The sun., 1889-12-07
MEYERS POND.
JOHNSON AVENUE
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Meyers Pond Is down on the map and /:
The frat suspicion the nelRhbors got of the
real nature Of the new business was the arriva
ed By sne bor They Week ago 9este
day. Reports are, nll unanimous in the, state
ment that it was the worst looking lot Of horses
spiritless beyond comparison. and some Of
them were knock-kneed Several OF them
Wssd Rs he %akS almost on hs
the house Of John ,H@frman. farmer next te
mans daughter informed him, and at the same
time made iocular remark about the appear
Them ain't horses" said the boy with a
AetorsS" said the girl, what do you mean
The boy laughed and winked again. They
was horses" said he. but they're only actin
A day or two afterward four more horses ar.
rived. They were equally broken down. and a
gray horse had one leg swelled to three times
main floor. even with the road and the neigh
bors saw them there in Il row when they passed
the place; There was good deal of gossip
about why sausage maker needed eight
worn out horses. but neither Borse nor his
landlord. Meyer, enlightened any one. The
the building, and the next day there was but
four there. No hogs OF, cattle had been taken
hs ee@ a9d he m9 the
W. Meyer or n. Meyer. came several times
and carried of loads OF fresh meat, and other
was only one conclusion, and this was speed
lily verified by the, story that Meyers little boy
tSd m little boy Of Of Bdeses as
mill. The neighbors asked questions then,
and Bosse unconcernedly told them that he
bors Chas. John Hoffman. SchmieG. and Fred
eerick Walter complained on to the Newtow1
no RGGF Me fon that Ths xs Of r ianf
Wickham his discovery OF the horse with the
sweled s leE the only one G left o. the eight, and
Henry Meyer tod a Sun reporter yes
terdaX that Bosse was going to put
Steam Ch93pping Company Of Brooklyn
Into sausaGes for him. Meyers little boy yeri-
n SScysF said tPS BEGsoFyPP Meyer ESs @ not TeiSE
half an hour later. He said no made
Bosse took the Whole situation philosophic.
ally, He said there was no law against max
iGgS & hoFss-Gesh' sausages ard tnat the , Bo9rd
said he did not soil the sausages in this coun-
try, but exported every, pound of them, He
self except the Newtown, building, He said o
commission firm in Pearl street did his export
SsseS G Pssg h but to he Eve s pa Ra re-
the firm. He won medal Tor, pork
sausaRes In tho Hamburg Exposition In
1885. he said. and then came to this
country to experiment In making sRusages out
OF horses This was an entirely new business
here, he said In which he had as yet no COM
potitors. He tried 1t first In Chicago, but
trans sportation to the seaboard was high, so q
year ago he came to Brooklyn and started in
there. Horse meat he said was very lean, SO
he mixed It, about half and half. with lard in
making the sausages. He said there was
money in the business. The horses cost him
$40 or $l2 each at the Horse Market In Now
York ana Brooklyn. His neiRhbors say the
horses he brought there were not worth IS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Consul Deler of
Florence encloses to the Department OF State
extracts from Bologna newspapers on q sub
ject OF great Interest to the people OF the
United States, because OF the large export of
Bologna sausaRes to this country. alt is open
ly charged by these papers that horse meat Is
extensively used in the manufacture OF these
products. The subject has aroused much eX-
element and comment on the part OF the press
and people OF Italy, as the product 10 one OF
large consumption In that country rs well as OF
large expectation.
:, The Fierdmoscd. a daily paper printed In
police OF Bologna seized letters, postal cards.
and commercial books Of the firms Colombini
Milani. and Lazarini. engaged In making
sausaRes and PACKAGES OF prepared meatnum-
berinG 100. The Procurator of the King went
to Castolfranco to seize the correspondence
and books of one Greco. horse butcher
Grent excitement is felt by all citizens ON ac-
count OF this deporable event which injures
the most fourishinR industry of Bologna"