The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02

-OHy MALONE killed and dressed .
bullock In : minutes and ~ seconds
ansl slaughtered al. previous records
That happtneG hfieen years ago.
bat cosors the traditions OF Chicago
stock yards TO this day.
Walter Dernison on the same day dressed
= bullock = trisse mere fast.diously. in the
market style as IL Is known. in minutes
ard = seconds.
Pa. Fitzgerald dressed ten sheep in =
minutes in Newark, y. j.. in 1sSs A Ger
man butcher a. Erie. Pa, dressed thirty
six and one-half pound lamb In ? minutes
and D. seconds.
Teddy Wick, in his famous London shop.
did on one celebrated occasion shave a man
In - seconds. and Teddy's little girl Nellie
shaved Ave men in ~ minutes on the same
occasion. For steady tonsorial expertness
perhaps the record Of w. Lloyd. also OF
LONDON, has never been equaied. He once
shaved thirty-five men in Il minutes and
= seconds in tournament. The report
does not say where the subjects came from.
what became of them afterward or wheth-
er they ever came back.
George 4. Fisher. of Detroit, dressed for
market 30 chickens in "A minutes. That
Is. chicken about every Is seconds.
George B. Randall. OF Taunton. Mass. has
the reputation OF having killed and dry
picked loo geese in hours and $ minutes.
Homer w. Crawford is club swinger
OF New Lisbon, Ohio. He once swung 4
pair of ten-pound clubs for seven hours
continuously so an irregular accompani-
ment by an overworked pianist.
Hardly less wonderful, though more in
the Inc of fancy" than endurance"
work. was the exhibition of f. w. Morgan
at Paterson. ~. j.. In 1855. He manipulated
q pair Of four-pounders in $50 different
movements and combinations, making a
total OF 23ll revolutions. In 1918. That is,
about two and half revolutions a second.
Jack Grifiths. an Australian. swung a
pair OF three pound three-ounce cubs for
thirty-six hours withou. a rest. He showed
20 combinations to vary this monotony.
The report says he was somewhat out Of
breath when he finished.
]. NJ. Mackinoity. another Australian.
cut through . tree feet inches In girth
I'm f:4l. There IL also George 8. Spriggs.
who pushed a loaded freight car weighing.
all told. 5s0oo pounds. three feet up a slight
grade at Mount Care yards. Baltimore.
four years ago.
william Lowney. Of Baltimore. opened
100 oysters in the presence Of a roomful
OF witnesses in 3:Oei4. Frank Barrett at a
downtown restaurant in New York opened
2.5Q0 oysters In 2:l6:431. James Weinhart.
also In New York. opened enough clans
for a good big chowder. 45s, in 5000.
c. A. Blixt. Of Minneapolis. put In 400
panes OF glass in 7:o3:2o, exclusive Of stop
pages.
Frank Sidewalks laid 162 bricks In z:31.
putting In cross joints and using a trowel.
John Watkins In 1856 at Baltimore made
922 bricks In $500. He was assisted by two
off-bearers and a wheeler. but even so this
record stands out.
Lynn produced a man of exceeding dex-
tertty In iaster In factory there. Aided
by q single helper he lasted 432 pairs Of
shoes In $40. This record has been extant
for nearly ten years.
A unique sight was the race between two
skillfui workmen in q Irvine factory OF
Boston some years ago as to which could
turn the greater length Of seine in a week.