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

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hog, while her ear piercing
squeals rent the sky and her hot blood
spattered our neat little overalls. All
day we alternately scorched ourselves or
froze to death, and at night three habby.
wa1en remains, perfectly devoid Of bow
els Of compassion or other viscers, pried
open so that the November wind could
sough through their pulssless forms OF
daily with their leaf lard through the
long and friGd hours, hung in row.
Then came the days when all through the
dear old homestead the smell Of nice hot
lard sought out every corner and even
pervaded the beautiful brown linen Sab
bath school suit, which caught and re-
tanned the ravishing fragrance for years
after.
Here you hear in the distant and the
somber depths Of the building smoth-
cred wall ever and anon. You go toward
it and find brisk young man in tall
rubber boots standing in bloody stall
with fashing blade in his hand, while
near him a big pan to which is at
tached long handle catches the hot,
fresh tide of life as it spurts with pur-
pie impulse following the long, keen
blade. About every fifteen seconds,
while we stood there, q new subject came
up heels first out of the big slaughter
pen, as log is pulled out Of the pond
of big saw mill, and with q plunge Of
the knife as it passed on another
swung into position head down, and the
unerring steel struck the same point for
ward of the shoulder and to the left OF
the windpipe. No experiments were
made. The young butchers style Of
vaccination always took. I remember
once, years ago, my father went away
on business, to serve ON the petit jury,
think, and told me to hll the pig.
It was easy to say that. he might
also have included other friends Of the
family, but he did not think of 1t par
haps. However, began the most elab'
crate preparations and tried to nerve
myself up to it by frequent recourse te
hard cider, for I had never personally
shed innocent blood before. The pug
would probably weigh about 100 pounds
and was not fierce until he found out
that I seemed set on mutilating him
without any apparent cause. Then h
broke down the fence, ate up small
goddess of liberty which had once hai
tattooed on my leg, 80 that could b
identified in case should run away and
20 to sea and stumble against wstsry
grave, as had intended to do at tha'
time.
The animal wandered away into {
corn field, and we tracked him by hi
bloody footsteps. We overlook hin
along toward noon, and my youngel
brother held him down while I made al
incision in the neck which proved fatal
As we started to drag the animal toward
home his head fell of. I state this II
order to show that sincerity and infexi
bility of purpose had already begun Il
show themselves even at this early age.
After some delay we succeeded in re
moving the bristles, also some of tht
pelt, and began the delicate operatios
of prying into and exposing the ANIMAL
complex works. I guess it would not b'
best to describe this, for it gives mi
great pain to recall it. only know tina
I cannot see yet what he had ever don'
with 80 many of them or who could hav'
ever arranged such large assortment il
such little space. They came pouring
out like cataract Of new and strang'
vitals with crotcheted borders on them
and altogether I felt saddened and de
pressed. Invent over to neighbor ant
got him to come and assist me. I told
him had operated once or twice on
hen, but hen travels light. She doe
not oyerburden herself with vitals tha'
way. Just give hen two or three Little
filings Of that kind and she will 81
around perfectly contented. But it il
not 30 with hog. I never saw hoe
that knew when he had enough of any
thing.
In the early days they used to asses!
people here at the stock yards for beel
money, and then if they did not get il
they would pelt the visitor with frag
ments of liver and such little testi
monials Of respect IS that. So 1t was {
custom even among temperance people
to give them the money. It was 30 unit
one day an English capitalist vino owned
large share of one packing house got
steers lung down the back of his neci
and eighteen feet Of sausage wound
around his silk hat, and he spoke Of it II
terms of resentment to the superintend
ent. Then it was changed.
The sausage machine is one OF the most
intelligent that ever saw. The Havans
wrapper is pulled on over a metallic
spout, and then by terrific force e1
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