The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1896-03-21
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
HOW PATE DE FOIs GRAs AND
PEPSIN ARE OBTAINED.
Tho Philosopher Is HaCrifed at the
Brutality of Humanity.

that the Lord ever made. The story
Of tho inqu'sition with it's racks and
wheels and fires and hooks is the most
awful story that was ever written.
When l was a boy / read Fox's Book
Of Martyrs" and 1 haven't recovered
from it yet. The worst two words in
the English language are torture and
torment, and they both come from the
same Latin word, that means to twist,
to turn, TO screw down, to put in
agony. Torture is a temporary expe-
dent and has nm occasional rest, but
torment goes on and on until death
comes to relieve the sufferer. / wasent
ruminating about the torture of human
kind, but have just read about how they
make "pate do fois gras" and pepsin,
and it makes me sick. 1t distressed my
wife and my daughters, and though
these things concern ouly geese
and pigs they shall not como into onr
house. Henry Bergh is dead, Lut
where is the Society for The Prevcu-
ton of Cruelty to Animals2 Where is
the spirit of Uncle Toby, who wouldcnt
kill fly, but put him out of the win.
dow, and said: "Now go, you little
pest; the world is big enough for You
and me?" Where is the spirit of Cow
per. who says: 'I would not enter
upon my list Of friends the man who
needlessly sets foot upon worm ?"
! There is no more beautiful trait in hu.
man character than mercy. Mercy to
man and beast and bird and insect.
Shakespeare says that "Mercy is To.
bility's true badge" I used to hunt
! squirrels and rabbits and birds nud
! felt proud when 1 brought home n
good lot OF game, but / know now that
it was all wrong. What right had to
kill the happy, innocent creatures that
| God had made?
! But just to read what is going on at
! StrasburE in the production Of pinto
de fois gras is enough to horrify any
! body. \ peasant there is wealthy, no.
cOrding to his number Of geese. aud
their livers aro prepared for the nppo-
tites of the rich by torture and tor
ment of the most exquisite kind. Bc-
! fore ever young goose has laid m
egg it's feet are nailed by tho legs to a
| plank and the plank set before q fire.
! It's eyes nro burned ont and there the
MOOR bird stays and stcnms for Elk
months until its liver is distended and
the diseased fat cnlarges from 40 to 80
/ per cent. Tic children of tho pcns-
'" i"m d VIZ lee, a ~ - - lat
! iLreC iIt's Jay anti II IS IUI up
/ to the guile, AID they seem to chi ~
the fun of listening TO the croakings
of pain that the poor bird makes. n t
drop Of water is allowed to slake It's
hn ,tyr Il |, -.
on for weeks and months until The
liver is all right-for the epicurcs and
! gourmands, who fancy this food at S3
and 81 can. All that ! want to know
about man now is whathcr be eats
! goose liver or not. These tortured, tor
! mentcd, harmless. suffering birds are
raised 10y the tens of thousands n
Strnsburg. IT is the great indus,r,
and supports the major part Of tn,
population. Their pate de fois fr:.
Is exported to this country and oihrl
civilized countries that claim n Chris
tian civilization. Now, althouyt
Henry Bcrgh is dead, why can we not
limit this business 10 some extent
by putting an embargo upon il,
Importation to this country? Are We
q nation OF brutoa and barbn:iarsi
reckon VIC are, for it seems that
the production OF pepSin is nearly
as cruel, and now pepsin is the
most popular remedy for indig, s.ion.
Indigestion is the great national nal.
sd5 and pepsin is supposed to be q
temedY for it. It's production comes
from Chicago. Young healthy Iiss
are y4aced in separate stalls and fed
iii'srally until they are fat and round
fsd ,he gastric juices in full Wig r.
eIh II q sudden the feeding is STOPPED
.1 81 starvation is the next step in or.
DIR. This goes on for week uutil
tAs pig 10 not only rsvenous, but drs.
perately rabid for something TO cat.
The gastric juices from every part OF
the ANIMAL flow to the stomach in
search Of something to feed upoa.
Then the Inst process comes, which il
to place just outside the stall q
pan Of hot, steamiDg potato mash,
just near enough for the pig
!" smell and get the aggravating odor,
but not near enough to eat, and this
stimulates the desire of the poor bun.
CRY animal and causes every vein and
tissue to send its hungry juices TO the
stomach in anticipation of feast.
The pig gets the odor and nothing
more and just then the knife is thrust
into its heart and the stomach quicLl "
opened and the gastric juice taken ont
and put in cans and bottled for the in.
valids VINO have been gorging them
selves with pate de fois gras.' or for
sns sickIy iufsnts whose milk does uot
agree with them.
What is tho world coming to? Il
such cruelty the price OF human l.foi
II did not use TO be. Geese arc not
of much consequence, but n gandrI
never has but one mate and will sland
by her nest and guard il whilo she sits
on her eggs, and when che leaves ihom
for food he will escort her TO the grass
and escort her back with dignity tl nj
is impressive. i have great resrec,
for geese.
But just now we are talking ahou,
war as though it were a sport, q froIic
| and the killing off ~ fary tb,,..,. :,