Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-08
DRINKING WARM o
C~onsumptives Who Swallow n Pint Each
Day-Of Doubtful benefit.

the air was balmy, a shiver ran through
her frame. As she put the silver goblet,
which anon had been filled with hot
blood, down on the blood besmeared
board il could be seen that the vessel was
empty. The maiden with the pallid
cheeks smacked her lips and then said,
in a low. sweet voice, to the burly butcher
before her:
THAT blood tasted especially good to-
day."
"Wil you have another, missG"
.'Yes, | think | will"
The butcher disappeared, but he was
back in an instant. THAT will Just
make q pint today" he remarked, as he
poured the dark life fluid, rich and reek-
ing, into the girls silver goblet. She
drank it with apparent gusto. Then she
turned, without speaking a word, left
the gloomy building, and a moment
later was whirling homeward in a ear
rage.
1t was early morn. The SUI had risen
but a short span above the horizon, and
its golden rays fell slantingly ON the
stock yards and on the u~ngainly dimen-
sions Of the slaughter house on Halsted
and Forty-second streets, where the kill
ing Of cattle had just been resumed.
The young lady with the consumptive
look had merely done what q great
many others in search of restored health
have done before her, and are doing
every day-drank the blood of freshly
slaughtered animals in the belief that its
inyigorating, nourishing properties will
cure them Of their ills and that this
healthy blood will take the place of the
thin, Serious fluid they themselves have
lost. The young lady is the only daughter
Of wealthy parents living ON Prairie
avenue. She goes 4 the slaughter house
every morning before breakfast and
drinks from half a pint to a pint of
blood.
II guess it's doing her good" said the
foreman, who had waited ON her. "she
doesn't look 50 pale now as she did a
month ago. She was looking like a
shadow, just ready to waste away, the
first time | saw her. She told me she
had been d~issipating too much last win
ter, going to balls and parties and not
getting her regular sleep, and living
under too much excitement. She'll pull
through, though, / have no doubt"
This young woman is II of a o OF
more who indulge regularly in the same
practice. Oddly enough, il is not the
large slaughter houses in the stock yards
themselves, but the smaller ones outside
the gates to which those debilitated or
consumptive sufferers 60 as TO a Mecca
of promise. There are a half dozen
slaughter houses on Archer avenue and
Halsted street and the other thorough
fares around. They are away from the
rough crush and hustle Of the stock
yards, ~uninfested by the whoop and yell
of the cowboy and the coarse oaths of
the drovers. To these the timid women
in search Of blood repair, and there they
drink their fill. A few of them go there
later in the day, but the most Of them
are on hand in the early morning. Men,
too, and boys may be seen on the same
errand. Some of the experiences had
by the butchers at the slaughter houses
with these queer customers are quite pa
thetic, some again the reverse.
about three years ago." said the
boss butcher at a huge establishment,
IA lawyer began to com here regu-
larly 10 drink beef's blood. ] can't
give you his name, although it is one
well enough known in the city. He had
been a hard worker and a high liver, and
his mental and physical powers all of a
sudden began to give way TO an alarming
extent. Symptoms which threatened
consumption began to appear, and he
consulted the most eminent physicians in
town. They said he was overworked and
needed rest. But they could not give him
relief. lie went to New York and put
himself into the hands Of q specialist,
But his condition from bad became worse,
lie came back to C,isago. On the carr
a man told him he ought L try blood al
, the slaughter houses. He gave up bust
! ness altogether, bought himself a horse,
practiced a great deal with dumb bells,
and lived very plainly. Every morning
he started from home at 8 O'Clock anC
took a long ride on horseback. lie came
D here regularly at 7 O'Clock and drank
from a half pint TO a whole pint Of fresl
ulood, took plenty Of exercise at home anC
out Of doors, and retired to bed early ant
at a regular hour. When saw him frs
: he looked like a maj about to dewitt
I hollow eyes, sunken cheeks and listles
gait. Within six months he was strong
active, and full Of life and vim. He re
] sumed his business, and can again worl
as hard as ever without iniuring himsel
] in the least. But he is still taking plent,
Of exercise, and ! see him every once in
while riding on a bicycle in the park"
''Have you known many instances o.
, this kindp' was asked.
|. "Well, no. To tell you the truth abou
4 it, Idon't think it was the blood tina
4 cured that lawyer. His altered manneI
of living is what did il. remember tn
: case Of q lady who used 10 come TO tn
slaughter house regularly and drink
pint Of blood every day, Il didn't d
her a particle of good. also knew tn
i, case OF a young fellow, a student at on
of the colleges, who had been taken wit
n consumption. lie was so weak that b
had TO be assisted up the stairs into tn
slaughter house. But it didn't help him
After awhile he stopped coming, and til
next thing | heard VI him he was dead
For persons who are really consumptiv
l don't believe any amount Of bloc
a would do. But persons who are simpl