Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-17

POSITION 1Or. (l SnOuld nave referred 10
her ms gianteSs above instead of giant,
for see that have fallen into the femi-
nine pronoun since. However, we will
let that pass
The stranger should 90 at once from
the depot 10 the Auditorium. He will
save time by this, for then he can an
swer those who ask him if he has seen the
Auditorium and answer affirnatively,
and be done with it: but if he should
wait until he has done something else he
will be more or less broken in upon by
this inquiry. Later on | may speak of
this great structure with the unfortunate
name, but / shall not have space at this
time, owing to the fact that | purpose
speaking "A word or two regarding the
stock yards.
All sorts of honest and successful
industry are honorable, whether it
be through the avenue of literature or
dressed beef. Success is the mark of pub
lie approval, and continued success the
certificate of integrity. 1t was honora-
bic for Gen. Grant to canvass for book
or tan skins. II was honorable for Van
derbilt TO farm it or run a ferry. 1t was
honorable for Gould TO survey Delaware
county with IA wheelbarrow and fine
tooth comb. 1t was honorable for the
older AstOr to skin muskrats and swap
brass collar buttons TO the Indians for
beaver skins If the noble red man suffered
for collar buttons. What dislike is for
the descendant of Mr.. Astor to cultivate
such big robust and malignant case of
hauteur. He visited Chicago some time
ago and stated in an interview, which he
had arranged for as soon rs he could at
tend 10 il, that the people of Chicago fire.
quently sat on the front steps and that
visitors were met at the door by the
housemaid. Thereby covertly intimat-
ing that Mr. Aston is in the habit of an
swering the door himself.
Possibly, however, Mr. Astor keeps a
man who answers the door bell and does
nothing else hardly. That may be, hut
it is only a few brief autumns since the
brave and sturdy mother of the Astor
race came around from the spring house
10 greet the guest in her stocking feet.
and the greeting was none the less cordial
eyether for a that and a that. We
should not be held responsible for the
errors and acquired snobbery of our
grandchildren From the deep recesses
OF the unborn future there may come
some day great-grandchild who will
inherit my wealth and name, and while
squirm about in my close fitting tomb
he may have valet to dress him in the
morning and train mp his whiskers on a
trellis, and he may visit Chicago where
his ancestors had been so generously
and so Hospitality treated years before.
and when he goes home to England or
Tuxedo lac may send for a reporter and
tell him how his refined nature was
shocked all the time he was away.
CHANGING hastily from Mr. Astor TO the
Chicago stock yards, | will say that few
realize, or can do so. the magnitude of
this one institution of Chicago. We can
hardly imagine $50 acres of ground
covered with meat, to speak plainly;
l,2SO acres almost covered at least with
the business of converting live stock into
food for man. | had never before Wis
tied tins institution, and so | went there
all dressed up, in order to make an i'm
preston on the working classes
Shortly after my arrival it came on for
to rain. and having came on for that
purpose It removed its coat, suspenders
and hat, and rained more earnestly and
more vociferously than anywhere else l
ever saw II outside of Ireland wore a
frock coat, patent leather shoes and a
silk hat. After while the mud, gore and
hair, TO say nothing of lard and disar-
ranged liver, gave me blase look that
attracted attention when / got back on
State street. One man whom did not
know asked me If there had been any
trouble or strike at the stock yards.
The visitor is apt TO go first to the as
fascinating department. I remember
butchering day ut home when | was n
boy. IL was different from this. We
had generally about three shotes to kill.
and we waited most always until the
weather was so cold that we could not
pillow. Then we butchered. We began
about daylight TO heat water for scald-
ing PURPOSES. Then we climbed the fence
and began series Of uncalled for vet
bitter and personal attacks on the elder
maternal hog, while her ear pierciup
squeals rent the sky and her hot blood |
spattered our neat little overalls. All
DAY we alternately scorched ourselves or
troze to death, and at night three fiabby. |
waxen remains, perfectly devoid of bow |
els OF compassion or other yiscera. pried |
open so that the November wind could |
songh through their pulseless forms or
uaily with their leaf lard through the |
long and frigid hours, hung in q row.
Ihen came the days when all through the
lear Old homestead the smell of nice hot |
'afd sought out every corner and even
pervaded the beautiful brown linen Sab
bath school suit, which caught and re-
after
Here you hear in the distant and the
sonOer depths of the building a smoth-
ered wall ever and anon You 90 toward
u ana hld brisk young man in tall
ruR9er boots standing in bloody stall
Win a hashing blade in his hand while
near MN big pan to which il at
Lached long handle catches the hot
Iresh ude OF life as it spurts with pur-
pie impulse following the LONG keen
blade. About every fifteen SECONDS
while we stood there, new subjectcame
up heeis irst out of the big slaughter
pen as u log is pulled out of the pond
., 81 big saw mill, and with plunge of
the Knife as it passed on another
swung into position head down, and the
steel struck the same point for
ward OF the shoulder and to the left of
the wlndpIpe. No experiments were
made. The young butchers style of
vaccination always took. | remember
'nce, years ago, my father went awav
on business, to serve ON the petit jury, /
think, and told me to kin the pig.
IL was easy TO say that. BE might