Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-11-11
LEADS THEM TO SLAUGHTER.
A Bull Used to Decoy Cattle from Their
Pens at n Packing House. ...r..

Pens at n Packlng-Hous ..r ..a
'Come, Phil" f~ .. ..! = .f....-..
| A handsome eighteen hundred pound
specimen of the bovine species which
has been moping lazily along the drive
way, pricks up his ears in quick re-
sponse to the call and trots up to his
master. with a promptness that would
be commendable even in a pet dog.
The call came from Head Driver Muir.
ply, or one of his assistants, and Philip
knows well enough what it means. % ,.
IF ,fG'long over to r.. shouts the driver,
and at the same time he points up the
alley in the direction of section 'F."
The motion of the drivers hand is
superhuous, however, for Philip knows
as well as anybody where ''F" is, and
he gallops off up the narrow driveway
more like an educated canine than the
huge, lazy steer that he is. '"
h There is an interesting coincidence in
connection with big Pills history, His
name, unbrjdged, is Philip d. Armour
This also the name of the proprietor of
the packing house at which the cloven-
footed Philip is an important function
ary,wDriyers Murphy, however, blunts
the point Of the coincidence by his'ex-
planation that the steer was honored
with the name of his noted owner in
order to give the animal due appre-
citation, OF his extraordinary prowess
and responsibility.
While Philip has risen from obscurity
to pre-eminence, and has become the
kingofhiskine, he has also degenerat-
ed morally from an innocent and guile
less country OK into an arch-hypocrite.
The,gruesome offices of hangman fade
| intoinsignifcance when compared with
those Of Philip. sH.s.. Boz. 3tis
His daily labor is to entice the in
nocent cattle from their pens by his
peculiar magnetism, and lead them in
a wild dash to their death. AS the
drivers swing open the gate of pen
and rush a drove frightened, trembling
steers out into the driveway, Phil gal
ldps 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
deliyerer and that if they will follow
| him, they will be browsing in clover
| fields and drinking from springfield
brooks before the sun sets. s.s -
The unsuspecting cattle instinctively
fall in line as soon as their aeyes fall on
the handsome and intrepid Philip. The
herd troops away down the alleys, fol-
lowing closely every turn of their
leader as he lodges in and out among
wagonsesand sheds and heads straight
| for the broad ''shoot" which leads up to
| the .capacious slaughter-pen. When
| Phil approaches the Shoots" he has
urged his followers into a mad STAN,
pede. Quick as 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
| edinto the slaughter-mill one by one,
1
almost as fast as one can count them
to come out flayed, drawn and guar
| tered for the butchers block. .....,.
| Philip pknows no pity, no remorse. His
conscience is seered and callous. AS he
avoids the slaughter-pen by an adroit
turn and sends his followers on to theil
death he drops his head between his
knees, and seems to chuckle with ghoul
ish delight as he listens to the clattel
Of his victims hoofs as they Chamber
pell-mell up the fatal "shoot" e,..
To stay the butchers knife from his
own neck Philip has betrayed one hun
dred thousand fellow-creatures which
looked to him for guidance. Perhaps il
was through Difference to the consum
mate villainy of such beast as Philip
that old Beelzebub took to wearing
cloven hoofs. Chicago Times.