Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-16

A WILD WESTERN DRAMA FULL or
BLOO0-CUROLlNG SCENES.
How Pigs Are Killed in a Nnderm Ma
chine >IaHghter-H"".e III" >itrk"'
and His Fatal Knife =, raped hS Ma
ChinerN Derapitated at Last.

In the Town of Lake only a few mil 6
from the modern, civilized ,Ity Of hlra-".
hives a man VIII commits S.ull or 4ON
murders day. aud l. never arrested for II
He Kills hogs gets - day. and goes home
at night with u" cluul on his ron-rlrn e.
but with a heap of hlnnd upon his clothes.
Did YOU ever sc this hog killer nj work
In a pen two or thr," men are nj work
catching pl-> tn" ratrhe i an active frl
low with a en- ave and a nrryy hand Hv
Reaches for pg.s hind le,. g,t, what h..
reach,s for attiNe> lunp-oham and the a>
ceusion OF MIR Pig from this vale of tear, at
once begins \ mtn above pulls a lr,er
and the omnipotrut power Of Il am vHnk~
the pig {" hanging position
The ,hfm attached To his leg l. fastened
to a carrier which lips along an ovrrhang
ing rail and the victim slides clear Of the
pen, takes hi> last look at hi~ mou>Is''tnL
brothers and sisters. and goes to his doom
Half IA do en feet awPv stan IS thu sucker
He gral the pIg~ f"r''le- Pulls III" tnt
throat t"wari HIM. "NI~~'-~ tn region ui
the heart. and with a quick, Qur, sort of
II o, ememt 4 ives the KNIT. h"m" Tho hfr-
blood spurts "ut, the .urIl r"'"ul,Is IN
volume and intensihs in agony Al q then all
the dying pig slir~ Down thu. fat al way
justIes against tlo>e Of his fellows VIII" e
fate immediately pr, crd,d hi OWN. kick "a
few tim - st uggl's u lItt'r more. and then
his voice i >tIIlrd forever
Jah iab. all. go,r the latal knife" every
ab a pig wo tn dozen dollars. an adding
another - pounl~ To the pork supply
which Chi, ago sends the NO H. Eight pug,
a minute, .0l an hour. thy com" and -
The sti ker Is never in hurry. his arm is
never uImer, ell. his aim never untrue
DROPPED INTO THE sC>LplNG VAT
The victims ontle eIch o,hrr while their
life blood runs ont and down the supper,
TO b. ,olvertNd into fertilizers or the Ve.v
fields. perhaps. OF Whose fatnes, they We're
prepared for the slaughter Each in turn
arrives at the end of tie track. and there
stan "A man who Ge tly removes tn" rha nN
from his leg and lets him drop into tn
sCalding vat This is IA great tub, twenty
feet long hy eight wide, and h'r" the victim
JONES his mat = in thH Ia tn. Steam is on
tinually flowing in. keeping the water at
boiling h,at and a. tin, ather Is Iollt~i and
hOated along toy pair Of wOrEmcn with
pokers IN hand the hair upon his hide h
comes loose and his s,In I've ONES cleaner
than il ever before Then H. rrache,
the end Of the tub AMI is tiOated upon a hi .
iron cradle VIII, So fingers nearly compass
his Stcaming body. \ man pulls lever
steam power raises the cradle and the car
cas- is thrown upon "A smooth plan plat
form. Sometimes. rot often. pig reac he g,
this int resting stag - his uureturuahl"
journey with remnant Of lie iii his / - iy.
He j. hot ami st- aiming from his Rus,iin
lath. and now conts the >crape FiIS he
slides through cloths which brush tlr water
from ms skin: and then he l. - e. .,d IN !
pulled through a gaw tlet Of nine VIII 'els
ca b foot wide at Is tire, and all revolving
in direction the reverse Of that in winch
the carcass is moving Th' perIph rlr> nt
TIE e wheels are Il with eel blades in
tiplets all thin and feNihlc. and tn Ir end,
turned il tie sixteenth of an inch. tOrmlu-
sCraperS. the end of the aNl' o; each
heel is set in Il mitrsd or movable bearing
and balanCel with wei ghtS Through this
narrow AZ emile of revolving sCrapeTs the
carcaS, Is slowly drawn. 500 ! emerging with
most Of the hair remoN ed from the hIir.
The mova able hearings and IT, heNIhiItV of
the steel blades render the apparatus 81 adj
IL table to animals of all sizes and varying
shapes The ean pig i well s,rape l. and
the SKIN of the big fat hog l. not hru.S.'l or
scratched Tie mechar iCal Scraper will do
the WORK "t more than Inl men. and turn
the carra,se, out whit and NOR uni m
in color than the best hand Scrapng OF
course, the machine can not reach all parts
of the carcass Here and there are portions
from which the hair has not cen remoy ed.
and these are atten ei TO 10y a gang of hand
scrapers.