Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1892-08-19
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A BuR Used TO peeoy Cattle from Iheii
Pens at 3 parising House.

Pens at q Packing honse.
! Come, Phil"
) A handsome ,600-p0und specimen o
the bovine species which has been mophs
lazily along the driveway pficks up hh
ears in quick response to the call and lrof.
: up 70 his master with a pruinptness thai
would Be commeniahle even in pet dog
lhe ll came from Head Driver Murphy
on one of is assistants. and Philip knows
wrl enough what it means.
"t long over to a. shouts the driver.
Naud at the same time be points up the al
ley Nu tne direction et action n The
motion, Of the drivers Be-, s5 S suDerfuous
however, f'pr Philip m4A well Is any
body where j IS, inil eliops oa M
1 the narrow driveway mos se 90 eiu
Gated canine than che huge, let. steer shat
I he is.
! There IS an interesting CoincidenceTHl con
nection with big Pills history Hisusspe,
unabridged, Is Philip ID. Armour. This u
also the name of the proprietor OF the
packing house at which the cloven footed
Philip isRn important functionary. Driver
Murphy, however, blunts the point OF the
coincidence by his explanation thnt the
steer was honored with the name Of his
noted owner in order to give the animal
due appreciation Of his extraordinary
proves and responsibility.
While Philip has arisen from obscurity
% pre-eminence and has become king Of
his kline, he has also degenerated morally
from an innocent and guileless country OK
into an archhypoerlte. The grewsome Of
fees Of a hangman fade into insfgnifcance
when compared with those Of phihp.
His daily labor is to entice the innocent
cattle from their pens by his peculiar mag
netfsm, and lead them ia a wild dash to
their death. As She drivers swing open
the gate Of a pe,5 nd rush drove Of /
frightened, trembling steers out into the 4
driveway. Phil gallops boldly up, and I
swinging in ahead Of the herd assures his I
bewildered country brothers that he is 4
master Of the situation; that he has come
% their deiiyerer and that If they will fol-
low him they will be browsing in clover
fields and drinking from spring led brooks
before the sun sets.
The unsuspecting cattle instinctively fall
in line as soon as their eyes fall on the hand
some and intrepid Philip. The herd troops
away down the alleys, following closely
every turn Of their leader ms he lodges in
and>( { among wagons and sheds and
heads traight for the broad shoot" which
leads up TO the capacious slaughter pen
When Phil approaches the Shoots" be has
urged his followers into mad stampede
Quick rs a flash the leadcsr whirls 70 one
side at the foot Of the approach, and the
herd, carried on by its own Impetus
charges madly up the ascent and into the
waiting room Of death Philip Las sent
another hundred Of his kin TO their doom.
The big gates close behind his victims and
they are led into the slauehte u one
by one, almost as fast ds ane can count
them, to come out iinye3 drawn I'D QUAR-
tered for the butcher block
Philip knows no pity, no rem0rse lis
conscience is scored and calious. As he
avoids the slaughter pen by an adroit turn
and sends his followers on % their death
he drops his head between his knees and
seems to chuckle with ghoulish delight as
he listens TO the clatter Of his victims
hoofs as they Chamber peumel up the
fatal "shoot."
10 stay the butchers knife from his own
neck Philip has betrayed 100000 fellow
which looked to him for guild
ance.-Chicago Times.