The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-07-26
LOndCn's Disabled HOrscs.

| Londcn's Disabled Horses.
Mr.. w. II. Ross. secretary to Harrison
& Barber, horse slaughtcrcrs. told to
Pail Mall Gazette reporter the other day
that they have seven slaughter houses in
'!'ia metropolitan area, tho largest being
that in the York road. Camden town.
They slaughtered $4,000 horses year.
| When horse broke Il limb or sustained
other irremediable injury on the street
the police at once communicated with
their nearest depot The company had
frequently been charged with cruelty in
allowing MANNED horses to lie about for
! hours before sending men to end their
sutfcrings. The truth was they were
very particular in this respect. and if
such delays occurred It was through no
fault of theirs. Was lorscfcsh much
used for food? Yes. to Il considerable
extent. he should say.
Their charter did not allow of their
selling horschesh for food purposes. but
there were such establishments in the
city. lie had himself eaten horscmeat
in France, and at the companys annual
dinner it was served to the guests, some
! of whom declared they would not have
known it from beef, had they not been
told. Fine fat horses were slaughtered
every week, horses that were perfectly
sound, except for some accidental injury,
and he saw no reason why this flesh
should not be eaten. He had often seen
street gamins buy Il slice of dried horse
flesh. place it between two bits of bread,
and eat it us sandwich! OF course.
most of the prepared horscflcsh passed
under the name of catsmeat, but it
seemed Incredible that the cats could
consume it all.
Every part of the horse was put to
some use-flesh, hide, hair, hoofs and
bones. Now that (and Mr.. Ross held up
Il small vial of beautifully transparent
oily was horse oil. One would scarcely
think such oil as that could he got from
the horse. Those other bottles contain
oils of inferior quality. They wero used
for lubricating purposes and for soap
making. Most soaps nowadays contained
horse grease.
Armed with cigar and an order from
the secretary of the company, our re-
porter made his way to the premises in
York road. The obliging manager said
they had had only four horses in today.
But about $500 were slaughtered here
annually. Most of the animals were
cab, bus or tram horses. The establish
ment turned out about twenty tons of
horsoflesh every week. They had forty
six dead and twenty-one live horses in
now. They contracted with the various
cab, bus and tram companies for injured
horses at 80 shillings each, alive or dead.
Most of the live horses they got in were
injured internally by ovcrwork or fall
ing. A few were gone with congestion
of the lungs The work of slaughtering
went on day and night. there being two
gangs of men for that purpose. Horses
were killed ut night by three "knack-
ers." Fifteen horses were considered u
good nights work. Tho sufferings of
the poor brutes were soon at an end, US
they were rendered insensible by = blow
from u heavy ax.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Prophetic Dream.
Some days before the late disaster ut
Samoa the wife of an officer ut Mare
Island awoke from her first sleep,
trembling and in tears, and related to
She thought she had been in her dream
transported to the island of Samoa, and
from the shores Of the harbor of Apia
looked upon the American and German
fleets. Suddenly storm arose, and tho
harbor was swept by a fierce tornado.
Ship after ship went ashore, and the
spectators united in offering up prayers
for the preservation of the remaining
vessels. Lastly the Vandalia and Trcn-
ton dragged their anchors, and, rs the
former vessel was dashed upon the reef
and almost Immediately sank, Mrs. -
witnessed the death of Capt Schoon-
maker, Lieut.. Sutton and Paymastcr
Armes, the three officers who were the
victims of the actual disaster of March 16.
The picture was so vivid and real that
Mrs. - for days was nervous and agi-
tatcd. thinking only of her dream. and
relating it to others, always insisting
that the vessels and friends SO recently
gone from Mare Island must certainly be
exposed to some fearful peril, and when
the fictitious story of tho sinking of the
Nipsic reached us she concluded this to
be the Interpretation of her dream. The
falsity of this story being proved, Mrs.
- was, of course. disposed to make
light of her vision; but now comes q tale
of disaster infinitely more sad than the
fiction which agitated our country for SO
many days-an event corresponding most
closely with this apparently prophetic
dream.
In this story-capable of perfect au-
thcntication-wc have good record for
the archives of the psychical seventy
Vallejo Times.
Gcae to Ruin.
Sherman Island was ono of the first
islands reclaimed and few years ago
was Il perfect garden spot. In 1878 the