Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-08-09
GRINDING UP CANNES.
Corpses Of Dogs Converted Into Gloves,
TalInn and Medicinal OILS.

Corpses Of Dogs Converted Into Gloves,
Tallou and Medicinal Oils.
The mystery surrounding the ulti'
mate destruction Of tho dogs Of the
Eighth and Spruce streets viviSection
hospital has been cleared They have
gone where the dogs Of the Refuge FOR
Homeless and suffering Animals gc-to
the doSiccaunr works Of manufacture
ing firm at Venango street and Della
ware avenue, whore they are converted
into ammonite, tallow, oil and f~ertiliz-
erS
The place ina hC one occupying near
the river, several acres, on which stand
the dozen buildings used in the various
processes Of ~eeonomizing useless ami
mails
Twelve wagons are run to every part
Of the city day and night TO secure sup
plies As many as $50 dogs are taken
into the mill on ordinarily busy days.
They are usually reinforced by a supply
Of cats, incidental to the daily eNcUr-
sion.
The dog-SkinS are sen. TO a st, Louis
firm, whore they are made into gloves
Then the meat is pressed and the dog
oil obtained is sold TO druggists and
patent-medicine vendors throughout
the country, who in turn re-
tail it as a sovereign cure for
consumption, rheumatism. govt head
ache and, in short, every known i'll that
flesh is heir to, except i~mpecunioSity,
Tallow candles and machine oil use up
all the rest of the bow-wow organization
except the bones, which are converted
into the fertilizing ammonite.
The business is a big, almost universal
one, because the firm IS without a rival,
and orders for its products pour in from
every quarter, Dogs that have made
Philadelphia neighborhoods hideous
alike in daylight and darkness by theil
bowls have been known to light the
sanctum OF a Harvard student, cure a
CanUck lndian Of rheumatism, and start
grass growing oil a ire-swept Western
prairie lald, In fact, every thing about
a dog is used except his bark. Even
the wag OF his tail is perpetuated in
whip-leather.
As for the cats, they find a ready do
nestle market in fur-lined circulars or
are sent abroad to be brought back as
squirrel skins, or, in cases of the finer
and more expensive breeds, as seal
skins.
The firm pays the Refuge for
Homeless and Suffering Animals an
annual retainer for their supplies,
and by this the humanitarian re-
sort is largely supported. The city
~dog-catchers also come in for generous
dividends
The operations of the des'ccating
firm are not confined to defunct men,
berS of the canine and feline tribes.
Horses, cattle and sheep are included in
the ingredients of what is known as the
general pot" from which various
grades OF tallow and oils are extracted.
Even glue is manufactured from sinews
and muscles, a fact which has interested
some Of the firms wagon drivers in the
report that a number OF dogs have been
sticking persistently about the gates of
the Spruce street yiyisection shop.
In all the processes of the big desic.
eating works a wonderful degree of
cleanliness and method is observed, and
even the operations of converting the
hundreds of carcasses by means of the
gigantic presses into ''cracklings" and
subsequently into oils and greases by
the big extractors, digestors and naph-
tina tanks leave the faintest odorous
faint in the neighborhood.
About 100 men are employed under
Superintendent 5. n. Divine and Man
ager j. Palmer Fullerton, who always
wax enthusiastic in their dissertations
upon the wonderful economy of matter
which nature has provided for all of her
works. -Philade phia Times.