen here it is "a
poor day. Some days there are rs many
as thirty"
=" DO the same persons COM often?"
"Well, as a rule. they are patients
who are sent h,tc BY their doctors
Some try it once, get disgustrd ard
never come again. Others come few
times and think they are cured of CON.
ympiion or somethin. else and stay
Gsax hu' there arc som, who come
'3Farly every day or every second day
,v.Pmonths ut time. and although
thee is seemingly nothing the matter
with them. the appetite for blood has
81 crown on them tdat they cannot stay
away"
"tIow much blood can your oldest
customers drink ut one timc?'
"Gcncral!y they coniinc themselves
~ one glass or mug, but We have one
|dy who comes every alternate day.
She insists on haYing three full bump
er,. willie that old man YOU saw here
drinks two cf hi, cupiul~ every day"
."WhGt are the com llnis that are
s'eated by imbihng blaod?"
The majority who come hero arc
consumptiNc,. while there are It num-
ber Of rheumatic. cases of proiracicd
&c ars. leaving impoverished blood. and
,9me extremely aged people, requiring
IN Infusion of new life.
''Do you charge them anything for
the blood they drink.'
"Narv AIRED. We are only too ga,!
10 give il to them. 50 long a. ,hcy don t
annoy y. on Interfere in our wori The
boy, who get the blood for them md
wish their mugs generally gct IL few
cents from lhc rich. bu, they are not
permitted TO demand anything.
,f)o many wealthy persons sees This
s!d'ol incidence
"Tne greater portion of them nro
wcll-lo-lo. and some days tllcrc ar, at
least 4 dozen conveyanccs outside wait
Ing until their occupants have had ,tIcir
morning cocktail
'Are the other abattoirs also patron
lied so cNtcnsive'y?'
"No. The other >leughtcr-hou>c. ia
not make the killing OF beeves Il spcci.
atty a. we do. They Kill everything :
builycks. cows, calves. sheep and hogs
-C at irregular hours. so that people
don't 90 much to them. Whenever
~ want q good glaS, "f you,",y bul-
aI's blood come here at the begin.
" ifr or close OF the week."
"How about the hot-watcr cures?'
asked the reporter.
.Nnlhinr In fhntN answered tho