Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-08
SLAUGHTER OF FOWLS.

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fessicnal Work-The Chicago Way.
Killing chicken is feat that few men
caro- TO undertake second time II Ii
out experience may approach his victim
confidently, seize Il 81 the neck with
vise.lihc grip and swing II round his head
and shoulders until he Il tired or until
poor "chick" ceases to Cop her wings or
wriggle her feet. and the chances are that
the half strangled bird will go cavorting
all over the back yard the instant u II
laid on the ground. Its slayer. tired and
sweaty and covered with dust and fcath-
ers, chases IL around circle, and finally,
after number Of desperate plungcs. rc-
gains his grip on the limp but unbrcken
neck.
Take the ak and cut its head OF.
john" suggests his wife, who has been
an interested but silent spectator Of tho
attempted slaughter John acts upon the
advice with promptness that proves
that he knows a good thing. The ak Is
procured, and again the wriggllng bird Is
Imprisoned. John carries II In triumph over
TO block of wood. lays its neck out as
evenly as the muscular contortions of It's
body and legs will permit. and then raises
tho keen blade for the fatal blow. II de-
scends with unerring aim, and the severed
head rolls of the block. But before John
has time TO congratulate himself on the
success Of his expedient the head gives
ono futter that is It's last, and tiny
stream Of blood hardly bigger than darn
ing needle spurts from tho gaping wound
like geyser, and stains his white shirt
front deep red Then he vows In Ian
guage that will hardly bear reproduction
that he has killed his last chicken. II
the victim Is an aged and tough hen with
steel spring neck and extraordinary
vitality tho work Of slaughter Is even
moro difficult. This is the way man
kills a chicken intended for his own table.
Down in South Water street there arc
fourteen hicken slaughter houses that
turn out an average Of about thirty
thousand dead birds every twenty. four
hours. The process is simpler and more
rapid. There Is an institution near tho
corner of Clark street which alone is
ready to kill off the fcSS hered tribe at the
rate Of 10000 day II We consumption Of
chicken meet warrants the Wholesale
slaughter. rhe chickens arc brought to
the place by thousands and turned loose
In immense coops that occupy whole
floors, and there they crow and cluch and
eat corn until the remorseless hand Of the
professional butcher closes on their nccks.
When this happens there is no time for
another crow. Tho ncedle-liko point Of
the keen knife that the butcher carries In
his right hand is deftly inserted behind
the victims ear, and tho next instant its
lifeless body Is shooting through q spout
that leads to the floor where tho plump.
ing" room IL located. II Is all done In the
briefest part OF second, as will bo more
readily understood when It ls stated that
this butcher, single handed and alone,
can stab 10. 600 chickens In day Of ten
hours. IL does not make any difference
to him whether the victim Is n spring
chicken or full ficdged hen. One falls
as easily before the plunge Of his knife as
the other.
But II is In the "plumping" room that
the hen has achance to exhibit Its vitality.
In ono corner of this apartment, which Is
always half filed with wet feathers, ID
big iron tank full OF boiling water. Into
this the bodies Of tho birds are thrown as
fast as they fall from the butchers spout,
and after they have been there half a
minute they are hauled out by the legs
and stripped Of their feathers. This pro.
cess requires but two sweeps Of q ham
like hand, and tho bird, denuded, Is
flung into cooling box. From there
they 60 downstairs to another cooler. and
then they arp packed for shipment.
Chicago Herald.
A Bailoonist's Big Jump.
ri have made" said Professor II. d.
Hogan. "l83 ascensions and three jumps.
One jump, made ont In Jackson, Is the
biggest ON record--0, 300 feet. Ishot down
400 feet before my parachute opened. Tho
popular impression Is that the parachute
opens with snap, but this is not 60.
First one section opens, then another,
and so on by easy degrees, and as I've
watched 1t opening when 1t was just
above mo and was thousands of feet up
in the air II reminded me of rose open
ing In the morning.
How did feel when ] made my first
jumpl Oh, well. rather afraid. looked
down and saw tho hills and fields away
below me. and the people looked barely a
foot high, and the buildings looked like
toy houses. looked down and shivered
when saw the space between me and the
earth, and then looked at the barometer
and found the distance. TO be almost one
and half miles; but all the same l
jumped. leaped into space hanging to
the parachute, and down went like
shot for 200 feet. The parachute then
began TO open, gradually lessening my
velocity. heard tho peoples applause
very family 1t rose up to me Ike the
merest suspicion of q sound. Iafterward
learned they clapped and checred for all
they were worth. The parachute was
oscillating somewhat. and l came near
being banged against several chimney
tops. The buildings are our greatest ter.
ror. Many an aeronaut has beer dashed
against a building and killed--more, In
fact, than being dragged over rugged
ground. met with one accident. See
here" pointing TO big bulb ON his right
ankle. IL got that In Nebraska in Au-
gust of 1883 by being dragged over
heap Of rocks. never could bend that
ankle since--cant oven stand ON that foot
alone.
you see great panorama from bal
loon in mid air." continued the professor,
"but, Of course. the landscape is oil In
miniature and through slight haze. -
New York Evening Sun.
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ine ChiId's Voice In singing.
Frederick S. Law, In Tho Voice, dwells
at length on some Of the dangers Of al
lowing children to sing In public mar