The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-04
LEADS THEM TO DEATH.
STORIES OF P. D. ARMOURs BOVINE
NAMESAKE

Are Decoyed From Their Pens and
Mad Stampede to Their Death
Leader Pills Generalship-How he
Saved His Neck and Got a Steady
Job-The Art of Educating the Be-
tray ers.
From the CnfcGyo TimeG
"Come, Phil"
A handsome l, s00-pound specimen Of the
bovine species which has been moping lszily
along the driveway pricks no his ears in
quick response to the call and trots up to
his master with promptness that would be
commendable even in a pet dog. The call
came from Head Driver Murphy, or one Of
his assistants, and Philip knows well enough
what it means
"Glong over to F." shouts the driver. and
at the same time points up the alley in the
direction Of section "F" The motion of
the drivers hand is superfous. however. for
Philip knows as we'll as anybody where "F"
is, and he gallops off up the narrow drive
way more like an educated canine than the
huge lazy steer that he is.
A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
There is an interesting coincidence in con-
neetion with big Phirs history. His name.
| unabridged, is Philip D. Armour This is
is also she name of the proprietor of the
packing house at which she cloven-footed
| Philip is an important funotionary. Driver
Murphy, however, blunts the point of the
| coincidence by his explanation that the
steer was honored with the name Of his
noted owner in order to give the animal a
due appreciation of his extraordinary
prowess and resDonsibilitY.
While Philip has arisen from obscurity to
prominence and has become king OF his
kind, he has also degenerated morally from
an innocent and guileless country OK into an
arch-hypocrite. The grewsome offices Of a
| hangman fade into insignificance when
compared with those of Philip.
| His daily labor is TO entioe the innocent
| cattle from their pens by his peculiar mag
| netism and lead them in wild dash to
their death. As the drivers swing open the
gate of a pen and rush a drove of fright
ened, trembling steers out in the driveway
Phil gallops boldly up, and swinging in
ahead of the herd assures his bewildered
| country brothers that he Is master of the
| situation; that he has come as their deliv-
ersr and that il they will follow him they
will be browsing la clover fields and drink
ing from springfield brooks before the sun
| sets.
| The unsuspecting cattle instinotively fall
| in line as soon as their eyes fail on the hand
some and intrepid Philip. The herd troops
| away down the alleys following closely
every turn OF their leader as he lodges il
and out among wagons and sheds and heads
straight for the broad ''shoot" which leads
| up to the capacious slaughter pen. When
| Phil approaches the SHOOT" he has urged
his followers into a mad stampede. Quick
| as a flash the leader whirls to 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 has sent another hundred OF
his kin TO their doom. The big gates close
| behind his victims and they are led into the
slaughter mill one by one. almost as fast as
one can count them, TO come out hayed,
drawn, and quartered for the butchers
| block.
Philip knows no pity. no remorse. His
| conscience is scored and callous. As be
avoids the slaughter Psn by an adroit turn
| and sends his followers on TO their death, he
drops his head between his knees and seems
to chuckle with ghoulish delight as he
listens to the olattsr of his victimS hoofs
as they Chamber pell-mell mp the fatal
| Shoot" ---- s----.-.-.
| IS AN ARBITRATION
| To stay the butchers knife from lis own
neck Philip he's betrayed 100, 900 fellow
creatures which look TO him for guidance
Perhaps 1t was through Difference to the
consummate villainy Of such q beast as
| Philip that old BeeIzebub took to wearing
| cloven hoofs.
1t was not always thus with Phil. He was
raised among the viueclad bills and Doggy
swamps OF Southern Wisconsin. His parent
| age was OF the best From calfhood he was
the pride and joy of German farmer In
the outskirts of New Glarus. He showed no
more signs of an evil nature than those which
| are commonly noticeable among cattle
He had fondness for throwing a rider
Off the rail fence and leading the farmers
| herd raid on his neighbours oornfield.
The qualities of leadership early asserted
themselves In Philip, but his morals were
| apparently up to those Of the average steer.
| When he was years old he was driven to
to town along with dozen of his well-fat-
| tened brothers and shipped to Chicago. He
| was one of a hundred or more incarcarated
in one of the big muddy pens. Old Judas,
mammoth OK, was then leader at Ar
| mour's and was veteran traitor. Old
Judas had become decidedly headstrong
and ignored the authority OF the drivers
and everybody else. He insisted on resting
two days for every one that he worked,
and those days he positively refused to
| lead, no matter how badly his services were
needed. Judas had become alb 1minaby
lazy and somewhat vicious, but he had no
equal as a leader, and with all his eccentric
tiles he was greatly valued, for ne had
| never been outgeneraled.
oUTGENERALED JUDAS.
One day Judas sauntered up to a pen
crowded full of Wisconsin cattle A driver
swung the gate open and half dozen more
urged the animals out Of the ipclosure. Old
Judas executed his accustomed maneuvers
| and started to lead the drove 30 the slaugh-
ter pens. There was general confusion, and
| the drove refused to follow him. A few fell
in line, but IN an instant they, too, deserted
him, aud then the entire drove dashed furi-
ously up the driveway in the opposite di-
rection. They were headed by handsome
young Durham hardly inferior in size to
Judas.
On galloped the young Durham farther
and farther away from the slaughter pens,
aud the herd kept close to his heels. E,ch
| seemed bound to the young usurper as II by
a magic spell. Through alleys and drive
ways and byweys charged the young
leader and his loving host. The stampede
became oontagion, aud herd after herd
| broke from their drivers along the route and
Joined the ranks of the usurper Texas
| steers, muleys, and all sorts hooked 30 the
young Durham, and it seemed for time
that the young demon would empty the
stock yards. Drivers mounted horses aud