The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-18

paid out s., 900 COO In wages. sWltn
piece of chalk figured ON the back OF
an oil painting in Mr.. Armours pleasant
office that, allowing each year the same
number of animals killed last year, say
1,5oo, 900 hogs, CSC, 600 cattle and S5o, 600
sheep at low estimate, in five years
Mr.. Armour, single handed, could en-
circle the globe with CONTINUOUS sirdle
Of intestines!
What a thought What feod for
thought also! IN
But as Mr.. Armour said in our talk,
when asked him for a little recipe Tor
becoming q millionaire: "Here is the
secret Of the success Of the Big Four. It
is our system Of carefully utilizing every
thing. Here Is a glass jar containing
hoof meal. That is valuable for its azn-,
monia. It is made from the deapised
hoof Of the animal after the neatsfoot
oil and other toilet articles have been re-
moved. Here is jar Of white phos-
pilates, made from the pith Of the horn.
This industry will decrease if the de-
horning Of cattle grows, but probably 1t
will not appreciably. Here is sort OF
glue made from the tips Of the ears and
nose Of deceased cattle which diea violent
death at our house. Here Is substance
used in great quantities by the brewers.
Some time in the old days before your
reformation you have noticed when you
pulled your beer glass off the top Of the
table that it had q tendency to stick.
That Is a gelstnous substance which we
furnish the brewer in great quantities.
It is made from the thin white film
which lies between the bone and skin OF
the head, for instance, and If nothing
more harmful goes into beer 1t will never
kill people off at big rate. Then there
is a jar of dried blood. Some Is used
for purify sugar and considerable Is
sent to New Orleans, but more Is used
for making buttons. So you see we
make our money by saving 1t. Not long
ago Frenchman came to me and told
me that I was losing million or 90 u1-
necessarily. froae to him tl he told
me how. We found that our big reeer-
voirs containing water, and in which we
give the beef bath to sort Of cool 1t and
close up the pores, had been empaed
into the Chicago river for years, carry
ing with it the bouquet of the beef. We
now condense and compress this nutri-
tious juice till we get the most gtimu-
lating and the most delectable extract OF
beef that ever glsddened the totterinS
stomach of an invalid or . child"
And 80 it goes, It seems that an adult
steer can afford more real, pure joy by
his death than any other animal, unless
it be the wife beater. am told that
when wife beater sits for his death
mask. on q still day, you can hear the
angels applauding.
At Swift's establishment they have
two odd animals, one steer called
Judas and the other q sheep called
Iscariot. Each Of these animals has WIN
ming way with his set, and is utilized for
the purpose of leading his fellows into
the slaughter pen even against their bet
ter Judgment. They have done this for
years, and though the smell Of blood
naturally repels them, they listen to the
siren voices of these two heartless brutes
who preserve their own lives at the sac
rifice of Thousands Of others, and death
is their portion. ...-. =
Some day will again visit the stock
yards. hope to select rainy day, and
shall hope also to take my friend Ward
McAllster with me by the hand, dressed
in his best suit of clothes.
Skipping gayly through the ruins OF
former beef creatures and the tottering
relics of nude hogs that have been
snatched from the glad sunlight and
yielding mud Of Illinois to deluge the
abattoirs of this great commercial town
with their bright young blood, I would
like to yank the great parlor ornament
clothed in a white flannel suit and his
unwavering admiration Of himself, while
CHEEKY young butchers pinned to his coat
tails yard upon yard of the future home
of the sausage. 1t may be cruel wish,
but when man outshines me socially l
cannot help it; almost hate him.