The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17

s.! NM 1 hundred and nifty to
~ 80 hundred thousand i've
ssStie' - near as can make
8 are shipped from here to
8 s: ErsIand every year. There's
4, - 4 56een biz firms in the business.
3 - rfsrs IN the West Of course. ana
l1.S ssS 81 ms got millions tied up IN
4 l f~6f. alive or on Ice.
i SSis came from the oldest noss casue-
( ~ g perhaps the DISCS. nrm IN ., sms
y |.z1 - and was Introductory to what
a l!..S ~ so - 4 discourse ON the ship
49, 1s n rsttle across the North Atlantic
= .xscted today. This pioneer had
Y : e ss.ccvHrsd in surroundings convep-
& y ~, y, .,srtlennen ashore. His ship had
Qe 11sS.as - than AT, hour before. and now
~. rsrtinr against the bar of the
.1A.. -, rssrest the wharf. With one foot
- - - aoor railing. and one elbow on the
-. a looked perfectly at home.
.s;t<,s i something Ike" had been his
- coherent sentence to whomever II
ss.c,seerned. In response 70 soucitous
1u]rY 10 continued more conerentiy:
s - days. not to mention nights. my
9srds 81 the bosom OF the salty sea
& , = man most magnificent thirst.
80 thA vide realms Of chemical liter
.ssss hnd you'll md nothing. I'll gamble,
~ q VI there's anythin'll beat salt air
%s.1 ~ watsr for prcducin'. nourishin'
N 5S .,rirkiv brfngin' to its maturest de-
.:sssss,ent fne thirst. It's lucky for
= sssrfind now, there's a cure for 1t. And
SssSs ~ II right here. The ale Of old
I Srvisnd may be all right. as somebody
fsrfsX ( while ago, but It's the red eye
.W vuung America that wins my undt-
fii6 favor. Here's shoot.
lftef the gurgiinx interiude the patri-
Hoc 81 n =
ss,scrndays." he began. "our cattle comes
Sts1 ire West and Canada and some
sSS l1exico. 'Twould surprise you now
- much Canadian cattle are sent
$780, Yee. cir. Canadian cattle are
Sss1lv stailfcd. They're kept IN sheds
s5Scnsh the long winter. That makes
sHssn inlet ana easy to handle, 20 far as
nm aoeJ, hat now ana then we get them
ssr1ilss lively. I've seen Colorado steers
ihey'fe about the widest sOrt-get pretty
s1shpafeosis aboard ship. Let two or
5ikFee u them loose down tween decks in
10 alleyways and they'll keep a crew
loferptns snry so as not to be too much in
~ xay. But there's always way to
handle lem. That's part OF a cattleman's
Sprjness, to straighten out little tangles
~ I mess OF cattle sasshaying up and
6vwn the alleyways.
rrom where shipDeA.
Mont Of the shipping Is done from New
York Boston and Montreal. Some Of It's
80 from Philadelphia and Norfolk and
salHlite little bit from Baltimore and Port
~. Maine does the shipping for Mont
ri N the winter time. Tho St. Law
NO., you zee. Ices up In the cold wealth
y. Boston. guess. sends out the most.
TAsy have Ave big lines there that have
Recommendations for cattle.
"A steamer has TO be rigge1 up to take
cattle They generally put them between
dsc1n-that's under the big deck on which
lpasseneers promenade when she's a pas
ADneer ship. Oh, yes. cattle steamers
eaffy passengers. too, and have good ac-
commodations but not like the Lucania
IL The william the Great. You know.
DsNn between decks the floor Is divided
a Into rows of wide stalls, about four
1eoefs to stall. Stalls for cattle on