The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01

champagne u and pig with sweet
potatoes n cider. Is there a beast
OF the fields that loves dirt as does the
hog? Why. before the Christian era
hog meat was regarded as polluted.
1t is still polluted. Flesh ailments are
more frequently produced by too much
pork than by any other food Yet
you revel in hogs flesh and say y
nice tender burro is unit for even pc
n Out upon you. ie. and also
avaunt.
Did you Ever notice that cows.
steers. neat cattle of all kinds are
dirty of habit? They drink filthy VA
ter. eat nasty s~crapings. and no mat
ter the pedigree. how blue-blood-
ed the bit beastie.' the neat animsls|
are far from being neat. They reek|
OF the stenches of the corral. are dirty|
by preference. roll in mud to stop theI
biting flies. and altogether behaved
themselves with less conventionality|
han football players. Yet their flesh
Is good to. eat. OF course. the filth Is
chemically purified by the fact of kill
ing the animal.
who ever saw a horse or dog that
was very dirty? Not one of you. In
fact. these animals are VIGOROUSLY
cleanly In their habits. Either must he
very thirsty before he will indulge in
the contents of a green coated stag
nant pool. Neither Is content to re-
pose in his own filth: both viii take
a bath a. the first opportunity. Yet
they are 'unclean,' UNIT for o
Why? Sentiment. and sentiment alone.
But about that dog eating. i was
away out in the Northwest with a par
ty OF friends. We ran out of o SIM
ultaneously and were in a land where
brickbats II Owl would not grow
bric-a-brac. II was a desperate situa-
ton and no mistake. We calculated
the distance and found that by dill
gent travelling we could a some
thing to eat in two weeks. Well. We
concluded to. sacrifice a mule. That Is.
we thought we would. But In the par
ty was a fellow who had been among
the redskins, 50 he killed a nice. gen.
tie puppy, lost the head and came in
with a story of a fine antelope. We
cooked n ate the pup under the inn
preston we were RECALLING on antelope.
Hanged III you could tell the diner
ence. Possibly II we had known IL
beforehand We might. for Ignorance is
often bliss and sometimes blister. We
all ate and were satisfied. The meat
was ender and the flavor. while gamy.
was not bad. OF course, when we
found out what had been done we mix
ed war medicine with the cook, but
that did not help, as the dog had been
eaten. He told US strange stories OF
having attended Omaha feasts and Of
having partaken Of grasshopper soup.
He also said grasshoppers roasted we're
real delicacies.
we looked for bad results. but got
none. Then some wit in the band re-
ferred to the frequency with which
sausage and good dog rhyme. but We
fell upon him and he was III. The
redskins regale themselves on dog and
are none the worse for IL. In iact,
teachers of physical development might
learn a few tricks from these aborlg-
inees. No man who has eaten dog uieu
of the complaint, although l confess to
an elevated sensation i'm the neither re-
gions of my stomach when / recall my
sole effort. But while the feast pro-
gressed | did a good knife and fork,
for | fondly thought / was manSling
the CAV gazelle and not the dutiful,
albeit slothful. pointer who had ac-
companied us on our prilgrimage.
You all remember something OF the
siege of Paris? Well. things unmen-
tionable at polite tables were eaten dur
ing the time the gay Parisians were In
closed within their city's walls. Menus
instead of offering pate de foie gras
with chateau yquem made mentlon OF
a large cold bottle n a SINAI not
mouse The tiny rodents who made an
Edam cheese look like 2 cents ceased
from their .nibbling and were at rest.
They were garnished with greens and
fringed with champignons; they were
served on silver plate which had never
borne anything less plebeian than
pheasants and truffies and the populace
waxed fat and defiant. sang the Mar
.sellaise,' and held out yet a few days
why. then, IL the Parisians found
mice delectable-and the historians so
record it-should the burghers of Chem
nitz recoil from 'hund schnitZel" Then
think of the great variety from which
TO choose. The truculent bulldog may in
time dlsplace the round OF beef. He has
the best of, IL, for he Is a clean brute.
The Italian greyhound will beat out the
noble turkey in delicacy and flavor.
while the lowly dachshund-only as to
Iegs-will be fit for the tables of his
majesty. Ii 1t all from the point
OF view. If you don't like dog and can
get cat take the cat. But IL Tables
are scarce and mice at a high premium
a slice of the line of a great Dane will
Spaniel is better than rabbit
and pointer outclasses tenderloin. Let
him who hungers for meat STAY his dog
and he shall be filed.
''Of course, IL you insist 1: will make
you sick. IL will. Inverted Christian
Science is a distinct success, whatever
may be the fate of the direct applica-
But don't condemn anything sim
ply because several centuries of igno-
ramuses have preceded you. Nothing Is
SO strong as precedent. and let me tell
you on the side. nothing Is based on as
and unsatisfactory arguments.
1T is all a case of sentiment. Will
abandon tradition and indulge in dog
meat? No. nix: not for me. As i SAID
in the beginning so l now declare i am
a creature of environment. as the rest
Of o are. I am not a missionary nor
advanced thinker. I merely as
sert that things are not bad or unfit for
merely because some hundreds of
of my fellow men for some
hundreds of years have asserted them
to be without giving the matter a prac-