Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-15
DESEREF. EVENING NEWS.
Thursday. May 10, 1880.
USEFUL AFTER DEATH.
WHAT is DONE WITH THE BODIES
OBJ DECEASED HORSES.


OBJ DECEASED HORSES.
1t was n very melancholy looking
horse, with n consumItive aspect
presumably engendered by long
periods Of semi-starvation, and when
It fell dead suddenly in the shafts Of
an ash wagon opposite the Patent
Office early yesterday morning.
says the Washington Star, the color
ed man who drove the cart did not
evince any marked surprise. A
policeman who was passing stopped
fora moment to inspect the CORPSE
and then went into a shop on the
corner to ring up telephone. Ten
minutes flew by and a man with a
business-like air and n large wart on
his nose made his way through the
little crowd that surrounded the
dead animal. The ash man he
addressed briefly in a whisper aud
presently handed him five silver
dollars. After cycling the money
for few seconds with the air Of one
consolei for misfortune, the ash
man put it in his pocket and walked
of, probably 70 borrow another horse
for the purpose OF dragging his
wagon home. AS the crowd broke
up a philanthropic pedestiian re-
marked, with n sigh, TO the person
with a wart on his nose that the poor
beast was TO be congratulated upon
having finished his career OF useful
ness in this world. The man with
the wart grinned, and replied that
the unfortunate creatures useful
ness, far from being finished, had
only begun.
The philanthropic citizen did not
understand the meaning Of this re-
Spouse, but he would have compre-
hended it better IL he had waited a
minute or so more, at the end of
which a heavy dray was driven up
alongside the pavement and two
men with an inclined plane of
boards and rope tackle pulled the
dead horse uIOn the vehicle and
drove away with it. The bystand-
ers noticed THAT the dray was mark
ed in big letters with the name Of
such-and-such a firm, smanufac-
This, then, was TO be the destiny
II the deceased qusdruped. Unlike
the egg that chirps at breakfast, il
had notsurvived the period Of its
usefulness. Ii would live again in
the fruits and flowers and waving
grain, to which II might contribute
the elements of growth.
After awhile the dray came to 4
stop in front Of an ugly looking
building on the Potomac bank at |
the other end OF Georgetown. The |
men did not hold their noses, but |
that was because they were used TO |
the very unpleasant smells which |
thicken the atmosphere Of the local.
ity. The carcass was unluaded, and, |
having been conveyed into the
building, was hoisted TO the second |
floor. There an expert operator set
to work upon it with a keen knife
and quickly removed the entire
skin, the portion covering the head 1
md tail included. The fiayed ami
NAL was then cut up into six pats,
which were thrown into big iron
kettle with a steam jacket and boil
ed four hours At the end Of this
time the big bones, lOoseued from
the flesh by cooking, were separated
from tie mass Of meat with rlkes
Tor subsequent grinding up into
bone fertilizer, which is very ex-
penslve, bat contains elements that
restore the nutritive power CT the
soil in n wonderful manner. For
whereas fertilizers made of flesh pro
iuce a good effect that Is merely
the ground bone supplies
the appetite Of the hungry loan in n
way that really lasts. Nitrogen, car
bon and lime, which it largely con-
tains are marvellous grOwth-prOdu-
GERS.
But, as was about TO be said, the
flesh and little bones, after the big
bones had been taken out, were put
Inder a powerful press, big enough
% accommodate half a ton, and
until nearly every parti-
70 Of water and grease had been
orced out Of the tissue. Then the
mass was placed in steam drier
With two jackets, between which
team was continually flowing
.round, and after awhile it came
,ut as dry as a chip. Not bit Of
'rease or moisture, in which the
dement's OF decomposition are |
remained, and the res
due, after being ground up fine in
sort Of mill, resembled Lone Jack .
obacco more than anything else. :
{ had no offensive smell, and the
epOrter was informed that it would
at indefinitely without exhibiting
sign Of decay or change. In this
Drm, put up in bags, it was ready
Or the farmer-an excellent fertil-
ger, though by no means equal TO
round bone. Ii is much cheaper,
IOweveT.
And now, presumably, you are
Inder the impression that you /
now all about the pOst-mOrtem
history OF a horse. BY 10. means.
iou have not yet been told that his
kin goes to Philadelphia or New
York and is made into baseball
overs. Nothing so tough As horse
tide, and, therefore, 50 well adapt I
a to that purpose, has yet been /
The hair Of the maze ;
md tail Is the best possible ma
erial for a curled hair mattress. I
The hoofs are ground up into the f. I
lest gardeners fertilizer known, and
he most costly Of all fertilizers,
wing TO the difficulty Of grinding I
hem. The result is called ''hoof
neal,'' and its value from the I
.ardener's point Of view is largely /
wing TO the presence in it Of {
great percentage OF ammonia.
-ery likely, hoSs yer, the hoofs I
nav be utilized in the manufacture ;
4 an excellent quality Of glue, or :
/ may be that the chemist will I
dapt them TO the various uses of ,
lis own, among Others TO the max :
ny of that exquisite color of Per-
Ian blue. Besides, the hair may be
lsed for hair-cloth and fish-lines, Q
md the bones for animal charcoal ,
md buttons. =